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

Hooray is Henry's first name.

What is first?

First means earliest, as in "first aid" unless you currently visit A&E when you may be triaged to receive "last aid".

What is triaged?

Triaged means you are over thirty. Often written as tri-aged.
I'm octo-aged.

What is written?

Written (write in) is when you transfer your deep and profound insights into e.g. a diary or journal.

What is profound?

Pro found is the situation you were in when lost on Dartmoor before the rescue dog discovered you.

What is discovered?

Ignore that….pro is not pre ! That’s what waking from an afternoon nap does for me! 🤷‍♂️

So….pro found is being discovered by a professional trained dog when lost on Dartmoor.

thats a bit better 🤭

What is discovered?

Disc over ed is when you are bopping along with a record on a record player, getting a tad overenthusiastic you fall on the record player causing the disc to go over your head

What's a player?

A player - or playa - is a famous hip hop artist that has many girlfriends because they consider his music to be romantic.

What is romantic?

A romantic is an oarsman with a twitch.

What's a twitch?

This is a shorthand way of saying "three witches" as in the MacBeth play.

What is shorthand?

Shorthand is when you are playing 13 Card Rummy and you find that you have only been dealt 12 cards to start off and you call for everyone to return their cards to the dealer to shuffle again and redeal.

What is shuffle?

Its a way of walking without taking your feet off the ground. People use it to get rid of "this mortal coil" which is the troubles of daily life.

What is walking?

Walking is when the king of the realm goes to war and everyone says he was a good war king
Whats Realm

Defence of the realm is a phrase which excuses many hidden and nefarious deeds.

What is a defence?

When someone won't commit to whose side they are on - they said to be sitting on de fence!!

What is sitting?

A seating is when a number of people are served a meal at tables rather than buffet style.

What is a buffet?

A buffet is a seriously buff man who is also effete.

What is effete?

Effete is a fun day in the home counties, as in ' we are having ef fete'.

What is fun?

Well some people think that free-falling out of a plane is fun but its not my idea of enjoyment.

What is a plane?

It's a gadget for smoothing out pieces of wood.

What is smoothing?

Smoothing out the embarrassing wrinkles is something the government are constantly trying to do.

What is embarrasing?

Embarrass sing is me when I don't know the words to the hymn.

What is a hymn?

Hymn rhymes with "him" and is an old fashioned way of pointing out a male person.

What is fashioned?

Fashioned is just an upmarket snobbish way way of saying you used materials to manufacture something like leather to make shoes and boots.

What is leather?