All language subtitles for Desmonds s05e04 Lollipop Man

From the Lomot Lake, the Norton Bree, to
the Dump and to the Rail of London 15

We come from the sun to live in the coal
I'm in here and I want

my coconuts free Don't trash the soca

Supercheese over

Let's keep the music sweet Wind up your
waist and feel

the extra savor

Oh, thanks, Joe.

Cheers,

Joe.

Oh, thank you.

Tony,

you intend to walk all day dressed like
that?

Why, Dad? You going to take me shopping,
then?

I'm not trying to tell you how to dress,
Tony, but... Good, then don't. Oh,

Tony, I think it's a lovely car.

Yeah, thanks, Joe.

That is a Giovanni.

75 quid a throne.

75? Yeah, I'd wear this. Look. What I'm
saying is anything wrong with this shirt

is just that... Oh, stop prevaricating
and get to the point, Desmond. Okay,

okay. What you're wearing is not
suitable for work. You look as if you've

come from a party.

Oh, I have.

Leave him alone. I think Tony looks
bright and cheerful.

Well, he looks like a traffic light to
me.

He's not wearing any green.

Huh?

is the over -wear I'm concerned about.

Don't talk to me about dress sense,
yeah? All your clothes are made by that

-known duo, Polly and Esther.

What are you talking about? He surely
made this for me. You should have seen

when Crimpleen was deranged.

These rooms, they are part of all
members of the staff. Well, Gloria can

as she pleases, since she doesn't work
here.

Oh, I am today.

That's what I'm all dressed up for.

You're what?

to help me today?

Well, she looks like a reject from
Shaft.

Well, she looks wonderful to me. All she
needs is this.

I'm wearing that.

So you won't get paid.

I love it.

Actually, I think this chauvinist, a
uniform.

You tried that on us once before,
Desmond. Yes, I still think it's a good

Uniforms command respect.

Like a barrister's wig or a
schoolmaster's gown. Or a clown's nose.

You're so funny, Desmond. You!

Oh, come on. Don't be horrible.

I think Pork Pie's uniform demands as
much respect as any other. You can't

that a uniform, surely. It look more
like a... like a tent.

See, my lollipop colleagues would find
that deeply insulting.

I remember our lollipop man, right? He
used to direct all the traffic into the

playground. Yeah, he was probably
directing it at you.

I thought lollipop men were supposed to
be kind, gentle, mild -mannered fellows.

Because we are.

But what you don't seem to realize is
that three times a day, I risk my life

limb for other people's offspring.

That's why I'm proud to wear this
uniform.

Oh, but what a way your chest hides.

As far as I'm concerned, that uniform
makes you considerably more interesting

look at, but unfortunately, no more
interesting to listen.

What do you know about anything, eh? You
were born a student, and you will die a

student.

You see me?

with this uniform on.

Oh, don't be so dramatic, folk. Why you
get up in the morning, you put on your

oversized yellow coat, you stand up in
the middle of the road, waving your

lollipop around, nobody's going to take
you seriously.

You should see me in action.

Oh, folk, what is this, Peckham? I ain't
Dodge City, is it?

Actually, it could be murder crossing
that road, especially in them shoes.

Look, I don't have time for this idle
chatter.

If y 'all want to stand around here and
watch a one -time Trumpeter turn husband

barber doing no good here, that's fine.

But if you want to see a true
professional in action, follow me.

At least I've got to see.

Gloria!

There's an old African saying.

If you can't be them, join them.

Sticks or what?

Come on, hurry up, you lazy slacker. No,
please.

Please, I can't keep up. Do you have to
go so fast? Well, you're the one who

told the tailor, don't worry about
looking out the window.

I'll jog this off in a few days.

Look, there's got to be another way of
doing this.

That's also more enjoyable.

Well, according to this, you've lost two
millimetres. What?

That can't be right. I'm afraid it is.
You're just not getting your knees high

enough. You'll never get into that suit.

Look, look, look, I will, I will.

I just need a bit of a rest, that's all.

