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.
MagowanWell 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!
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.#
[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.
[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.]
Magowan
[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?
Magowan
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.]
Howay, Mac! Heard you had a bit of bother the other night.
Magowan
I wasn't lookin' for any trouble.
Nah, nah, that's usually case, isn'it? Er... d'yer wanna drink?
Magowan
Yeah, I'll have a schnapps there.
Schnapps, eh? [To barman] Two. Two schnapps here. [Magowan picks up a schnapps already on the bar and drinks it] So, er... when are you up in front of the beak, then?
Magowan
Ah, some time next week.
Well, probably be a fine, yer kna, or you'll get bound o'er or something.
Magowan
You never know where you are with these Erics, you know. They're gonna stuff it to me, you know that, bein' a Brit, like, you know. They've thrown me out the hostel.
Magowan
They're just waitin' for their chance. They're very, very vindictive, [Looks aggresively at another drinker down the bar.] your average Eric.
Well, no. Let's... let's be fair. I mean, you can't really blame the Germans, can yer? I mean, live and let live. That's what I always say! I mean, yer average German's all reet. I mean, compared to a Turk, aye. [The barman looks on disapprovingly]
Magowan
It was the Germans started that fight the other night. They provoked me.
Well... that's probably disputable, isn'it?
Magowan
Hey, whose side are you on, then?
[Has a sip of his schnapps and coughs] Nobody's. No... I'm just sayin', I mean, it's not the first time it's happened, is it? Your record out here is not exactly untarnished.
Magowan
Ehh, maybe. [Downs his schnapps in one. To the barman] Two more of them 'ere, you.
Magowan
I mean... I'm no worse than most, you know. I mean... back on my own turf, like, you know, er... I'm a very popular bloke. [Oz, having drunk his schnapps, coughs] Leastways, no-one's ever said that they didn't like me, you know. Now and then I get a bit cantankerous, you know. Now and then.
Yeah, but I mean how often's "now and then"?
Magowan
Fridays.
Magowan
Right. [Downs another schnapps]
It must be the drink, yer kna, Mac, with you. I mean, it's a demon with some blokes, yer kna.
Magowan
You know this fight the other night? I just had about ten pils, you know, a few schnapps... [Downs yet another schnapps, while Oz sips his] so it can't have been the drink!
Where have the lads gone?
Magowan
Down the pub, I should think.
Did you, erm... have a nice time?
Magowan
Oh, yeah. Nice time. Aye.
Why? Did you have a fight?
Magowan
What's that supposed to mean?
Isn't that your usual way of havin' a good time?
[Laughs nervously] It's just a joke, innit?
Magowan
I must have got paralytic if my head's any clue.
Where... where'd you stay, like?
Magowan
Over the river there. I got this bird, see, I gave her a right seeing to. You would have been proud of me. [He notices the crates of beer] Christ! Miracles never cease, eh?
[Stops in front of Magowan] That's for tomorrow night for the match.
Magowan
[Pushes Neville away] You're not gonna miss a couple of bottles, are ya? [Gets a bottle from the crate and opens it]
No, but we all chipped in for that. Did you?
Magowan
Well, I never invited them! [Takes a swig]
No, but they're our guests.
Magowan
Look, I'll win that darts match for you, all right? Put some money on that, you'll get it all back.
I want back what you owe me... what you owe all of us. [Magowan aggressively approaches Neville]
[Backing away] Oh, I'm all right, like. I've got a bit put aside, you know.
Magowan
You want what back, kid?
Just... what you owe for the bail, like.
Magowan
Look, if I'm gonna get a flat I'm gonna need that money, aren't I, as a deposit. That was all agreed.
Magowan
Talk to that wet nurse of yours, you know, Patterson. He'll put you straight.
I don't care what the others agreed. I want my money back.
Magowan
Just drop it, will you?
Nev, I think you'd better leave it. I think Mac's getting the needle.
Magowan
I only get the needle when I drink.
Magowan
[Aggressively puts the bottle down and confronts Neville] Look, Geordie, if you wanna make somethin' of it, I'll bloody kill you. [To Barry] And that goes for you an' all, mate! [Shoves Neville] Got that?
Magowan
No? [Shoves Neville again.]
Hey! [Shoves Magowan back. Magowan headbutts Neville and punches him in the stomach!]
Oi, leave 'im alone! [Magowan goes for Barry, who backs off straight away, cowering. Neville coughs and retches, clutching his stomach. Magowan grabs his coat.]
Magowan
Hey. I'll be back for the darts match. [Throws his empty bottle at Barry, who catches it, then leaves the hut.]
Magowan
I got me cards from Grunwald.
Magowan
He says he heard through the grapevine the judge is gonna do me when I go up, you know, make an example or somethin'.
Magowan
Apparently. I told yer they'd stuff it to me, didn't I? Vindictive bastards!
Aye, well, yer... yer best off goin' home. It's better than bein' in the clink.
Magowan
Aye, s'pose so. [Starts to walk off]
Magowan
[Turns back and squares up to Neville] That's your bail money up the spout, kid! [Walks off again, this time picking up a wrench as he passes a digger, throwing it through a cabin window, breaking it.]
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