TV QuotesDatabase
139 QUOTES

A character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Neville quotes from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Played by Kevin Whately · 139 quotes · page 2 of 10

Neville

3rd most-quoted character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: in 139 of its 320 quotes
Most scenes with: Dennis (95), Oz (83), Bomber (64)

Scenes with Neville 136

[Neville returns to the hut after a wild night out after what he intended to be his last day on the site. He is somewhat dishevelled and very hungover]

Look at the state of you! Where ya been?

Neville

Loads of places. Can't remember in what order.

Well, where did ya wake up?

Neville

Railway station. On a bench

It's a pity you didn't have your stuff with ya, yer could've hopped straight on the train.

Ay, where's Bomber?

Neville

I dunno, I think he went to the brothel.

Well, you didn't, like?

Neville

Certainly not!

Well, howay then, get yer gear together, and I'll get yer straight down the station.

Neville

Nah, I'm not going.

What?

Neville

I'm not going!

Let me guess why, you lost all your money, haven't yer, eh? You've blown it all on booze and gambling haven't yer, just like Bomber! Haven't yer?

Neville

I dunno how I ended up, man. (Stands up and takes several bank notes out of his pockets) I divna understand this German money.

Look at that lot!

Neville

What, did I win?

Did ya win? You're rich, bonny lad! [Oz and Dennis sort through the money]

Well, comfortably well off anyway. Ere, we'll charter a 747 with this, we can have him home for his tea!

Neville

I can't go home. Ever. (Starts to open his shirt)

Why not? Look, so you didn't stick it out, but you're going home with a wadful of money. Got nothing to be ashamed of, has he?

Oh, na!

Neville

Haven't I? How can I go home with this? (Shows a tattoo on his right arm - it's a pair of love hearts with the names "Neville" and "Lotte" on it)

Who's Lotte?

Neville

I can't remember!

Neville

He's talkin' about me.

Yer what?

Neville

The Capo. He keeps lookin' this way. He knows my work's not up to snuff.

Could be talking about anything, mate. The weather, his dandruff...

Neville

Sooner or later I'm gonna get collared.

Look, I told you what to do: every time a gaffer comes round, just whip out your extendable steel tape and measure something. [Neville does so as Ulrich looks over again before he and the other worker walk off] And you're getting better, mate. I mean it ain't the first time you've 'eld an 'hammer in your 'and, is it? You told me yourself you put up your Brenda's pelmets.

Neville

Aye. I didn't tell yer they fell down again, did I?

You are telling me this man has worked here almost three weeks without credentials?

Oh he's got credentials, Herr Ulrich. But, er, as a bricklayer. One of the best, mind, I can vouch for that meself.

But he is working here as carpenter. How can this be?

Well, er... I can only presume it was some sort of administrative cock-up.

Wass? (What?) [As this goes on, site secretary Dagmar is listening in to their conversation from the other side of the office.]

Well, a mistake. A blunder, like.. With the agent.

I think not. [To Dagmar] Bringen Sie mir die Arbeitsbedingungen deshalb vom Erster September. (Bring me the workforce requirement from 1st September.) [To Dennis & Neville] My requirement is always exact. I cannot believe the agent would make a mistake.

Well, he's handlin' people for all over Germany, I mean there's 30,000 of us workin' here. [Dagmar gives Ulrich the paperwork.] There's bound to be the odd error, like.

Herr Pfister is most dependable. [He goes over the paperwork] Ja. Here is my letter to Herr Pfister dated August 4th - my requirement is exact. Carpenters - three, plasterers - five. He sent four only - one comes today. Bricklayers... two only. There is no "cock-up".

Neville

[To Dennis] Ask him if there's any chance of a vacancy coming up.

He speaks English, Neville.

Neville

Ah, but you always put things better than I do, Den.

[Sighs] Look, Mr. Ulrich, I've worked in your country three times before. Now, you can ring round all the Stompenfuhrers you like, they'll all confirm that I'm straight, right. Now you lot asked me to bring people back. That's why I brought this lad here, because he's top rank. Now, as he was under my wing, so to speak, wa didn't want to split up. Now I'm sure the occasion is gonna arise shortly when you need another bricklayer. But in the meantime, he'll do anything you like. He can shovel. Fair enough?