What do you think you're doing?

Mandy.

There's exercise and there's torture.

I'll stick with the exercise.

I'm certain, sir, your gut hangs over
the belt of your trousers.

I didn't want to go to the regional bank
manager's dinner looking like an aged,

beer -inflated rugby player.

You can stay seated. If not, start
running now.

Come on.

Come on,

my man.

Why didn't you cross?

What are you waiting for?

We are doing the green cross coat.

But you don't have to do the green cross
coat. The lollipop man is on duty.

My dad said anyone in a uniform is a
waste of space.

That's why we have to do the Green Cross
code.

You children are very rude. Very rude
indeed.

What do you think about it?

If I was your dad, I would give you a
good hiding.

What are you crying for?

You made a cryo -evil troglodyte.

I'm going to tell my big brother about
you.

Don't worry, Uncle Poop Pie.

We'll be your big brother.

He's no brother of mine.

As soon as it's...

of my dad.

I'm Jenny.

Jenny? Mr. Parker's Jenny?

But look how you've grown. You can still
remember me?

What are you

doing with my girlfriend? Who gave you
permission to

shout at my brother and sister?

they're talking about? I'm talking about
shouting at poor defenceless children.

That's being misunderstanding.

Calling him a liar, are you?

This so -called lollipop geezer shouted
at my brother and sisters.

And he hired me across the road so
quickly, officer, I knocked on her

over. Rather than spend his time doing
his job, he spends his time

on changing young women. Look, I can
explain. Look, Jenny, I can explain.

So.

Yes.

Is it or is it not your job to get
people across the road at a reasonable

safe speed whilst also maintaining the
flow of the traffic? Yes, officer.

You'd better do it then, hadn't you?

Come on, get your act together.

You're letting the side down.

I think I've seen you somewhere before.

Yeah, you have. I am beautiful, aren't
I?

Wait, wait, wait.

You just leave my girlfriend alone, all
right? Or else I'll stick that lollipop

stick where the lights don't change.

No, I can explain.

I wasn't trying to have your girlfriend.

Joking. Go on, laugh. I don't care.
Everyone has a bad day.

I just had a bad day, that's all.

Bad day?

It's some more like a major catastrophe
to me.

A one -time guitar player don't pinch
enough.

Coworker can't get a chicken to cross
the road.

Well, fine, let's face it. You just
don't have what it takes.

Well, at least we have the same problem.

You see me not in control of my shop?
Listen, it's both your mouths that need

controlling. Now, Popeye, I know your
day started badly, and I'm sorry about

that, but yours, Desmond, could end
badly if you carry on like this.

Oh,

yes, sir.

Cheers, sir.

Thanks. Don't you worry, Uncle Popeye.
None of us thought could have done any

better. Well, I don't want to sound big
-headed. Yeah, of course not, Des.

Perish the thought.

Look, I could do this job with both feet
tied together, blindfolded, while

shaving everybody's head and pick them
at the same time.

We'd beckon her the difference.

You think you're something special, huh,
Desmond Ambrose? I know I'm something

special.

Tell you what, let me do your next
shift.

No, no.

Anyway, the morning shift is the
hardest.

Ma, just give me the stick and watch.

Go, go, go.

Someone who knows exactly what they're
doing. Well, I can only do my best.

And you're much better looking than that
other one. You really think?

I've got to keep my strength up. And
you've got to keep your weight down.

Come on, let's work off that flab or
we'll start talking liposuction.

I

must

apologise for yesterday.

He's got something he wants to say to
you, Mr... Not Mr Grant.

Don't I know you?

Yeah, you're the butcher, aren't you?

No, I'm the barber.

That's what I meant. You cut me hair
once.

I know.

You're a friend of my grandfather's,
aren't you?

How come you haven't retired yet?

No, no, no, it's not me. Excuse me, I'll
be waiting to cross the room.

See you, babes.

like this does, mate. As you get older,
you get wiser. Frankly, pretty with you

is the reverse.

Listen, I have work to do.

