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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?

Retread Thu 06-Jul-23 15:33:40

A ravine is when you announce "I'm arriving!" but with a flourish and a fake accent.

What is a flourish?

biglouis Thu 06-Jul-23 13:42:50

A sleep is a sheep which has stupidly tried to jump a ravine and not quite made it!

What is a ravine?

henetha Thu 06-Jul-23 10:05:06

A kipper is someone like me who keeps falling asleep, any where, any time.

What is asleep

swampy1961 Wed 05-Jul-23 22:27:36

When you have been conned - you have been stitched up like a kipper!!!

What's a kipper?

Mollygo Wed 05-Jul-23 13:33:15

Quitting how you describe making stitched pictures or covers when you don’t have an l on your keyboard.

What is stitched?

biglouis Wed 05-Jul-23 12:23:44

Quiet quitting is "mainly" doing the job you are paid for but offering no extras.

What is quitting?

Retread Wed 05-Jul-23 10:53:52

Plain is where the rain in Spain mainly falls.

What is mainly?

MrsKen33 Tue 04-Jul-23 19:28:36

It is a flan with not a lot in it. A plain flan.

What is plain ?

Squiffy Tue 04-Jul-23 15:28:00

A rye is when something is not quite right or has not quite gone according to plan.

What is a plan?

Retread Tue 04-Jul-23 14:32:31

The poet Robert Burns wrote about "Gin a body meet a body, coming thro' the rye."

What is a rye?

swampy1961 Mon 03-Jul-23 22:32:59

Relaxing is anything that can quiet your mind and body and hopefully make you feel calm and peaceful.

What's is a body?

biglouis Mon 03-Jul-23 15:31:01

Femi-nine is nine ladies of a certain age getting together for a relaxing spa weekend.

What is a relaxing?

Retread Mon 03-Jul-23 13:49:41

Stamina is Stan getting in touch with his feminine side his anima.

What is feminine?

Juliet27 Mon 03-Jul-23 07:48:52

It’s when you find your stamina isn’t what it used to be and you need to rest your shopping bag for a while before continuing.

What is stamina

Doodle Sun 02-Jul-23 20:53:28

Applied is when you download a free app and then find it lied about being no ads.

What is download?

swampy1961 Sun 02-Jul-23 16:06:09

Grilling is method of cooking usually applied from above or below the food to be cooked. Best way to do this is on a BBQ!!

What is applied?

Mollygo Sun 02-Jul-23 15:25:55

inn quizition is the sort of grilling that goes on at the pub on a Monday night. May the best team (mine) win!

What is grilling?

Juliet27 Sun 02-Jul-23 14:10:53

The Spanish Inquisition was certainly unexpected according to Monty Python.

What is inquisition

biglouis Sun 02-Jul-23 12:07:35

Nounce is from the Latin meaning "to call" so anyone who is pro nounce is likely to call on you unexpectedly.

What is unexpected?

henetha Sun 02-Jul-23 10:19:07

A warrior is someone who worries a lot but can't pronounce their words properly.

What is pronounce?

Retread Sat 01-Jul-23 21:34:10

It is logical to be an eco warrior in order to save the planet.

What is a warrior?

biglouis Sat 01-Jul-23 10:17:28

Ec(o)centric is someone who believes passionately in saving the earth from ecological damage.

What is ecological?

Retread Fri 30-Jun-23 21:36:44

Exceptional is when you discover that the narcissistic whinger is also quite eccentric and paints his toenails pink, except for his big toe nail, that he paints blue. So it is an except-toenail.

What is eccentric?

Juliet27 Fri 30-Jun-23 15:21:44

grin

biglouis Fri 30-Jun-23 13:16:45

A prince is someone whom we expect to be exceptional among men but sometimes turns out to be a narcissistic whinger.

What is exceptional?

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