Which one were you?
Posted by AffectionateFig5864@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 27 comments
Anyone remember these guys from the Highlights magazines?…they live rent-free in my head and I’ve been trying to out-Gallant my inner Goofus for most of my adulthood. Getting there…
thejunkmanadv@reddit
Goofus is a dumbass.
J_Robert_Matthewson@reddit
Goofus be like "Dude, that lightning in the background is gonna look sick AF when I do a kickflip on my GoPro. Suck it, Gallant, you poser bitch!"
HipsterBikePolice@reddit
I had a west facing backyard. Loved sitting outside watching giant t-storms roll in til the last second. More lightning the better it was. Also latchkey kid
andronicus_14@reddit
Gallant seemed like an uptight douche bag. Goofus was just an asshole.
I was somewhere in the middle.
MortgageRegular2509@reddit
I’m Gallant with the shoes, Goofus with the storms.
KW5625@reddit
I was a bit of both
maggie320@reddit
I was a little of both.
redonkulousness@reddit
As a fatherless, latchkey boy, these were pretty instrumental in my upbringing.
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Heard that.
Treadingresin@reddit
Aww..yes, Highlights, the magazine in every doctors office waiting room everywhere. I live alone I can be as Goofus as I gonna be.
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Yes! was trying to remember the name. My grandfather bought my subsciption.
LarryGoldwater@reddit
I was Alfred E Neuman. Made fun of them both.
IceSmiley@reddit
Speaking of Mad, I remember the takeoff Melvin and Jenkins in Mad magazine where Jenkins did stuff that would have gotten him put away for a long time 🤣
_ism_@reddit
my mom gallantized me early before i ever saw this and i felt super smug reading them
originalbrowncoat@reddit
Don’t do what Donny don’t does.
They could have made this less confusing
AffectionateFig5864@reddit (OP)
Donny Don’t did it again today.
card-board-board@reddit
I prefer to think of myself as a loveable lummox.
AffectionateFig5864@reddit (OP)
That language certainly more person-centered than “hapless fuck-up”.
shmelse@reddit
Ok but skateboarding in a thunderstorm is awesome, why is Goofus so cool??!
AffectionateFig5864@reddit (OP)
Goofus is definitely the one with the good drugs.
Late-External3249@reddit
He smoked Marlboro reds too, I bet.
LineImpossible3958@reddit
I still think about Goofus and Gallant from time to time.
RanklesTheOtter@reddit
I kept riding my bike when it was thundering if it wasn't raining yet, but I sure as hell didn't track mud in the house.
Professor_Hala@reddit
In the words of Hank Hill:
"I tell you what, toys Goofus fella is a dumbass."
GlenBaileyWalker@reddit
Being from the Midwest, I guess the majority of us are Goofus. It’s part of our culture to go outside during thunderstorms. If there’s a tornado siren, that’s your cue to go outside and check it out.
qtjedigrl@reddit
I thought this was Lost at first
ooo-ooo-oooyea@reddit
As my Dad would say "stop acting like Goofus!"