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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?

Juliet27 Tue 02-May-23 05:41:04

It feels like an exam when you have to complete details on a visa application to join another nation

What is an application

Retread Tue 02-May-23 06:56:39

Application is when you sew an appliqued motif on to a garment as adornment.

What is adornment?

Caleo Tue 02-May-23 09:33:44

What's that word they use when they attach sequins and artificial pearls and so forth to garments ?Whatever it is , it's not the same as adornment which is a normative concept.

What does ' concept ' usually mean?

biglouis Tue 02-May-23 12:10:53

CEPT is a university in India where some students (as in many countries) con their way through exams.

What are students?

swampy1961 Tue 02-May-23 21:24:43

Stuart has been shortened to Stu dents his car - bit of a careless driver really!!

What is shortened?

biglouis Tue 02-May-23 21:55:46

Short-end is the bottom of a piece of shortbread biscuit where you pick it up.

What are biscuits?

Retread Wed 03-May-23 06:51:05

Biscuits are kits that you can buy for baking cookies when you are too busy to make a batch from scratch.

What is scratch?

biglouis Wed 03-May-23 13:42:58

Something you do to my back is you want me to do you a favour.

What is a favour?

swampy1961 Wed 03-May-23 21:24:25

A favour is when you attend a wedding and are given a gift of rock hard sugared almonds. They are meant to be a thank you from the bride and groom - although you might not appreciate a broken tooth!!

What is broken?

Doodle Thu 04-May-23 00:23:54

Broken is a man called Kenneth who is someone’s brother innit.

What is brother?

Caleo Thu 04-May-23 09:29:45

'Brother' has a ancient etymological roots. If I remember right there are versions of the word in all the languages derived from Proto Indo- European. Kinship has always been important in human societies.

Is there such as thing as society?

Juliet27 Thu 04-May-23 10:10:48

🤣 Doodle

biglouis Thu 04-May-23 13:00:08

The concept of "Society" and how it functions is what sociologists study in university.

What is a university?

Caleo Thu 04-May-23 17:09:41

Some people think a university is a large building in space-time but it's not; a university is instituted to enable like minds to gather together and you can do that in a council flat.

What is a council flat?

Retread Thu 04-May-23 19:43:15

A council flat is when a council worker's truck has a flat wheel because he has hit a pothole.

What is a pothole?

swampy1961 Thu 04-May-23 20:41:54

To pothole is to explore underground caves as a hobby or leisure activity.

What is caves?

biglouis Thu 04-May-23 22:19:48

To cave in means to give way which is how potholers get trapped underground.

What is trapped?

LadyHonoriaDedlock Thu 04-May-23 22:22:03

Trapped is being stuck in a monastery where nobody speaks to you.

What's a monastery

Retread Fri 05-May-23 12:09:35

A monastery is when you lament to your friend that you have run out of money.

What is a lament?

swampy1961 Fri 05-May-23 13:47:41

A complaint!! Can be about anything - the state of your living room or what the government is doing today or even your aches and pains!!

What is aches?

biglouis Fri 05-May-23 16:06:04

Aches and pains are unwanted gifts that are sent to us when we dare to exceed our alotted three score years and ten.

What is alotted?

swampy1961 Fri 05-May-23 19:28:12

That's when a bear eats more than his weight causing someone who is shocked to remark that's a lot Ted!!

What is causing?

Retread Fri 05-May-23 21:48:49

Causing is what comes before effect.

What is effect?

swampy1961 Sat 06-May-23 09:54:16

Effect is the consequence of something that has happened.

What is happened?

Retread Sat 06-May-23 10:22:24

"It's happened" is what we will say later on about the Coronation.

What is a Coronation?

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