[Grunwald, who was working in the office next door, enters and approaches Ulrich, who gets out of his seat.]

Was habt ihr Problem? (What is the problem?)

Dieser junge Mann sagte, er wäre Zimmermann. Es hat sich aber herausgestellt, dass er Maurer ist. Ich habe keine freie Stelle für solche. (This young man said he was a carpenter, but it turns out he's a bricklayer, and I have no vacancies for such.)

[To Neville] This is true? You are bricklayer?

Neville

Yeah.

What if there had been an accident? You would want compensation, ja? But the fault would be yours.

Neville

Oh, I never thought about that.

Ja. [To Ulrich] Sie müssen das selbst ausmachen. Ich bin schon fünf Minuten später. (You'll have to sort this out, I'm already five minutes late.) [Grunwald leaves the office]

[Sits back down. To Neville] You do not work today. I must think.

This young man starts work today as bricklayer.

Neville

Oh aye! Thanks very much!

Yes, thanks a lot, Herr Ulrich. Much appreciated.

Well it's only fair, innit? In light of what happened, as I pointed out to you yesterday. [Points his trowel at Herr Ulrich]

Yeah, I agree it's only fair. But also I now have vacancy for bricklayer.

Oh, aye? How come?

You, Osbourne. You are fired.

[To the barman] Six pils, and six rounds of ham and cheese. [Oz enters the bar, the lads say nothing.] What'll it be, Oz?

Just the usual.

[To the barman] Another pils.

Him? Out!

Oh don't be daft, he only wants a swift half.

He is not to come here!

Well what's I done now?

[Gets up and approaches the bar] All right.

What's I done?

[To Dennis] Last night!

That don't count! Come on, man. Give him a beer. [The barman reluctantly puts a seventh beer on the table. Oz goes over to the others.]

Did you get the boot then?

Aye, yeah. [He sits at the table, with the others, followed by Barry and Dennis, who puts a beer in front of Oz.]

Neville

I'm really sorry, Oz. I didn't mean...

Oh nae, it's not your fault, Neville, it's them bastards!

Come off it. You've only got yourself to blame, you brought this on yourself.

How's that, like?

Because you're always soundin' off at the Germans! They're just a canny bunch of lads, same as the rest of us!

Oh aye? Not that Ulrich!

Well, alright, he's a hardnose. But it's his job, man.

Well Ulrich can put his job right in the shit, couldn't he, if you'd've back us up!

What do you mean "back"?

Walk off in protest.

Oh, right, like a confrontation with the management over his unfair dismissal.

What good d'ya think that's gonna do?

Well it's ganna leave 'em short, isnit? Then what's he ganna dae?

He's gonna ring the agent and order another six Brits! He's got plenty to choose from, there's three million unemployed back home!

Well, it shouldn't be allowed. It's shouldn't! I mean, we've got wor rights, haven't we?

We haven't got any rights, Oz! We're on the lump, man, we're black. Look, if you want worker's rights, then register with the Germans. Pay them income tax, welfare, insurance. Can't have it both ways.

[Quietly] Right. So... [Louder] So... What yer sayin' is you won't back us up! One of yar own mates! Is that it?

Look, Oz, I'm sorry you got the boot, right? We all are. But I can do sod all about it.

Well you're the one that talked Grunwald into letting Neville stay, aren't ya?

There were two other factors that helped Neville: A - the bomb, and B - your big mouth.

What?

Look, I've seen blokes like you come and go all the times I've worked in Germany. Never been out the UK before. Never eaten foreign food, never drank foreign beer. Fish out of water without the wife or the mother to lend a guiding hand. After a week they've lost their passports, they've got pissed, lost most of their money, and become ridiculously nationalistic for the country that can't even bloody employ them in the first place. man! [Oz gets up and walks towards the exit]

Neville

Want another beer, Oz?

Me? No, no, I know when I'm not wanted? [Exits the bar.]

[After the German workers convince Herr Grunwald to reinstate Oz, the lads decide to invite them to the hut for some beers and a game of darts. Bomber and Moxey put a light above the dartboard]

[Plugs the light in] That's it. Perfect. [The light is a bit dim.]

