# What were you THINKING?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7874 "2026-08-08T22:11:08Z")

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Link to older discussion of the idiom in question:

> [@You have got another "thing" or "think" coming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-got-another-thing-or-think-coming/640931):
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> Hello, I would like to know what Dopers think about that expression. I just saw it on another forum and really makes me wonder. Is this expression “you have got another think coming” or “you have got another thing coming”? To my non-native ears, “think coming” sounds a little archaic.

TL;DR the ones profferring the one version thought the other side was crazy or at least that their preferred version was totally nonsensical. I am firmly on the “thing” side, and the first time I ever heard the “think” alternative was in the linked thread.

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