You remind me of the exchange between Basil Fawlty and the American, Mr Hamilton, in the Waldorf Salad episode:

Mr. Hamilton : "You're gonna stay here, nice and quiet, while these people say whether or not they're satisfied. And you move off that spot, Fawlty, I'm gonna bust your ASS!"

Basil Fawlty, muttering: "Everything's bottoms, isn't it?"

Of course, that was nationalities in reserve...