Could've done with a stronger bulb, though.

Neville

[Takes a beer from a crate] D'you reckon we've got enough in, Den?

Well if there's not, it's easy enough to get some more, innit?

Aye, ey, they drink a bit, them Jerries! Maybe as much as us!

Listen, Oz, Listen, everybody, it's because of those Jerries that Oz is still here. Don't want anybody forgetting that, right? [Murmurs of agreement] When those German scaffolders turn up tonight, let's all make sure that we have a good night. Agreed? You especially, Oz.

Oh, absolutely.

And this darts match, right, it's not the World Cup, or a replay of World War II. It's just meant to cement the harmony and the goodwill amongst the British and the Erics. Agreed? [Murmurs of agreement] Good.

Mind you, it might only be a darts match, but us British have still got to try and hammer these Germans.

What for?

'Cos they're the bastards that bombed me granny!

It's ten to six, yer kna.

Yes. Yes, it is, yes, Oz.

Yeah, but he was supposed to be here at two o'clock!

Well, maybe his car broke down.

It's not reet!

Well I can think of better things to do than hang around here on a Friday night freezin' me nuts off.

[Dagmar and Ulrich exit the office, their working day done.]

Wiedersehen, Dagmar. Oh, schönes Wochenende. (Goodbye, Dagmar. Have a nice weekend.) [Some of the workers wolf whistle and make suggestive noises at Dagmar as she walks past. Ulrich approaches Oz] What's this? Some kind of British protest meeting?

We want wor wages, don't wa?

It is not my responsibility, it's the agent who pays you.

We know that, we know that, we just don't know where he is, man.

This is your business, it is not mine.

Oh well that's alright, but if we don't get paid, we just don't come to work next week, alreet?

Well, then I send for more out-of-work Engländers. [He gets in his car.]

We'll get no joy out of him, y'know. [Ulrich drives away, but not before Magowan furiously slams his hand on the roof of the car.]

[Entering the hut] Hey, yer seen them lunatics standin' out there, eh? As if that's ganna make him turn up any faster, y'know what I mean, eh!

Neville

Mind, Mr. Pfister's never usually this late, Dennis. I like to get to the post office on a Friday night, that way Brenda gets her money first thing Monday morning. [Moxey pulls the towel all the way over his head and over the bowl.]

Ey, there's no panic, man. I mean, yer kna, Don't forget... [Lights his cigarette] This bloke, he must cover, what, fifteen sites in a day, y'know. He could've got held up, had a puncture, yer kna, anything.#

Neville

Suppose so.

[Lifts up his towel] It's like what Bomber told us the other day... [sniffs] ...there were thirty other Brits, y'know, when he was workin' in Essen a year ago waiting for their money. The agent never turned up at all.

Neville

How come?

[Pulls the towel back over the bowl and coughs before pulling the towel back] Well, it turns out... he'd legged it to Hamburg. Left his wife, took all their money and some young Fräulein, y'know, from the a-architect's office. [Coughs and covers his head again.]

Well, I've had enough of this. I mean, there's no point in standin' here like spare pricks at a wedding, is there? I mean, he knows where we live, doesn'he? [Turns and heads back to the hut]

You're right. Might as well get back and put the kettle on, eh? [Also turns and leaves]

Ah well, can't keep a nice young Fräulein waiting, I'd better wash me barnet, eh? [Turns and leaves. Barry follows suit.]

[Brandishing a hosepipe connected to a gravel suction pump] Well I'm gonna wait it out. Y'know what I'm gonna do when he does turn up?

Pardon?

I'm gonna connect 'im to this hosepipe there and I'm gonna blow gravel right up his jacksie.

Ah, yes, that is one approach, Magowan, yeah. On the other hand, you could always take a hard line though(!) [Magowan throws down the hosepipe and glares menacingly at Barry, who promptly backs away and heads with the others to the hut.]

Neville

What's got into you, Brenda? ...What do you mean "loonin' around"? ...Of course I'm in the bar, man! That's where the telephone is, isn'it? ...No, there's naebody here but Wayne and Barry playin' cards. ...Eh? Oh, hang on, pet... [puts another coin in the slot] Hang on, man!

