# Distinguished Gaits and Unusual Walks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinguished-gaits-and-unusual-walks/333950>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 3, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinguished-gaits-and-unusual-walks/333950 "2005-12-03T22:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distinguished-gaits-and-unusual-walks/333950/21 "2005-12-07T23:14:09Z")

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I saw someone at the bus stop recently who was walking exactly like a crane with sore feet. Knees coming straight up, like he was picking his way around, with half-steps, spine ruler straight. Or there was the RA with a very distinctive rolling gait even though we were right smack in the middle of the lower 48. I don’t know how his knees withstood that…

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