In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out.

I fix things now and then, more often tweak HTML and make scripts to do things.

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

I like to dress up every now and then.