# Do you galavant? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363 "2024-09-16T20:05:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/21 "2024-09-17T03:05:36Z")
Being as my back is starting to give up the ghost, I tend to lurch a lot. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/22 "2024-09-17T05:38:18Z")
Life isn’t all bunting and frolic. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/23 "2024-09-17T05:40:25Z")
Not only do I galivant, but when I do it I’m fancy free. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/24 "2024-09-17T06:07:07Z")
Actually, after FUBARing my right leg, and my left knee acting Ass, I tend to shuffle lately. It is distressing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/25 "2024-09-17T06:30:34Z")
Could be worse. You could clump clump along on your walker. No worries, I’ll send you some tennis balls. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/26 "2024-09-17T07:09:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > when I do it I’m fancy free. And free for anything fancy? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/muKugrnvZAA/hqdefault.jpg "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) - Fred Astaire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muKugrnvZAA) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/27 "2024-09-17T08:58:35Z")
Isn’t it spelled “gallivant”? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/28 "2024-09-17T11:24:43Z")
I like to alternate between gallivanting and careening. It works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/29 "2024-09-17T11:33:17Z")
I gladly gad. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/30 "2024-09-17T11:47:23Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I mosey I used to mosey, but mostly suanter these days. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/31 "2024-09-17T11:49:58Z")
Bunting is a lovely word I haven’t heard in a spell. Nor do I ever recall frolicking with said bunting but it does sound inviting. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/32 "2024-09-17T12:15:50Z")
I’m partial to perambulation (ooh, band name - Partial to Perambulation!) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/33 "2024-09-17T12:47:59Z")
A guy after my own heart. And may I recommend the Beau Dommage song “Le retour du flâneur” - [https://youtu.be/J-At2z7QhJU?si=PV946ZsQgc1EZ4lm](https://youtu.be/J-At2z7QhJU?si=PV946ZsQgc1EZ4lm) ? ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/34 "2024-09-17T12:50:47Z")
I may be being whooshed, but that’s the root of the word in French. 19th century gentlemen in flannel trousers who would wander joyfully about Paris, with no particular purpose nor place to go… ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/35 "2024-09-17T12:52:36Z")
I gambol. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/36 "2024-09-17T13:02:29Z")
I career. Statistically, it’s unlikely to end well. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/37 "2024-09-17T14:02:14Z")
On good days, I flit around. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/38 "2024-09-17T14:05:15Z")
I had a friend in Portland who also liked to wander the neighborhood. He had also lived in Paris for a year at one point, so we agreed that flaneur was a good title for us and typically greeted each other with “Bon jour!” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/39 "2024-09-17T15:34:12Z")
I fear my dear late mother might coarsen the tone of all this carry-on. She was partial to the phrase “In and out like a fart in a colander” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-galavant/1007363/40 "2024-09-17T16:30:29Z")
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