Typically Russian tirade meets a typically British response.

>Back in 1960 when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev came to the United Nations, he created quite a stir in the Assembly when, in a heated tirade, he took off his shoe and pounded on the table with it. >In the best tradition of British unflappability, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan remarked calmly, “I’d like that translated, if I may.” _____________ **BONUS:** [Here is a photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Harold_Macmillan_number_10_official.jpg) of Macmillan, and my god is that a British face. I think the whole thing is funnier if you can actually picture the guy saying it. _____________ **Source:** Humes, James C. *Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous*. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 123. Print. _____________ **Further Reading:** [Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev) [United Nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) [Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Macmillan)