"promised pie"
Posted by Dan on May 22, 2001
In Reply to: "Promised pie" posted by ESC on April 13, 2001
: : A student I work with recently failed to
: : follow through on an implied obligation that was not
: : necessarily a responsibility, but more along
: : the lines of a favor.
: : When informing me later she said, "thanks a million for (the help) and I owe you big time for not sending you promised pie. Please please bear with me, I have been (very busy, etc..) I assure you, solemn promise you will have it in hand before the end of the week. Scout's honor (I was never a scout but still :-)
: :
: : I asked her on telephone if she could tell me more about the phrase - was it slang, a literary reference, anything to do with "getting a piece of the pie" or the duty being "easy as pie" - ?
: : she just thought it was something she "grew up with"
: : Any input out there on the phrase, "promised pie" ?
: Something promised is "pie in the sky, in the sweet by and by." Maybe that's where she got the expression.
I think I need more than that to go on.
Is that a song lyric?
Any source material?