THE TIME-HONOURED BRITISH THREAT
Indignant Anglo-Saxon (to provincial French innkeeper, who is bowing his thanks for the final settlement of his exorbitant and much-disputed account). "Oh, oui, mossoo! pour le matière de ça, je paye! Mais juste vous regardez ici, mon ami! et juste—vous—marquez—mes—mots! Je paye—mais je mette le dans la 'Times!'"