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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?

Caleo Fri 17-Mar-23 09:31:32

Can't define 'mythical' as the word has two related meanings . One of the meanings bothers me as myths actually are serious stories.

What is a serious story?

biglouis Thu 16-Mar-23 16:23:46

Never Never Land is the name of a mythical country where dreams come true and which we would all like to visit.

What is mythical?

Retread Thu 16-Mar-23 14:26:52

A sole is when Mario Lanza (now there's a blast from the past!) sings O Sole Mio and then Elvis (no surname needed) sang an English version called It's Now or Never.

What is never?

MrsKen33 Thu 16-Mar-23 13:05:19

When your shoes are so old they have no sole so you walk on bare feet.

What is a sole?

Juliet27 Thu 16-Mar-23 06:35:52

It’s a current fad for wearing a certain make of footwear

What is footwear

Caleo Wed 15-Mar-23 20:18:55

Generalised decay is entropy I think but decay usually happens in a conversation about teeth with dental caries.

What is a conversation

swampy1961 Wed 15-Mar-23 20:11:16

Fabric in a building means the structure as in decay and neglect is eating away at it.

What is decay?

Retread Wed 15-Mar-23 19:46:25

(... are sure etc...)

What is a fabric?

Retread Wed 15-Mar-23 19:45:46

Certain is when you sure that you like the fabric you have chosen for your window coverings.

What is a fabric?

Wheniwasyourage Wed 15-Mar-23 18:40:08

A chaser is someone who appears on a certain TV quiz.

What is certain?

Squiffy Wed 15-Mar-23 17:32:06

A short is an alcoholic beverage, often used as a chaser after a beer.

What is a chaser?

Retread Wed 15-Mar-23 17:17:21

A motorcyclist is (are) the 100s of people who load their cycles on the back of their motors, pour themselves into their lycra shorts, and head off to a cycling spot.

What is a short?

swampy1961 Wed 15-Mar-23 14:21:27

It's a motorcyclist usually known as Hell's Angels!

What's motorcyclist?

biglouis Wed 15-Mar-23 12:39:34

Shakespears said "What a piece of work is a man" and compared him to an angel. Angels can be both good and evil.

What is an angel?

Caleo Wed 15-Mar-23 09:07:35

I think a bloke is a likeable man.

What is a man?

Mollygo Tue 14-Mar-23 16:03:48

The eye is something the bloke who was standing on the corner, gave to the girls he was watching go by.

What’s a bloke?

Retread Tue 14-Mar-23 14:36:04

Doodle there really is a band called The Scissor Sisters 😂

Someone is somebody who sees someone else giving them the eye.

What is an eye?

Caleo Tue 14-Mar-23 13:03:42

Unfortunate pertains to chance events that someone doesn't like.

Ought I to have said "someone" or " somebody" ?

biglouis Tue 14-Mar-23 12:08:58

A problem is an unfortunate situation which needs to be dealt with, usually when you are tired and frustrated.

What is unfortunate?

Juliet27 Tue 14-Mar-23 07:39:01

It’s a frustrating problem until ‘re’ is added

What is a problem?

Doodle Mon 13-Mar-23 21:49:19

Retread 😲 🤣

Retread Mon 13-Mar-23 21:45:01

[ Caleo no need to apologise, we can just go with the flow smile ]

A scissor is one member of a band called The Scissor Sisters.

What is a member?

swampy1961 Mon 13-Mar-23 21:16:09

A horse has a leg at each corner and instead of reins has two hoops on its back. Gymnasts do clever and exhausting manoeuvres by swinging their legs in the air and do scissor movements.

What is scissor?

Caleo Mon 13-Mar-23 19:30:57

Sorry . I got lost again. Over to you, Biglouis.

Caleo Mon 13-Mar-23 19:29:16

A horse's height is measured in hands and a hand is four inches.

What is a horse?

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