In the beginning of the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Draco Malfoy tells Harry Potter, "You'll soon learn that some wizarding families are better than others. I can help you there." Harry replies with "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks."
It's the thanks on the end that gets me. Harry is essentially telling Draco to piss off, yet he adds a very polite thanks on the end of his almost-insult.
Americans may tag on a sarcastic "thanks" on to their rude retorts, but only in Britain, the manners capitol of the world, will you hear a polite thanks uttered to an enemy.
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