Wisecracking Berlusconi Gets A Little Help From His Friends

“I can understand why you are so angry, because every morning when you go and look at yourself in the mirror and you see yourself, you have already ruined your day.”
-Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi responds to a reporter who interrupted his press conference with a question about corruption. When the reporter refused to be silent, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russo stepped down from the podium and physically subdued the man, grabbing him by the coat and shouting, “Behave, you lout!”