If there is one day of the week that we enjoy more than the other six, today
never seems to be that day.

The proverb is a quotation from _Through the Looking-Glass_ by Lewis Carroll.
The White Queen wants Alice to be her lady’s-maid and offers her two pence a
week and jam every other day.

> Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said ‘I don’t want you to hire _me_ –
and I don’t care for jam.’

> ‘It’s very good jam,’ said the Queen.

> ‘Well, I don’t want any _today_ , at any rate.’

> ‘You couldn’t have it if you _did_ want it,’ the Queen said. ‘The rule is,
jam tomorrow and am yesterday – but never jam _today_.’

> ‘It _must_ come sometimes to “jam today”,’ Alice objected.

> ‘No, it can’t,’ said the Queen. ‘It’s jam every other day: today isn’t any
_other_ day, you know.’

##### See also:

* The golden age was never the present age