[Wayne and Barry are indeed at the bar playing cards.]

[To the barman] Two pils, please. [To Wayne] What about Neville?

[Looks at Neville] He ain't started his first yet. Too busy getting stick from the wife. I dunno, comes in here faithful every Monday, fistful of change, five minutes after the cheap rate starts, rings the missus, good as gold. Gets a verbal bollocking off her. I don't understand married men meself!

I think I know the reason for this.

Oh yeah?

Yeah, you have a deep-rooted dislike of women. [Wayne is somewhat taken aback by this] Which explains why you have no desire to form a permanent relationship. You're obviously the product of a broken home, right, where you're brought up by parents who fought all the time. [Wayne looks at Barry] I can see you as a child, lyin' awake until the early hours, listenin' to your parents fighting in the living room below. I think a thing like that scars a child for life.

Well I suppose it would, yeah.

Bound to, innit? I thought I'd hit the nail on the 'ead!

So, erm... How comes my folks have just had their silver wedding, then? [Turns over a winning hand with his cards. Barry looks confused.] Don't be so put out, they're over the moon about it!

No, no, you know, I'm chuffed for 'em. Really, yeah. Chuffed.

[Oz enters the bar, having fixed the broken radio he bought earlier]

Got it workin'.

Oh yeah?

Listen to this. [Turns it on, it plays loud music.]

Neville

[Turns round, still on the phone] Turn that down will yer?

Ah, bollocks!

Neville

[Back on the phone to Brenda] No, pet! I'm not in a discotheque!

Morning, campers! Rise and shine!

Neville

[Waking up] Oz?!

Well, it's not the Duke of Edinburgh, is it?

[Waking up] I was fast asleep...

Howay, Dennis, man! G'mornin'! Work to be done!

[Throws his bed covers off] Why din' ya pack it in, man!

I'm back, man.

Thought you'd gone for good.

Nah, yer can't get rid of me that easy, mate.

[Waking up] Oh, I'm dreamin' and havin' a nightmare, Oz has come back!

Aye, certainly.

Where'd you spring from, then?

Been back home, havven' I? Cadged a lift back home with the lads after the match. Well, why not, you know? Go back home, have a couple of pints with the lads in The Crow, see the wife...

Oh, you saw her did yer?

Certainly. While I was back, I might as well sort her out.

Neville

Aye, I heard you'd been back home.

How's that, like?

Neville

I was talkin' to Brenda, she told us.

Ah well look, from now on, we'll just keep the wives' mafia out of our affairs, shall wa? 'Cos one of the good things is Marjorie doesn't know I'm in Dusseldorf. In fact, as far as she's concerned, it's the last place she'll think of lookin' for us! I'm not here, me, I'm the Invisible Man! [Checks his belongings]

Well I can't think of anyone less invisible than you, Oz!

...Hey, where's me stereo?

Oh, I've got that, Oz.

Well ask next time, eh?

No, it's.. it's mine now.

What?!

Yeah, I sort of bought it.

Nae ya didn't!

Er, I think an explanation is in order. Err, Dennis...

[To Dennis] Yer, well?

Well, Oz, it's, er... like this. Us lads, like, we thought we'd seen the last of you, yer kna. Thought you'd gone for good. So we said to worselves, "What shall we do with his stuff?"

So what did you do with it?

Well, we went through your locker, you know, thinkin' you'd need the money. [Oz checks his locker] And the only things we found of any value were your donkey jacket, your digital clock and your stereo.

And they're gone an' all! Where are they?

Well, eh, we had an auction, Oz.

An auction?!

It was a democratic decision. I've got the digital clock.

I got the jacket.

And, er, I got the stereo.

[Looks round] What a bloody nerve!

No, wait a minute! Look, we weren't selling you short. I mean, we raised 230 quid! That plus yer three days wages came to nearly £400!

[Flabbergasted] Oh that's not so bad, 'cos I can borrow a bit to get back! [To Wayne, pointing at the stereo] I'm buyin' that straight back, mate! [To the others] Where's me money?

