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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 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?

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?

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

Apologies, it should be hazelnut! D'oh

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?

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?

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

amusement

Being a muse meant more than the artist had mentioned.

What is mentioned

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

Women welcomed, men shunned.

What is welcome?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

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

What is doubly

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?

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?

henetha Sun 13-Aug-23 10:23:15

Extricate is a spelling mistake. It should read Extra Cake, which is what we all want.

What is extra?

JayDee60 Sun 13-Aug-23 10:28:06

A skirt is a ladies garment and cones in many lengths or in engineering a skirt is the inflatable part of a hovercraft.

What is a length?

henetha Sun 13-Aug-23 10:31:26

Wrong page maybe?

Wenmore Sun 13-Aug-23 22:05:57

Returning to
What is extra?

Extra is an anagram of Artex.

What is an anagram?

BlueBelle Sun 13-Aug-23 22:35:41

Anagram is an old fashioned gramophone that belongs to Anna , bless her, she never did like modern things
What’s modern?

Juliet27 Mon 14-Aug-23 01:40:01

What’s a modern…..well in the mod and rocker days of the 60s pay was low so a mod earn amount would only be about £12pw

What’s a rocker?

henetha Mon 14-Aug-23 10:53:30

A rocker is a kind of chair that rocks back and forth. They are great, except if you rock too much it makes you feel nauseous.

What is nauseous?

biglouis Mon 14-Aug-23 15:54:30

Nauseous is how I feel when I consider the corruption of our current politicos.

What is corruption?

Retread Tue 15-Aug-23 06:52:48

Corruption is an eruption of dishonesty and unfortunately it is widespread.

What is widespread?

NanKate Tue 15-Aug-23 07:45:52

Widespread is what my hips are at present, but I’m working on it.

What are hips ?

Juliet27 Tue 15-Aug-23 08:02:39

Hips. Two of them precede the word Hooray

What is Hooray