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the links in the onion line, but was so ineffective that the other men tended to bypass him
and give the sack directly to the person on the other side.
Ismiled at him whenhemade eye contact andhetookthis asaninvitation tocome over
and speak to us.
'Helllo-a. My name-a iz Rooballs,' he said.
'Rooooballs? Hi I'm George.'
'Rooooooballs,' he repeated, changing the emphasis slightly.
'Hi Rooooballs, I'm Ben.'
'I from Slovakia,' he said, shaking us both by the hand. 'You England?'
'Yes, we live in England,' I said.
At this point he got out a Slovakian to English phrase book from his pocket and started
flicking through it. After a while he found what he was looking for.
'Girlder-feend!' he shouted excitedly.
'Girlder-feend? Sorry, I don't understand,' I said. Ben took a look at the word Rooballs
was now enthusiastically pointing at.
'Ahhh, girlfriend,' said Ben. 'Yes, we both have girlfriends. Actually, George has a
wife.'
'No, no, no. Rooballs. Girlder-feend,' he said, becoming even more animated. 'Girlder-
feend England.'
'Oh, you have a girlfriend here in England?' I asked.
'Yes, yes. Girlder-feend England. London.'
'Very nice. So how come you're here in Newent?' asked Ben.
'Bus.'
'Yes, but why are you here when your girlfriend is in London?'
'Bus.'
'Ok.' Rooballs started flicking through his phrase book again.
'Telephoner,' he said, and started pointing at me erratically.
'You want to give her a call?'
'Telephoner,' he repeated, prodding me repeatedly in the chest with his finger.
'You want ME to telephone your girlfriend in London?' I asked.
'Yes, yes, yes. Telephoner girlder-feend London.'
'Errr, okay. Do you have a phone? What do you want me to say?'
'I show book. Telephoner,' he said, waving his trusty book and showing me he had 50p
for the phone box which he was frantically pointing at through the pub window.
'Ok, ok. Let's do it,' I said. 'What's her name?'
'Jenny,' said Rooballs. Ben shrugged his shoulders at me, and followed me outside gig-
gling away to himself. I was too nervous about what I might have to say to Jenny to find
the situation amusing.
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