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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’

henetha Tue 31-Oct-23 10:44:27

Cake is a slang word for mouth. As in "Shut your cake hole"

What is hole?

Ali08 Tue 31-Oct-23 10:50:46

A hole is the bit in the doughnut that's good for dieters!

What is a dieter?

swampy1961 Tue 31-Oct-23 21:57:21

Dieter is a masculine name of German origin.

What is masculine?

Retread Tue 31-Oct-23 22:01:27

Masculine is when you line up your Covid mask 😷 on the hall table ready for when you go out the door to do your messages.

What are messages?

Ali08 Wed 01-Nov-23 03:41:29

Messages are the 3 wise men (me sages) who come now & then to tell us good news, or not, depending on your religious views!

What are MEN?

biglouis Wed 01-Nov-23 11:16:29

Men are children of the human species who believe they are adult but seldom act like it.

What is a species?

Wenmore Thu 02-Nov-23 00:27:49

Humans are a species of primate, some far closer to the big apes than others.

What's closer?

swampy1961 Thu 02-Nov-23 13:50:44

It's that thing on the top of doors so that they shut automatically!!

What is shut?

Wenmore Thu 02-Nov-23 18:52:23

A shut is a quiet shed.

What is shed?

Retread Thu 02-Nov-23 20:11:07

A shed is when you fall of a sled because you are an amateur sledger, so the sled sheds you.

What is an amateur?

Retread Thu 02-Nov-23 20:11:39

Fall off !

What is an amateur?

biglouis Sat 04-Nov-23 09:16:03

A "mateur" is the French spelling for someone who helps single people looking for a mate

What is French?

Juliet27 Sat 04-Nov-23 09:29:08

Fancies made by Mr Kipling are French

What are fancies?

Retread Sun 05-Nov-23 10:59:40

Fancies is when you fancy more than one meal on the menu and you can't decide with one you want the most!

What is a menu?

henetha Sun 05-Nov-23 11:04:57

A menu is when someone stopped in the middle of a sentence. They were trying to ask how many men you have loved. Not that it's any of their business!

What is loved?

biglouis Mon 06-Nov-23 13:01:51

Loved is how you feel when someone gives you a big spontaneous hug.

What is spontaneous?

Retread Wed 15-Nov-23 09:47:38

BigLouis you seem to have stumped us. However grin

Spontaneous is when you use two sponges simultaneously to soap your legs.

What is a sponge?

henetha Wed 15-Nov-23 10:39:39

A sponge is a person who is quite happy to let you pay for everything. The more you pay, the more they soak it up.

What is soaking?

biglouis Sat 18-Nov-23 00:11:15

Soaking is what you often get when you go out in summer without a rain coat

What is a coat?

OldFrill Sat 18-Nov-23 01:27:03

It's painted on the wall to keep it warm.

What is a wall?

henetha Sat 18-Nov-23 10:59:23

A wall is a construction which keeps neighbours apart, and causes trouble for hedgehogs.

What is a hedgehog?

Retread Sat 18-Nov-23 16:46:12

A hedgehog is when my husband parks too close to the hedge on the driveway so I have to squeeze past.

What is a squeeze?

OldFrill Sun 19-Nov-23 23:34:10

A squeeze is when you involuntarily squeeze air into your lungs then expel it as a sneeze. A squeeze always comes before a sneeze, except in the dictionary.

What's a dictionary?

BlueBelle Mon 20-Nov-23 06:44:17

Dictionary is not nice, it’s when Richard (or Dick) shuns Harry
We don’t know why but presumably Harry must have upset Dick
What is presumably ?

OldFrill Tue 21-Nov-23 01:21:27

Presumably is adeptly calculating the bill prior to settling it.

What's a bill?