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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’

biglouis Fri 08-Sept-23 14:22:17

A signature tune by the Beatles from their Abby Road album and refers to a vague unclear feeling which promotes attraction.

What is attraction?

travelsafar Fri 08-Sept-23 18:33:29

Attraction is something you are drawn to.

What is drawn?

Retread Sat 09-Sept-23 09:15:36

Drawn is a way of speaking, with a drawl, in the past tense.

What is tense?

travelsafar Sat 09-Sept-23 09:48:25

You usually become tense when feeling stressed or anxious. It can also mean the tightness of something.

What is tightness?

biglouis Sat 09-Sept-23 10:35:47

Tightness is the feeling Victorian ladies got after putting on their corsets.

What are corsets?

travelsafar Sat 09-Sept-23 21:23:19

Corsets are an item of clothing, sometimes boned, to nip in your waist and push up your breasts giving you a better shape.

What is shape???

Wenmore Sat 09-Sept-23 23:02:37

Shape is telling a gorilla to be quiet, at your own risk!

What is risk?

Retread Sun 10-Sept-23 15:00:13

Wenmore - funny grin

Risk is a board game that we used to play as a family back in the day before everything was digital.

What is digital?

biglouis Sun 10-Sept-23 21:55:40

Digital(l) up is an illiterate way of telling the gardener to get rid of the lawn you no longer want.

What is a lawn?

travelsafar Mon 11-Sept-23 07:06:05

Lawn is an area of close cut grass usually in a garden setting.

What os setting?

Mollygo Mon 11-Sept-23 13:18:15

Setting is a step in Scottish dancing.
What is dancing?

biglouis Mon 11-Sept-23 13:25:09

Dancing is the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music.

What is music?

Retread Mon 11-Sept-23 17:44:18

Music is when you're muse is sick because he or she ate too many chocolate blondies.

What is a blondie?

Retread Mon 11-Sept-23 17:45:11

(That you're is not me).

What is a blonde?

travelsafar Tue 12-Sept-23 10:07:55

A blonde can be referred to as a 'bombshell' if they are beautiful

What is a bombshell

Squiffy Tue 12-Sept-23 10:45:04

A bombshell is what someone drops when they tell you something that is shocking.

What is shocking?

Wenmore Tue 12-Sept-23 21:32:09

Showing a stocking top was shocking in years gone by.

What is a stocking?

Juliet27 Wed 13-Sept-23 07:06:27

It’s what Tesco has to redo after my order delivery

What’s a delivery

biglouis Wed 13-Sept-23 16:00:26

Delivery is when the Amazon man brings the parcel to the correct house (rather than hiding it behind the bins).

What is a parcel?

travelsafar Wed 13-Sept-23 21:31:29

A parcel could be a surprise gift or a regular order.

What is regular?

biglouis Thu 14-Sept-23 13:50:41

Regular is something that happens at frequent intervals otherwise the results, like constipation, can be unpleasant.

What is constipation?

Juliet27 Thu 14-Sept-23 14:28:59

This is another name for a hypochondriac - a constant patient

What is constant?

travelsafar Fri 15-Sept-23 06:50:12

Constant is something always there or always happening.

What is happening?

Retread Fri 15-Sept-23 08:46:44

"A happening" is what people would talk about in the Sixties and it had hippie connotations. It was really nothing more than an event grin

What is a hippie?

Squiffy Fri 15-Sept-23 10:10:30

A hippie is a hippopotamus that has breathed in the fumes from a cigarette that wasn’t made with tobacco.

What is tobacco?