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

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

What is an application

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

What is adornment?

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?

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

What are students?

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

What is shortened?

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

What are biscuits?

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

What is scratch?

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

What is a favour?

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?

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

What is brother?

'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?

🤣 Doodle

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

What is a university?

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?

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

What is a pothole?

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

What is caves?

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

What is trapped?

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

What's a monastery

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

What is a lament?

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?

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?

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?

Causing is what comes before effect.

What is effect?

Effect is the consequence of something that has happened.

What is happened?

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

What is a Coronation?