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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’

Retread Sun 13-Aug-23 08:15:04

Intoxicated is when you are involved in other people's toxic lives when you should be extricating yourself from problems that are not your concern.

What is extricate?

biglouis Sat 12-Aug-23 22:05:20

Doubly is how people are believed to see the world when they are intoxicated.

What is intoxicated?

Juliet27 Sat 12-Aug-23 15:58:18

Catchy is the name of a poor old monkey who travels doubly slowly

What is doubly

Wenmore Sat 12-Aug-23 08:37:21

Relax is a song released in 1983, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, which caused a controversy at the time leading to it being banned/unbanned by the BBC. It's quite catchy.

What is catchy?

Retread Sat 12-Aug-23 07:13:18

Software is when you come in after a long day at work, unhook your bra and fling it towards the wash basket, kick your shoes off, strip off your tights and get into a soft, comfy old pair of tracksuit pants to wear and relax on the sofa.

What is relax?

biglouis Fri 11-Aug-23 22:50:41

Panion is a crowdfunding software company who want you to donate, thus "come panion".

What is software?

BlueBelle Fri 11-Aug-23 04:17:19

Ahh now welcome is when you’re in the desert and find water and you shout to your companion
“Well, come”
What’s a companion?

Wenmore Thu 10-Aug-23 22:59:25

Women welcomed, men shunned.

What is welcome?

Juliet27 Thu 10-Aug-23 17:35:44

amusement

Being a muse meant more than the artist had mentioned.

What is mentioned

biglouis Thu 10-Aug-23 13:25:02

A joke is something done to provoke amusement but some jokes are nasty and can be very hurtful.

What is amusement?

henetha Thu 10-Aug-23 10:49:12

Hazel Nut is married to Mr.P.Nut and they own a joke shop.

What is a joke?

Wenmore Thu 10-Aug-23 00:02:00

Apologies, it should be hazelnut! D'oh

Wenmore Wed 09-Aug-23 20:46:06

A Topic is a chocolate bar with nougat, caramel and a hazlenut in every bite. I say 'is' but l haven't seen one for some years

What is a hazlenut?

Retread Wed 09-Aug-23 14:28:43

A skirt is when you avoid talking about a painful topic, so you skirt around it.

What is a topic?

Ali08 Wed 09-Aug-23 13:02:21

Scotland is the land that Scot bought for his family to live on.
They're an original family, preferring that the men, too, wear skirts!

What is a skirt?

Wenmore Tue 08-Aug-23 23:40:54

A dance is a triumph, a jubilation, often exclaimed (in parts of Scotland) as "you dancer!" A congratulatory remark noting exceptional achievement.

What is Scotland?

biglouis Tue 08-Aug-23 22:47:50

A skanse is similar to a dance as done in Nordic countries.

What is a dance?

Retread Tue 08-Aug-23 12:43:24

Elbow is when you are attempting to straighten a bow tie and it infuriatingly keeps sitting askance, hence hell bow.

What is askance?

henetha Mon 07-Aug-23 23:08:58

Tennis is when you get a sore elbow caused by hitting balls over nets too much.

What is elbow?

Wenmore Mon 07-Aug-23 22:43:31

Observe is an old boy playing tennis.

What's tennis?

Juliet27 Mon 07-Aug-23 16:09:50

I would observe caution walking near an adder in case I stirred up asp ire

What is observe?

Wenmore Mon 07-Aug-23 15:54:29

Class rooms are either lounges or sitting rooms or even drawing rooms depending on which class you, and others, think you aspire to.

What is aspire?

biglouis Mon 07-Aug-23 11:38:19

Boards are spaces used to display information in classrooms where students often become bored staring at them.

What are classrooms?

henetha Mon 07-Aug-23 10:38:25

A mother is someone who likes catching moths and pins them to boards, in the way that lepidopterists do.

What are boards?

biglouis Sat 05-Aug-23 09:50:31

Ma-jesty is a mother with a weird sense of humour.

What is a mother?