Er... Well, the thing is, Oz, thinking you'd need the money, like, yer kna, we, er... sent it home.

Home?! But I'm here, man! What's ganna happen to it?

Neville

[Smirking] Well, I think your wife'll find a use for it!

[Torrential rain has brought all work on the site to a halt. In the hut, Barry writes a letter, while Wayne, Neville, Bomber and Oz play pontoon with a pack of lewd playing cards. Moxey is in bed with the flu.]

[Looks outside] It's like a bleedin' quagmire out there, innit? [To Moxey] Reckon we'll be laid off?

[All stuffed up] Suits me. I'm not well. [Sneezes into a hankie.]

Still ploatin' doon, isn'it?

"Ploatin' doon"? An' what's that supposed to mean, then?

Yer kna... hoyin' it doon, man. Cats and dogs. It's pissin' down, isn'it?

At least that's English. It's easier to learn German than understand Geordie.

Look, are we playing cards or what?

Neville

It comes from the French - "pleut". [Wayne rolls his eyes.] So, to "pleut" means "to rain" in French. At least, I think it does.

Yeah, well you're an educated man you are, Nev. O-Level in woodwork. Can't argue with that, can we(?) [Neville gives Wayne the two-fingered salute.] Do you wanna twist or buy?

Neville

Nah, I'll stick with these, thanks.

[One of the Turks enters the hut to bring fuel for the stove. He leaves the door open.]

[To the Turk] Door!

I'll stick. [Gets up to shut the door.]

Brought up in a t-tent you were, Ayatollah!

Oh, leave the lad alone, we needs the warmth. [Shuts the door.]

Right, er, twist us a seven. [Wayne deals a card] Nine. Perfect(!) [He's bust, he throws his cards to the table.]

[Turns over his cards] Eighteen, pay nineteens.

Neville

[As he and Bomber throw their cards down] Can you believe his luck?

[Noticing the Turk standing by the stove with the wood in a bucket] Just leave it down there, Ayatollah. We'll manage it. Just get out. [The Turk sets the bucket down and starts observing the game.]

Neville

Pleuvoir - to rain.

If I'd known I was going to be put in with you lot, I'd have taken a bloody language course! I'd have gone to that place in Oxford Street, you know? The Berlitz School, and taken elementary Geordie for beginners! :[The Turk takes a keen interest in Neville's cards.]

Hey, Ayatollah! That's all right. Sling yer hook. Get out! [The Turk finally takes the hint and leaves.]

Look at these cards. I must have killed a Chinaman.

Neville

A lot of Geordie derives from Denmark. Scandinavia. 'Cos of the Vikings, see? They came over our way first.

Well, they still do, don't they? They shop at Marks & Sparks!

[Meanwhile, Dennis is in the site office. Herr Ulrich enters.]

Ja?

Er, just checking, Herr Ulrich, the lads were wondering what the possibility is of resuming work.

[Taking off his raincoat] Very small. The forecast is continual bad.

Well, we don't mind working the weekend, yer kna, to make up for it.

No, it's not popular with the German workers.

Well, can I just clarify one thing? I mean, we still get paid, don't we? I mean, the weather, that's not down to us, is it?

Well, the weather's very English, I think.

Yeah, but we'd still get paid in England.

Ja, but in Germany, you're self-employed. No work, no pay.

Well when I read the contract, it didn't read like that to me.

No? Please, read the small print.

Hey, I nearly drowned out there, man!

What's mein Führer say, then?

No work 'til Monday.

Neville

Does that mean no pay?

'Fraid not, bonny lad. Some chippies have got some indoor work, but us lot can forget it.

Neville

I was really hoping to put in some overtime this week.

Oz What, to compensate for your pontoon deficits?

Neville

Very funny(!)

Well, a little break won't do us any harm, eh?

Neville

Yeah, but Brenda wants to retile the bathroom.

Aye well, you shouldn't play cards, should yer?

Neville

I wouldn't be playing if it wasn't raining!

You really reckon Monday, Dennis?

It's Friday now, Barry, and the forecast...

Neville

[Checking the change in his hand] I'd better phone her I suppose.

Nae bother, man. Just reverse the charges. It's only England.

