[karajorma]

Vulgar Berlusconi pays tribute to the sex appeal of the Iron Lady

Margaret Thatcher was una bella gnocca, a "great piece of pussy", Silvio Berlusconi declared this week, eulogising his ideological heroine as he lashed out at Romano Prodi's government. The Italian media mogul has never shied away from the language of the public bar, but his choice of words to praise the former British prime minister was startling even by his standards. President François Mitterrand famously remarked of Baroness Thatcher that she had "the eyes of Caligula and the mouth of Marilyn Monroe". Evidently Mr Berlusconi's attention was focused elsewhere.

You do have to wonder how he knows.

[Mefustae]

Yep, I think we all needed that mental image. Thanks, Mr. Berlusconi.

On the upside, we now know how to say 'great piece of pussy' in Italian. Much fun is to be had with this newfound knowledge.

[Ford Prefect]

She was a tiger in the sack. I gave her the idea to destroy organized labor in the north while we were basking, breathless, in the afterglow.

[Alikchi]

Insert a terrible play on the phrase "Iron Lady" here.

[brozozo]

The way that excerpt is worded made me think she died.