{"id":35421,"date":"2019-05-14T08:11:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T08:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=35421"},"modified":"2019-05-16T05:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:28:24","slug":"various-vagaries-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/various-vagaries-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;VARIOUS VAGARIES&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n style=\"display:block\"\n data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5123580823957590\"\n data-ad-slot=\"7875984934\"\n  data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n  data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">\u00a0&#8220;VARIOUS VAGARIES&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3wb-IXpM2s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">I have indeed seen the name Charmaine Gunatillake come up from time to time with these snippets of interesting information, and this is no exception to the rule.The English Language, being, in my opinion, one of the most important Languages on our Planet, today, is sometimes used however, in a manner that is &#8220;strangeness personified&#8221;. It was stranger still, in ancient times, but, as a man by the renowned name of Richard Shakespeare said,<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This blessed plot, this Earth, this Realm, this England&#8221;, I do reckon that he was pretty sure that &#8220;old Blighty&#8221; was the &#8220;cream of the crop&#8221;, &#8220;Various Vagaries&#8221; or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To the many thousands of eLanka readers, please do sit back, read, and try to figure out the reason why these quotes and bits of information, these idiosyncrasies were even thought up, &amp; were these vagaries the work of a villain, for want of nothing better to do ?.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29898\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Editor-in-Chief)\u00a0 eLanka.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\"><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0Charmaine Gunatillake\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">Six great confusions still unresolved\u00a0&#x1f604;&#x1f602;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">1. At a movie theatre, which arm rest is yours?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">2. In the word scent, is &#8220;S&#8221; silent or &#8220;C&#8221;?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">3. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">4. Why is there a &#8216;D&#8217; in fridge,\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">but not in refrigerator?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">5. Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">And now sixer &#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">6. 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Enjoy!!!&#x1f600;&#x1f600;&#x1f600;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; Wonder why the word funeral starts with FUN?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">-Why isn&#8217;t a Fireman called a Water-man?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; How come Lipstick doesn&#8217;t do what it says?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; If money doesn&#8217;t grow on trees, how come Banks have Branches?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; If a Vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a Humanitarian eat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; How do you get off a non-stop Flight?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; Why are goods sent by ship called CARGO and those sent by truck SHIPMENT?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; Why do we put cups in the dishwasher and the dishes in the Cupboard?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800080;\">&#8211; Why do doctors &#8216;practice&#8217; medicine? 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