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GOVENDE - a game of wordplay, puns, leaps of thought and trivia - GAME 3

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Juliet27 Sun 30-Jul-23 00:39:31

Continued from Game 2

What is belong

It’s when as a child you said you were just going out to play and your mother said ‘don’t be long, dinner’s nearly ready’

Wheniwasyourage Wed 20-Dec-23 22:21:31

Q for the pictures.

What are pictures?

biglouis Thu 21-Dec-23 00:59:02

Pictures is what people in the olden days used to call the cinema.

What is the cinema?

65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 01:44:21

Sins of me Ma , do I carry her burdens ?

What is burden ?

Wheniwasyourage Thu 21-Dec-23 09:21:10

A burden is a thing you keep in your hand or in a bush.

What is in?

65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 10:07:16

'In' a little word that can precede many other words , then it can become a big word - Infinite

What is Become ?

Retread Thu 21-Dec-23 16:24:20

"B come" is when your friend Bernice drops in for a visit.

What's a visit?

Juliet27 Thu 21-Dec-23 16:33:22

We have an elderly neighbour called Vi who sometimes needs company and that’s when we Vi sit

What is elderly

65KL Thu 21-Dec-23 18:27:56

I'm not yet sure yet what 'eldery' is. It has a shifting dimension . Once it was anyone who had left school , then it was anyone with children , then anyone whose children left home , then anyone who reached retirement , then it was anyone who started groaning getting out of bed , then it was anyone who got addressed as Mam /Sir .
Where to from here ???
Anyone who gets a birthday greeting from the king ??

What is retirement?

Wheniwasyourage Thu 21-Dec-23 20:04:28

Retirement is when you meant to go to bed but get diverted and end up doing something else instead.

What is instead?

65KL Sat 23-Dec-23 04:37:18

Preparing all your vegetables and stuffing the chicken and making the desert the day before will have you In good Stead for cooking Christmas Dinner

What is stuffing ?

OldFrill Sat 23-Dec-23 10:45:14

I saw my son with the stuffing knocked out of him after a relationship breakup. It was so sad. He's happy again now

What is happy?

henetha Sat 23-Dec-23 11:01:36

Happy is a hopeful baby with a dry nappy...

What is a baby?

Retread Sat 23-Dec-23 14:01:13

A bay bee is a bee that lands on a Bay tree leaf for a rest in between collecting nectar.

What is nectar?

65KL Sat 23-Dec-23 23:12:58

Neck Tar is the grime around my neck after a hard day gardening

What is around ?

biglouis Sun 24-Dec-23 10:10:59

A round (as opposed to a square, rectangle or triangle, is the act of visiting a number of people in turn and often done at this time of year.

What is visiting?

Wheniwasyourage Sun 24-Dec-23 10:17:17

Santa Claus is visiting good children tonight.

What is tonight?

65KL Tue 26-Dec-23 19:57:11

Tonight is nigh the last night of the year . That night we celebrate

What is celebrate?

Retread Wed 27-Dec-23 08:13:37

Celeb rate is an indication of what you think of a so-called "celebrity".

What is an indication?

henetha Wed 27-Dec-23 12:04:50

Indication is when you put your indicators on while driving.
These days it's just a click, but I remember when you had to wave your arm out of the car window.

What is a window?

Wheniwasyourage Wed 27-Dec-23 15:46:22

A window is what yonder light breaks through

What is through?

65KL Wed 27-Dec-23 19:26:17

Th Rough is a place on a golf course you don't want your ball to end up in. It makes for a difficult shot . Many golfers have lost their cool there and thrown a wobbly!!

What is wobbly ?

BlueBelle Wed 27-Dec-23 20:33:48

Well one wobbly is jelly,another is a fat bum
What is jelly?

Retread Thu 28-Dec-23 20:32:12

Jelly is urban slang for feelings of jealousy.

What is urban?

OldFrill Fri 29-Dec-23 00:41:30

Raybans are Ray's pricey sunglasses and urbans are his wifes

What's a wife?

biglouis Sat 30-Dec-23 00:57:37

A wife used to be (and sometimes still is) a legal title for some man's servant and concubine.

What is a servant?