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

I think there used to be cough sweets called Tunes.

What makes some food taste sweet?

Sugar is a sweet food and also a patronising name which some men use to women.

What is food?

One type of food is food for thought - you can't eat it but you might digest the meaning of life while thinking about it!!

What is meaning?

Meaning is variously intention, or coherence depending on the context of the utterance. As Wittgenstein tells us "The meaning of word is its use."

Who was Wittgenstein?

Wittgenstein - whoever he or she may be - was obtuse.

What is obtuse?

Obtuse angles are greater than 90 degrees.

What is degree?

A degree is something you get at university and pay for with borrowed money.

What is university?

University is a city that has a uni for tertiary education.

What is tertiary?

Tertiary education is that which takes place after normal secondary school leaving age.

What is education?

Education is not the same as training, or indoctrination.

What is indoctrination?

Indoctrination is where you accept uncritically that a set of values are the be and end all. Not something that this website aspires to!!

What is website?

Now a website that’s what the estate agent spiders use to advertise their homes for sale online
What’s an agent ?

A gent is a man with hopefully impeccable manners.

What is impeccable?

Some revealing photos might give the impression the person is saying ‘I’m peccable’. a new word I learnt 😀

What is Impression

Impression means what the speaker intends it to mean which is usually 'an immediate perception '. 'Impression' has other uses including physical indentation like what dentists do before making making false teeth that fit.

What is perception?

When someone has "had a few," there may be a perception that their proprioception is affected and they can't walk in a straight line.

What is affected?

Affected is a word often confused with effected but the meanings are entirely different.

What are meanings?

They are lots of different ways to be unkind or spiteful to someone

What is spiteful?

The spittoons found in bars in the olden days were full of spit and other nasty things

What are bars?

It’s the sound sheep make

What is sound

Apparently during a sound bath (which doesn't mean a proper bath ) the brainwave state is altered from normal waking state to a dreamlike state, and can even lower blood pressure.

What is pressure?

Pre-sure is the indecisive state of mind which precedes being sure

What is mind?

Mind is how we get coal, gold, diamonds etc.

What is coal?

Coal is The Black Stuff!!
Ah no!! Got it wrong that was a movie about blokes laying tarmac!!

What is tarmac?