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I want to become a flaneur. Is there a course you can take? Is there a polite word for the feminine equivalent? I'm tired of the whole proffessional, responsible adult malarky.
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Sorry Zed, I'm afraid you can't be a flâneuse (a female flâneur.) It's one of those things that are innate, if you don't got it, you can't learn it...so back to work missy! 
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Aw, you do talk a lot of flannel. I bet I could learn it if I had th dosh. (I was watching Last of the Summer Wine on the weekend.) I do like our spell check. "th dosh" came out as Thai dossier which would be Mission Impossible not Summer Wine 
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They went into the inner office. Psmith removed his hat and coat.
"And now once more to work," he said. "Psmith the flaneur of Fifth Avenue ceases to exist. In his place we find Psmith the hard-headed sub-editor. Be so good as to indicate a job of work for me, Comrade Windsor. I am champing at my bit."
~from "Psmith, Journalist" by P.G. Wodehouse
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I want to become a flaneur. Is there a course you can take? ... flâneuse
Oh, I'm with you Zed, but I fear it's not for the young exept in fiction - whereas old ones - as I am - can take it up!
MAde me think of the old term "remittance man" (a person who is supported by money sent from home.) Now I have always thought the term is not a nice one. Brought thoughts of a sort of sleazy person who was paid not to return home!
Then my mind went zinging off into the connection (?) to the Witness Protection Program.
It's one of those days.
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It's the saunter I can't get. I have either the health care speed walk or the exhausted health care plod.
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"Rather than attending classes to learn to reduce stress and resolve conflict, maybe we could all learn how to amble. The amble is the ambulatory equivalent of a deep breathing exercise." http://egypalao.notlong.com
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Great essay. I realized that I do amble but oddly enough only on my bike. Riding to work takes about 25 minutes. Riding home can take an hour or more. Sometimes I race for the physical joy of it but often I amble. Coasting instead of working or doubling back to stop and see a flower better. Sometimes I will sidetrack for blocks just because I like the look of the yards on that street or, if there are no cars, ride in sine waves like a six year old pretending I don't care if someone happens to see me.
cyclamble? amblycle?
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I love this, Father Steve: The mosey is a magnificent walk, more like a dance. It fairly screams with the revels of the journey ... Very evocative!
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