He looks cool, calm and collected, but
inside we know he's just a munchkin.

So, how much weight does he think he's
lost?

Five pounds.

And how much has he actually lost?

One pound.

Oh. We haven't got to tell him that,
though, have we? A lot of you value your

overdraft.

How's it going, sir?

How do I look? Oh, you look wonderful.

Do you really think so? Yep, well hard.

I think you're absolutely right.

A few days sharpening those biceps,
smoothing out the waist.

You know, I took one look at myself this
morning and I thought, some people are

just born to look good.

So, how much have I lost?

Five pounds.

God, I'm so fit.

It's just as well you didn't net out the
waist in those trousers.

I am going to turn heads on Saturday.

The best dressed, best looking manager
since managers were invented.

You wish.

If I were you, Gerry, I'd keep quiet.

Otherwise the repayment on your
overdraft could become three months

six. In fact, wasn't your last
instalment due last week? That is

For your information, you've only lost
one pound. And Gerard had to stay up

4am this morning letting out your
trouser waist so your guts wouldn't

all over the floor.

So the least you can do is show him a
little appreciation for what he's done

stop behaving like a pig -headed,
arrogant hippopotamus!

But... Here's a bill.

Here he is. He just said he was popping
out for a bit.

Popping out where and for which bit?

I know you know where he is.

Now, where is Desmond?

The man is supposed to be running a
business.

He's having tea with one of the mums.

What?

He did my shift.

He was very good. In fact, he was better
than me.

You let Desmond loose in charge of other
people, Jerome?

Yes, and he didn't even need the
induction course.

You haven't heard of beginner's luck,
eh?

Hope by doing it once proves nothing.

Don't worry.

You just had another bad day. That's
all. We all have them.

Yes, but all my bad days just add up to
one bad life.

First I come to this country and lose my
wife. Then I lose my daughters.

I work at Dagenham for 30 years. And
what do I have to show for it, eh?

A drive shaft that can't even fit my
car.

Now I can't even be a proper lollipop
man.

I just can't seem to do anything right.

Oh, none of us is perfect, pork pie. We
can't get everything right.

I mean, look at me. I marry Desmond.

Well, if a Shirley pick me up can't
work, things must be really bad.

I just want to do a good job, that's
all.

A good job for once.

Well, you still got the rest of the day
to prove yourself.

Hmm? Haven't you?

Didn't that mum give you enough tea this
morning?

Do you happen to give me yet?

I don't think so, Des. Who asked you
anything?

Are you just being friendly with the
mums? Is what any self -respecting

man would do? Yes.

Yes, of course it is, except you're
supposed to be a father.

Look, you had no right to go out there
and embarrass Popeye this morning.

Apart from the fact that you shouldn't
have been out there in the first place,

Popeye isn't playing a game. He's doing
an important and responsible job.

oh thank you thank you

My brother.

I never knew you had an Indian pope on
me. Neither did I.

Go on then.

Okay,

okay, that's enough. We have work to do.
Now we've got to celebrate.

Celebrate? What for?

He only did what I would have done in
the same situation.

Oh, yeah? What do you know about first
-aid, this?

Well, you see, I saw him. He cut himself
shaving. He fainted.

Now that Popeye's a celebrity, a
celebration is an order. Oh, don't be

ridiculous. The man was only doing his
job.

He saved three lives today, Desmond.

What was the last thing you saved? Green
shield stamps?

Popeye, give me that now.

We've got another little surprise for
you. Yeah, and all you've got to do is

this on. This is your special treat,
Popeye. Enjoy it.

Yes, I'll do that.

All right.

Here you are, Shirley. You've got your
coat.

What you doing? Where you going?

Out. What about the shop? What about the
customers?

There aren't any, Desmond. But the first
customers used to come in. Oh, no one's

going to come in this time of day, Dad.
Come on. Yeah, come on, Dave. No, I have

a business to run.

Oh, so you remember.

Just write a sign saying, back in five
minutes.

Now, you coming or not?

No, I think about it.

Suit yourself.