Flies
Flies noun - Theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains.
Wanders
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Bill Bryson's father is described at length in The Lost Continent as being unwilling to ask for directions, and, when finally pressed into doing so, wanders off with the person he asks leaving his family sitting in the car watching flies copulate.
Source: No Sense of Direction
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