Smackdown: K vs. T

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All I've got to say about it is that if you think it's thing, you've got another think coming.

Where do you stand on this issue?

Vote damn you!

Dinner is riding on this.

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[+1] - tin sword arthur - 04/27/2006I know it's hard to argue with Judas Priest, but the phrase is what the phrase is.
[+1] - DrewDad - 04/27/2006But if Mr. B. makes dinner, won't you have to bow down and sing hossannahs?
[+1] - Noddy24 - 04/27/2006Snotty-nosed little brats (or big brats) announce, "Well [b]I[/b] think thus-and-so," and angry Authority Figure replies, "Well, you have another think coming."
[+1] - boomerang - 04/27/2006I am SO winning! What should I put on the menu?
[+1] - tin sword arthur - 04/27/2006I'm not sure, but desert should be humble pie. I'm sure that won't be lost on the loser of your bet.
[+1] - George - 04/27/2006I vote for "think". I believe "you've got another thing coming" was from a soft-porn sci-fi flick.
[+1] - dagmaraka - 04/27/2006i voted for the 'thing'. i never thought it was otherwise. but then, i'm a darned furriner.
[+1] - ehBeth - 04/27/2006Thing. Canajun here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the thing probably being a slap or something
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 04/27/2006I don't think I've ever heard anybody say, "You've got another thing coming." In fact, the very possibility of this juxtaposition of letters had never occurred to me until I saw this...
[+1] - boomerang - 04/27/2006Humble pie may indeed be on the menu! The "things" are catching up. Mr. B is a wonderful cook and an even better sport. And he should know better after the whole wheelbarrow vs....

I know it's hard to argue with Judas Priest, but the phrase is what the phrase is.

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But if Mr. B. makes dinner, won't you have to bow down and sing hossannahs?

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Snotty-nosed little brats (or big brats) announce, "Well I think thus-and-so," and angry Authority Figure replies, "Well, you have another think coming."

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I am SO winning!

What should I put on the menu?

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I'm not sure, but desert should be humble pie. I'm sure that won't be lost on the loser of your bet.

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I vote for "think".

I believe "you've got another thing coming" was from a soft-porn sci-fi flick.

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i voted for the 'thing'. i never thought it was otherwise. but then, i'm a darned furriner.

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Thing.

Canajun here.

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the thing probably being a slap or something

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I don't think I've ever heard anybody say, "You've got another thing coming." In fact, the very possibility of this juxtaposition of letters had never occurred to me until I saw this thread. Who in the world is that illiterate? Enjoy your dinner, Boomer. I suggest lobster.

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Humble pie may indeed be on the menu! The "things" are catching up.

Mr. B is a wonderful cook and an even better sport. And he should know better after the whole wheelbarrow vs. wheelbarrel thing.

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ooh, a tie!

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This type of thing kills me. Of course it's thinG! Isn't it obvious?

There's another one that makes me batty, but I can't recall it now....

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You should have gone for the "appeal to authority."

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/thing.html

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http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxyouhav.html

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"If you think that, you have another think coming" means "You are
mistaken and will soon have to alter your opinion". This is now
sometimes heard with "thing" in place of "think", but "think" is the
older version. Eric Partridge, in A Dictionary of Catch Phrases,
gives the phrase as "you have another guess coming", "US: since the
1920s, if not a decade or two earlier". Clearly "think" is closer
to "guess" than "thing" is. The OED gives a citation with "think"
from 1937, and no evidence for "thing". Merriam-Webster Editorial
Department writes: "When an informal poll was conducted here at
Merriam-Webster, about 60% of our editors favored 'thing' over
'think,' a result that runs counter to our written evidence."

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