Neville

I was really counting on that extra.

It's bound to happen, man. It happens at home, doesn't it, the weather?

[Getting up] If that's the word then, I know a young Fräulein who won't be too upset. I'd better press me old whistle, haven't I, eh?

It's one of them things, Neville, man, yer kna. We might as well make the most of it.

Neville

And do what?

...I dunno. Somethin'. Pictures, eh? Hey, we could hire a car, couldn't we? Drive off overnight, like. [Sits at the table where Oz is still fiddling with the deck of cards]

Hey, how far's Berlin?

What?

Berlin, man. Can we gan to Berlin, Den? I've always wanted to gan to Berlin.

Why, for heaven's sake?

Well, I divvn't kna, man. I mean it's, er... It's historic, isn'it? I mean it's interesting. After all, it is Berlin, isn'it?

Neville

It's probably raining there an' all.

No, no, man. But think of it. Berlin, man! Yer kna, spies, the war, Hitler's bunker...

It's closed weekends.

Ahh, do us a favour, man, Bomber.

Hey, you could gan to East Berlin, Oz.

What? Behind the Iron Curtain?

Aye.

Right!

Let's all spend the weekend in East Berlin.

Sound.

Apparently, it's the most miserable, depressing place you've ever seen in yer life.

Neville

What? Worse than here?

[To Neville] Look, I'm not accusing you of anything.

Neville

Yeah y'are, you all are! I come in here, it's like the Spanish inquisition! It's none of your business!

I think it is, bonny lad.

Neville

But if I pinched Oz's watch, how much would that've fetched at the pawn shop?

Ay, it was a canny watch, that, man!

Neville

Oh, and I've just pretended to have me money pinched to cover up? Ohh, howay.

Look, just hear me out, will yer? Look, you are the last person in the world to steal anything, right...

But yer have got money troubles.

Neville

So?

[To Oz] Shut up! [To Neville] So, if you're desperate enough to get into hock, I'd like to know about it, 'cos I'd like to help.

Well, personally I don't think he's got anything of any personal value...

Neville

Oh, he still thinks I took his bloody watch!

Oz, don't be a prick all your bloody life! Take an hour off, will yer?

Neville

Look, it's nobody's business but me own! [Frustrated, he sits on his bed.]

Listen, Nev, what Dennis says goes for all of us. I mean, if you're strapped or in a jam or something, we'd like to help you out. I mean, that's the word, innit, lads?

Absolutely. [The lads murmur.] Look, we're all in your corner, kid. [Sits on the bed next to Neville]

Neville

What it was...

Look, you don't have to tell...

Naw, let 'im get it off 'is chest, man!

Neville

I met this lass, y'see. Nothin' special, but I didn't want to know 'cos I knew what you'd all think.

Who was she, then?

Neville

Nobody you'd know. Anyway... I met her, right. And when I seen her yesterday, she gave us this present, er... a bit of jewellery, a keepsake, like. Then this mornin' I gets a letter from Brenda and... it just brought home how short wor are, or... how short she is, and then... so... I pawned the lass's present.

Oh, charming(!)

Leave it out, Oz!

Neville

I know it wasn't a very nice thing to do, but like you say I was strapped. I got twenty-five quid for it, and that's nearly what I had pinched. It's one way of lookin' at it, isn'it?

[Happy with Neville's explanation] Right. That's all that sorted out! Let's all go over to the greasy spoon, eh, and drink to this satisfactory conclusion. [To Oz, sarcastically] Eh, good the the morale of our hut? Eh? [The lads make their way out, except Wayne and Neville]

Here, Nev. You gotta get that thing out of hock. Sentimental reasons, innit? Look, I'll loan you the readies, and you pay me back.

Neville

Ah no, no.

No, you're all right. How about tomorrow lunch? You on?

Neville

Well, I do feel a bit bad about it. But... I couldn't give it to Brenda! Where would she think I got the money from?

Later. I mean a birthday or something. Coming, then?

Neville

Yeah. Cheers, mate.

All right! Coming down the pub?

Neville

[Getting up] You would've liked her, Wayne.

