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Subject:Re: another think ..uh... thing coming From:Joe Fockler <jfockler -at- IPHASE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 Jan 1994 16:42:02 -0600
According to Andrea Magers :
+ Kelly writes:
+ If that's what you think, you've got another thing coming.
+ Hmm. What "thing" should I be expecting?
+ A punch in the nose? A swift kick in the chops?
+ No disrespect intentded to you "think" sayers, but this is what my siblings
+ and I say in jest to each other. We've always said "thing" coming. I've
+ never heard of "think" until this list.
On the lighter side, until this list, I never stopped to "think" about
this expression. I love malapropisms and homophones. They make life even
more interesting. "It ain't ova [over] till it's ova" as Yogi Berra would
say. Of course, "You can observe a lot by watching."
Now a "swift kick in the chops" sounds pretty tasty. Is that a method to
tenderize pork chops? :)
