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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’

Wenmore Sat 23-Sept-23 19:45:55

A spark is a parking place for a Tesla.

What is a place?

biglouis Sun 24-Sept-23 13:53:20

A place at table is something the wicked fairly missed out on in the story of Sleeping Beauty. And boy was she miffed.

What is wicked?

swampy1961 Mon 25-Sept-23 18:18:55

It's a bright blue alcoholic drink that's suitable for vegan people.

What's vegan?

travelsafar Tue 26-Sept-23 04:54:50

Veg an?? What the other half says when asking about dinner.

What is dinner

Wenmore Tue 26-Sept-23 15:40:54

Dinner is a noisy eater.

What is an eater?

Retread Tue 26-Sept-23 16:32:41

An 'eater is a heater when dropping an haitch.

What is an haitch?

Wenmore Tue 26-Sept-23 23:09:29

An haitch is a funny itch.

What is funny?

biglouis Tue 26-Sept-23 23:14:41

Dinner rhymes with thinner which is what you will become if you avoid this important meal.

What is a meal?

Retread Wed 27-Sept-23 11:45:20

Amil (a meal) is the name my neighbour.

What is a neighbour?

biglouis Thu 28-Sept-23 13:14:55

A neighbour is an (often inquisitive and entitled) person who happens to live next door. Best avoided if possible.

What is inquisitive?

Wenmore Sat 30-Sept-23 20:10:27

An Inquisitive is a Spaniard who attended the Inquisition.

What is who?

BlueBelle Sat 30-Sept-23 20:28:31

‘Who’ is the call of an owl that forgot the first part of its call
What is forget ?

biglouis Sat 30-Sept-23 22:20:45

For-get is planning beforehand about what you want to achieve.

Whay is planning?

Retread Sun 01-Oct-23 17:23:15

Planning is when you're planing a plank of wood and you shave too much off.

What is a shave?

Mollygo Sun 01-Oct-23 20:28:39

A shave, especially a close one means you just escaped having an accident and not just with a razor!

What’s escape?

henetha Mon 02-Oct-23 12:01:07

It's one of the stage outfits for the pop group Sclub7. ( Although I think they are just SClub now). They wear beautiful sparkly capes for one of their routines on stage.

What's sparkly?

biglouis Tue 03-Oct-23 01:45:06

Sparkly outfits were worn by bands during the glam rock era and look really silly now.

What are bands?

henetha Wed 04-Oct-23 10:56:01

They are elastic, sometimes called gastric, to help you eat less.

GASTRIC

biglouis Wed 04-Oct-23 12:30:40

Gastric (or gas trick) is a policy used by unscrupulous fuel suppliers to con consumers into overpaying by direct debit.

What is a policy?

Retread Wed 04-Oct-23 18:31:56

Policy is what organisations sometimes strictly apply so that they can wriggle out of a situation.

What is wriggle?

biglouis Thu 05-Oct-23 14:25:19

Wriggle is what worms do when caught on the hook - just like corrupt politicians when found breaking the rules.

What is a hook?

swampy1961 Thu 05-Oct-23 22:24:53

He is the Pirate Captain in Peter Pan!!

What is a captain?

biglouis Sat 07-Oct-23 00:54:41

Captain Birdseye was a TV character who encouraged us to eat fish fingers

What is a character?

Retread Sat 07-Oct-23 16:58:43

Character is an actor playing the part of a char in a period drama.

What is a drama?

henetha Sun 08-Oct-23 11:40:33

Drama , - dram ma - is a word/words used by a young Scottish lad begging his mother to let him have a wee dram of whisky when he is still too young. She often gives in.

What is Scottish?