Blimey! What's this? [Picks up a bank note off the floor.] Who's dropped this? Look. Is this yours, then? [Passes the note to Bomber]

Oh-ho, I wish it was, boyo! [Passes it to Dennis]

It's 100 Marks! Hey, somebody's flush [Passes it to Wayne]

Or bleedin' careless. [Passes it to Moxey]

Let's have a look. [Does so, then passes it to Neville] 100 Deutschmarks.

Neville

100 Alfreds? That's worth about twenty-five quid, ah. [The lads drunkenly giggle, but no-one owns up to dropping the money. Neville leaves the 100 Mark note on the table]

Hey, close the door, will ya? It's worse than the bloody Arctic! [Wayne goes to close the door, but as he does, Oz grabs hold of his wrist.]

Got 'im!

You naffin' lunatic! What's goin' on?

Look at this! [Holding up Wayne's hand, covered in green stains]

What are you on about? [The others wake up]

I've caught the thief.

[Breaks free from Oz's grasp] You lunatic!

What's goin' on?

Look, last night I coated this note with this special stuff, right? Dennis knows what I'm talkin' about. The next day it stains your fingers, right? [Grabs Wayne's hand and holds it up again] Look at the evidence!

What are you on about?

I doctored this note, didn't I?

But the note's over there, ain't it? [Points to the 100 Mark note still on the table. The Turk also notices.]

Neville

[Looking at his stained hands] Hey, what's this?

[Looking at his hands too] I've got it as well.

[Also examining his hands] Eurgh!

Neville

Hey, does this come out? [While all the lads are checking their hands, the Turk - the real culprit - takes the 100 Mark note from the table, completely unnoticed by the lads, and exits the hut.]

[Looking at his hands, as is Bomber] Oh, no.

I don't get this.

You daft..!

Neville

Does this come off? I've got a tattoo on me arm I don't want, and now I've got green fingers! [Oz just looks confused.]

Did you get it?

Neville

Yeah. The decent thing to do, wasn't it? Cheers, Wayne.

It was no bother, son. Well, show us, then. [Neville gets the jewellery out of the bag. Wayne has a closer look - it's the locket he gave to Ingrid on their date. He's lost for words!]

Neville

Aye, there they go. Off to their nice comfortable homes.

Aye. They'll have a big tea waiting for 'em, a glass of foaming beer, slippers warming by the fire.

Yeah, then it's feet up in front of Coronation Straße and a quick bit of the ol' leg over on the settee.

Is that all you think about, Wayne? Turking?

Only when I'm awake, Moxey. At night, when I'm dreaming, I think of carpentry, don't I(?)

Right, what's it ganna be tonight, boys, then? A nice bit of gourmet cooking out the hut then a couple of gallons of beer at the club?

That's a good idea, Oz, we haven't done that for, er, twenty-four hours(!)

Actually, Dennis has hit on a very serious point here, y'know. I've been reading this book recently about health food, see, and I reckon our dietary habits leave a lot to be desired, I do, mate. Especially from the point of view of roughage.

[Turns to Barry] What's roughage?

Roughage?

[Notices Dennis laughing] What's the matter wi' you?

Look, if your bowels were Jericho, roughage would be a trumpet. [Dennis and Wayne laugh.]

Oh! Senna pods, like?

Well... not quite, no. I'm thinkin' more on the lines of bran, or er... you know, a nice vegetable curry.

Oh.

Aye. It's a pity we're in Germany, Barry. Still, 'ey, you could nip out to Bradford for a takeaway.

Oh, yeah.

[Calling out to Bomber] Herr Busbridge? Come, please. Telephone.

For me?!

Neville

Go on, Bomber. It's probably Littlewoods, you've won the jackpot.

Not with my luck, I ain't. Get my money, will you, Nev?

Neville

Aye, sure.

Hey, Bomber! Do Barry a favour, ask Ulrich if he knows of any Indian restaurants. [Bomber follows Herr Ulrich into the site office.]

Ah. There. [Points to a phone off the hook.] I will leave you alone, it's your wife.

My wife?! [Picks up the receiver] Hello, Patsy? What's the matter, girl?

These quotes come from Wikiquote's Auf Wiedersehen, Pet pages and are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.