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Govende – a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 18-Oct-22 17:25:19

It's pronounced "Goo-vain". Allegedly.

It started about 25 years ago in a serious online forum about language and grammar when somebody asked seriously about the correct name of the @ symbol. The thread then continued to discuss the formal names of other symbols until it diverged from the original point:

>>>>>> What's a pilcrow?
>>>>> "¶" is a pilcrow. What's an octothorp?
>>>> "#" is an octothorp. What's a virgule?
>>> A virgule is an old musical instrument. What's a spinet
>>A spinet is a small grove of trees. What's a copse?

And so on. It's been going on in various parts of the net since being evicted from the original forum, and has spawned many new threads.

Answer a question imaginatively, ask a "What is" question connected to your answer.

Shall I start?

What's a knees-up?

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Wheniwasyourage Fri 16-Dec-22 19:24:07

Down is what keeps a duck warm.

What is a duck?

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swampy1961 Fri 16-Dec-22 19:30:24

A duck in cricket is a big fat zero!!

What is a zero?

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biglouis Fri 16-Dec-22 23:08:57

Without this concept modern day physics, engineering or computing would not exist.

What is computing?

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MrsKen33 Sat 17-Dec-22 02:06:32

It is having company on the train when going to work.

What is work ?

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biglouis Sat 17-Dec-22 08:51:01

If you work your fingers to the bone you have to wear gloves.

What are gloves?

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Gingster Sat 17-Dec-22 09:04:50

Barbecue is a line of men queuing up to have their hair cut.
What’s a cut?

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Mollygo Sat 17-Dec-22 10:50:56

Gloves are something to protect your hands when using a barbecue.

What’s a barbecue?
Gingster
Barbecue is a line of men queuing up to have their hair cut.

What’s a cut

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swampy1961 Sat 17-Dec-22 11:24:01

It's a cut above - another way of saying you are better than someone else!

What is better?

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Doodle Sat 17-Dec-22 12:01:33

A posh choice of spread for your toast.

What is toast?

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swampy1961 Sat 17-Dec-22 13:44:15

In a lot of trouble!!

What is trouble?

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biglouis Sat 17-Dec-22 15:35:23

“Double, double toil and trouble” is a dish that women in pointy hats cook up while camping.

What is camping?

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Wheniwasyourage Sat 17-Dec-22 16:35:55

Cam-ping is an abbreviated form of table tennis played on the river in Cambridge.

What is a river?

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MrsKen33 Sat 17-Dec-22 17:01:30

It’s what you cry when you are very sad.

What is sad?

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swampy1961 Sat 17-Dec-22 17:12:38

Anyone who plays this game seriously is sad!! smile

What is a game?

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Mollygo Sat 17-Dec-22 17:15:25

Game is being willing to try unusual activities, like zip-lining, when you’re afraid of heights.
What is height?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sat 17-Dec-22 20:54:33

Height is an aspirated octave

What's an octave?

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Doodle Sat 17-Dec-22 21:15:57

An octave is a sea creature with 8 tentacles that plays several musical instruments all at once.

What is an instrument?

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swampy1961 Sat 17-Dec-22 22:15:05

Is music to my ears or not in the case of a screeching violin!!

What is screeching?

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henetha Sat 17-Dec-22 23:45:33

Screeching is what owls do a lot of at night around here, at certain times of the year. It's very loud too.

What is loud?

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Retread Sun 18-Dec-22 05:46:27

Loud is the colour of hair when it is dyed shocking pink. What is shocking?

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BlueBelle Sun 18-Dec-22 05:55:28

Shocking is when the countries leading Royal puts his finger in the socket
What’s a socket ?

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Mollygo Sun 18-Dec-22 09:30:07

A socket welcomes a plug with open prongs.
What are prongs?

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Retread Sun 18-Dec-22 10:05:51

Prongs are smells that are so bad they make you shudder. What is a shudder?

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henetha Sun 18-Dec-22 10:53:48

Shudder is a cow's udder on a freezing cold day and the poor cow can't stop shivering.
What is a cow?

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LadyHonoriaDedlock Sun 18-Dec-22 13:09:10

A cow is what the boss is when demanding overtime.

What's a boss?

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