What a long journey home

[IsleworthRanger]

Coming up towards Sheffield I think but banter is good defoliate the result but everyone on the coach accepts we are now down

[Boo Radley]

you must be nuts but respect. How many R's there today, look empty in the away end on the tv clip I saw?

boo

[Stanley]

Coming up towards Sheffield I think but banter is good defoliate the result but everyone on the coach accepts we are now down

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defoliate?s=t

defoliate [v. dee-foh-lee-eyt; adj. dee-foh-lee-it, -eyt]  
Origin
de·fo·li·ate   [v. dee-foh-lee-eyt; adj. dee-foh-lee-it, -eyt] Show IPA verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
2.
to destroy or cause widespread loss of leaves in (an area of jungle, forest, etc.), as by using chemical sprays or incendiary bombs, in order to deprive enemy troops or guerrilla forces of concealment.
verb (used without object)
3.
to lose leaves.

adjective
4.
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
Origin:
1785–1795; < Medieval Latin dēfoliātus, past participle of dēfoliāre, equivalent to Latin dē- de- + foli ( um ) leaf + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
de·fo·li·a·tion, noun
de·fo·li·a·tor, noun
un·de·fo·li·at·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.

[Kirill]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/defoliate?s=t

defoliate [v. dee-foh-lee-eyt; adj. dee-foh-lee-it, -eyt]  
Origin
de·fo·li·ate   [v. dee-foh-lee-eyt; adj. dee-foh-lee-it, -eyt] Show IPA verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
2.
to destroy or cause widespread loss of leaves in (an area of jungle, forest, etc.), as by using chemical sprays or incendiary bombs, in order to deprive enemy troops or guerrilla forces of concealment.
verb (used without object)
3.
to lose leaves.

adjective
4.
(of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
Origin:
1785–1795; < Medieval Latin dēfoliātus, past participle of dēfoliāre, equivalent to Latin dē- de- + foli ( um ) leaf + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
de·fo·li·a·tion, noun
de·fo·li·a·tor, noun
un·de·fo·li·at·ed, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.

Predictive text input in mobile phones ... the instrument of Satan. How many relationships shattered because of texts sent without checking what was typed in. So what was the word the OP meant to use?

[Stanley]

Predictive text input in mobile phones ... the instrument of Satan. How many relationships shattered because of texts sent without checking what was typed in. So what was the word the OP meant to use?

Quite. Here's a few amusing examples: http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com

Probably 'despite' is what Isle meant

[Kirill]

Probably 'despite'

That was my first theory, but look: deSPIte / deFOLIAte, the number of suggested letters does not match. Is the predictive input algorithm this clumsy? I have no idea because this is the first thing I turn off every time I buy a new phone

[Kirill]

Here's a few amusing examples: http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com

Love it:

[Stanley]

That was my first theory, but look: deSPIte / deFOLIAte, the number of suggested letters does not match. Is the predictive input algorithm this clumsy? I have no idea because this is the first thing I turn off every time I buy a new phone

I think you also need to factor in the amount of alcohol consumed at the time as well as Beefy's big fingers. What difference will a couple of extra presses make :drunk:

[Stanley]

Yes, thought you'd like that one, Kirill

[Factamondo]

bout 300 by the looks of it.........the ones who went are loyal................but plainly mad!!!!!

[HammersmithR]

There was about 1000 of us up there.