Watch, here comes mein Fuhrer.
What, is he headin' over 'ere?
Looks like it.
Right... [He sits down, grabs his beer and drinks it.]
[Pointing his trowel at Oz] Is he barmy? Takin' a tea-break when the chargehand comes round?
Does it on purpose, Bomber.
Principle, Bomb.
I sometimes think Oz ain't playin' with a full stack.
Look, man, I don't go kow-towin' to authority like what they do. Yer put a chimpanzee in a uniform and they'd salute it. "I was only obeyin' my orders." That's like their national motto, man. [Ulrich speaks to a worker] And if you've got owt to say, say it to me face, pal!
He's not talkin' about you, Oz. He's talkin' to the Germans.
He is.
How d'you know when you can't speak a word of German?
I understand more German than what you think, mate.
[Approaching Oz] And I know more English thank you think... For instance, I know the English word "tea-break".
Look, Mr. Ulrich, I do me whack same as the next man, right? And if I do it any faster, it entitles us to take me tea break when I want to, alreet? Now at the end of the day, you'll find the same amount of bricks laid here as anywhere else on the site, alreet?
If this true... everything okay. [Oz nods. Ulrich turns to leave.] Danke Schön.
And donkey shite to you too, pal. [Ulrich leaves]
Hey Oz, why do you antagonise people for no good reason?
Just don't like to see them Germans gangin' up on wor, man.
They're not, man. Those lads are just doin' a job o' work, same as us. We're on their turf, man. We're happy enough to take their Deutschmarks come the end of the week, aren't we?
Well, what's that got ta do with it? Wa earn it, don't wa, 'cos we're the best!
[Giving up, he turns away] Eh, Bomber, I tell yer he's always gotta have the last word. It's hopeless, man! It's like beatin' yer head against a brick wall.
Aye, well if yer dae, divven't bang it against a German bit, 'cos it'll fall doon.
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