# I know what I bargained for, and this ain't the deal **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002 "2014-01-16T21:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/1 "2014-01-16T21:30:04Z")
If there is a situation which makes you want to say “I know what I bargained for, and this ain’t the deal” or something similar, do you think there is anything else you could say as an alternative? ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/2 "2014-01-16T21:44:53Z")
Probably going to need more details. I smell storytime in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/3 "2014-01-17T01:59:59Z")
“You’re giving me the old bait and switch!” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/4 "2014-01-17T02:25:13Z")
Life. Don’t talk to me about life. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/5 "2014-01-17T03:31:44Z")
I wanted to buy the mine, but all I got was the shaft. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/6 "2014-01-17T04:23:31Z")
This isn’t what I signed on for ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/7 "2014-01-17T08:34:46Z")
Apparently, there has been a misapprehension… ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/8 "2014-01-17T08:54:24Z")
Take it up with my union rep. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/9 "2014-01-17T09:14:05Z")
I’m not even supposed to be here today! ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/10 "2014-01-17T09:16:23Z")
Nobody told me there were going to be days like these. Strange days, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/11 "2014-01-17T17:05:35Z")
Of course, what you do not want to hear in response to any of these is “I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further.” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/12 "2014-01-17T18:40:06Z")
It was my understanding that there would be no math. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/13 "2014-01-17T18:43:46Z")
You said this wouldn’t be in the test. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/14 "2014-01-17T18:47:56Z")
I was told there’d be cake. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/15 "2014-01-17T18:56:06Z")
I came back. I did not bring pie. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/16 "2014-01-17T19:09:47Z")
Does spelling count? ---
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/17 "2014-01-17T19:10:12Z")
Why, ain’t that the cow you bought ? wait, what? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/18 "2014-01-17T19:26:45Z")
I was told there’d be punch and pie . . . ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-what-i-bargained-for-and-this-aint-the-deal/679002/19 "2014-01-18T00:22:24Z")
But I don’t wanna be a cowboy!