Maturity Exploration Pillows

You're only young once but apparently there's no limit on childish. (Published originally on January 15, 2008.)

'Are you sure that's the right map?'

"Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme takes a celebrity to the most extreme places on Earth!"

The fate of the emigrant

The experienced backpacker.

...and then I...wait....What's that?? Whoa! We're on a spaceship! This is fun! Hey! What's this button do? Can I pull this lever? Are we there yet? Take a selfie with us? Do we get snacks? Can I drive? Are we there yet? Something we said? Just imagine if we'd been obnoxious!

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

"You say it all the time, so I climbed every tree to prove it. You were right, money doesn't grow on trees."

Road sign: "Good Start, but you've still got a ways to go."

Man painting over a 'You are here' sign.

"The Ice Age must've caught him by surprise..."

Winter Coat Check at a Tropical Destination's Airport

Alien David statue

Doctor examining Easter Island statue.

"Let's start with an icebreaker..."

'I want to visit the very EDGE of civilisation, to explore the BRUTAL shores of natures most REMOTE regions. If you could manage that with a five star hotel and first class travel it would be perfect.'

'We look for a new drug, we find a virus - we look for a new virus, we find a drug...'

"Congratulations, Amruk. You prove they do exist."

"Damn. I think I missed the turn for Bethlehem."

'Dr Hodges, here, is from England and he's been observing us for 14 years. Mr Ferrell, an American, has been here only 3 weeks. Monique Corveu, from Paris, has practically been living with us for about nine years...'

An astronaut fishes in volcanoes on another planet.

Mister Mid-Life Crisis

'It's a note...It says I.O.U. one pot of gold.'

Welcome To New York City...Subject to the following conditions.

Here be dragons.

A boy acting suspiciously

'You and Rags working together make great dinosaur finders.'

'Mysteries' section of bookshop reveals secret door.

Marshmallows

Man, my cat sneaks into the weirdest spots.

Micro Psychiatry Clinic. You have a full schedule today, Doctor. The helium atom will be here to work on his fear of heights. The white blood cell with a germ phobia and amoeba with separation anxiety are coming in. The DNA molecule will be here about an identity crisis. And here, in the sports car, comes a new patient, a carbon-14 isotope. Ah, looks like he's going through a half-life crisis!

Polar bear bowling alley

Long before the GPS, traveling humans found their way around by using an Atlas.

'It's called 'cause and effect.' I pound this log and Tarzan goes bananas.'

'Never mind that. I think I've just discovered a new planet!'