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Govende – a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia - GAME 2

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biglouis Sat 21-Jan-23 10:28:16

(BROOUGHT FORWARD FROM LAST GAME)

What is wisdom?

A type of document used by wizards to help cast their spells.

What are documents?

biglouis Tue 24-Jan-23 23:55:01

Yin(g) and yang are symbolic meanings for black and white or light and darkness.

What is symbolic?

MrsKen33 Wed 25-Jan-23 07:34:51

The sound two big metal discs make when banged together in an orchestra.

What is an orchestra ?

Retread Wed 25-Jan-23 08:22:16

Orchestra is when a pod of orcas - killer whales - sing all at the same time.

What is a whale?

TillyTrotter Wed 25-Jan-23 08:52:45

A whale hmmm - is it a party, where you have a ‘whale of a time’?

What is a party?

biglouis Wed 25-Jan-23 22:03:12

A group of public schoolboys who hang out in a place called Westminster

What are schoolboys?

BlueBelle Wed 25-Jan-23 23:34:40

Schoolboys is when a big group of fish swim about the bobbing buoys
What is bobbing ?

Squiffy Thu 26-Jan-23 13:13:06

Bobbing is what Boy Scouts used to do to earn a bob for a job.

What is a scout?

swampy1961 Thu 26-Jan-23 14:55:13

It's a motorbike!! Indian Scout to be more precise immortalized in a movie with Anthony Hopkins. It's a good movie actually!!

What is immortalized?

Retread Thu 26-Jan-23 15:35:26

(I remember that film, it is good!) smile

Immortalised is when a quantity surveyor miscalculates the bricks and mortar needed for a Grand Design and you have to live with the mistake!

What is miscalculate?

MrsKen33 Thu 26-Jan-23 15:50:36

It is when you miss the time you should be there and you are late.

What is time?

TillyTrotter Thu 26-Jan-23 15:58:57

Time is hard to keep and must be meticulous when marching to a band.

What is meticulous?

Wheniwasyourage Thu 26-Jan-23 17:30:27

Meticulous is a ridiculous post on Facebook, or Meta as it now seems to want to be called.

What is Facebook?

BlueBelle Thu 26-Jan-23 17:53:23

Facebook is when you’re a kid and your mum says “get your face out that book and help me”
What’s a mum ?

Retread Thu 26-Jan-23 20:05:40

Mum is what you should keep when you are told a secret.

What is a secret?

biglouis Fri 27-Jan-23 00:17:56

A secret is a burden that you long to pass to others but cannot.

What is a burden?

TillyTrotter Fri 27-Jan-23 08:13:39

A burden is a weight that is hard to lift.

What is weight?

Juliet27 Fri 27-Jan-23 08:34:23

It’s having to hang around when you’re eight in the queue

What is a queue

BlueBelle Fri 27-Jan-23 08:52:28

A ‘queue’ is what snooker players use to bash poor little balls on the head with to keep them in their right place
What is bash ?

biglouis Fri 27-Jan-23 09:48:42

Bish, bash and bosh are words often quoted to make skilful activities appear easy.

What are activities?

nanna8 Fri 27-Jan-23 10:05:49

Activities are biscuits that give you energy made by a well known chocolate biscuit manufacturer.

What is a manufacturer?

Glorianny Fri 27-Jan-23 10:20:17

A manufacturer is a bloke who comes along and explains exactly what you are doing wrong and how it's a fact that his way is better.

What's better?

Squiffy Fri 27-Jan-23 11:21:33

Better is someone who gambles on horse racing, football teams and other competitive sports.

What is a sport?

Doodle Fri 27-Jan-23 11:32:16

Sport is a spot that erupts at great speed.

What is erupts?

Retread Fri 27-Jan-23 13:49:00

Erupts is when you abruptly say something hurtful without thinking.

What is hurtful?

biglouis Sat 28-Jan-23 14:56:41

Those who are full of hurt (or hate) often use such remarks to cause distress to others.

What is distress?

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