In elementary school they showed us films of tribal people with plugs in their ears and bones in their noses, and we laughed because it looked so odd. Now, walking down the street in Europe you see the same thing. Only thing we don’t have is the “giraffe women”.
It’s a very romantic notion. Soon enough, you’ll miss a soft bed, a hot shower, and clean water flowing from the tap that you don’t have to boil first before you drink it.
Calvin, winner of Survivor (seasons 1,16, 22 and 33) and the only man who defeated Bear Grylls, has now retired from competitive neanderthalism and is living in a yurt in Yukon Territory.
People who proclaim their supposed love for the primitive life, such as that depicted in Avatar, NEVER put their money with their mouths are and actually live such a life. They’re too busy extolling the virtues of primitivism on their phones and tablets.
Have a trial run next camping trip. Just give him a basket(for gathering) and a BBQ fork (for hunting)…..he can sleep outside the tent, or in a tree. Might talk him into a loin cloth if there are other campers near-by.
This is the “off-the-grid” dream. My family spent generations striving to get “on-the-grid”. The dream usually dies after the first bad night in a cold outhouse. :)
BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
Maybe Calvin can meet a nice jungle girl and they can groom each other for lice.
codycab about 1 year ago
Hey, Calvin’s hardly civilized as he is. I say go for it!
Prescott_Philosopher about 1 year ago
Think it through kid. Suzie will not be within a thousand miles of that jungle.
GreasyOldTam about 1 year ago
“Eating grubs?” He couldn’t even bring himself to eat worms a few days ago.
His Mom should have pointed out that he would also not be watching TV or reading comic books.
orinoco womble about 1 year ago
In elementary school they showed us films of tribal people with plugs in their ears and bones in their noses, and we laughed because it looked so odd. Now, walking down the street in Europe you see the same thing. Only thing we don’t have is the “giraffe women”.
Dr. Quatermass about 1 year ago
Sorry, boy… you lost me. Hopefully, you meant Neverland.
Avatar??? about 1 year ago
Not a bad idea, better than being a homeless dude in the street growing up
Little Caesar about 1 year ago
Professional nitpicker.
lalapalooza Premium Member about 1 year ago
hahaha look at his little lunch box there on the sidewalk!
sirbadger about 1 year ago
It would be nice if there was enough tropical forest for 7 billion people to live like that. The other billion can live in cities.
snsurone76 about 1 year ago
Not too many rain forests to grub around in, Calvin.
ArcticFox Premium Member about 1 year ago
Too much static, Calvin.
minty_Joe about 1 year ago
Ask Tom Hanks how well that went in the movie “Castaway”. He’s still searching for Wilson…WILSON!!!!!!
The Reader Premium Member about 1 year ago
I gather he is hunting for a new excuse.
Yngvar Følling about 1 year ago
Where would Calvin fit in essentials like his Saturday morning cartoons in this lifestyle?
DaveG1960 about 1 year ago
Will he be taking Hobbes with him? Or is Hobbes too used to tuna sandwiches?
Purple People Eater about 1 year ago
She should have threatened to home-school him, so he’d always be at school.
jvo about 1 year ago
You have to be ultra wealthy to aspire to the lifestyle Calvin wants.
Troglodyte about 1 year ago
Grown-ups are all about lice and deciet, Cal.
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
Where does this kid get all his schemes and ideas? Very vivid imagination! ☺️
nosirrom about 1 year ago
He’ll be naked and (eventually) afraid.
happyinvenice23 about 1 year ago
Don’t you wish you had 1 just like him,I DID!
A Hip loving Canadian... about 1 year ago
Except for subsisting on berries, grubs and the occasional frog, not to mention having to groom for lice. That sounds like a good way to live.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
It’s a very romantic notion. Soon enough, you’ll miss a soft bed, a hot shower, and clean water flowing from the tap that you don’t have to boil first before you drink it.
Prey about 1 year ago
If you are naked in the jungle, move slowly!
Just-me about 1 year ago
Calvin has watched one too many episodes of that Unclothed and Skeered show.
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Cal wouldn’t stick it. No Calvin Ball in the woods.
aerotica69 about 1 year ago
Calvin, winner of Survivor (seasons 1,16, 22 and 33) and the only man who defeated Bear Grylls, has now retired from competitive neanderthalism and is living in a yurt in Yukon Territory.
gantech about 1 year ago
♪ ♫
I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman
’Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an apeman
♪ ♫
alien011 about 1 year ago
Well, if you do squelch a kid’s ambition you might end up receiving a TV for Christmas every year.
rshive about 1 year ago
You’re reading the wrong expert, Calvin.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 1 year ago
While this is true, I think most of the “experts” will agree there is a difference between imagination and fantasy.
Robert4170 about 1 year ago
People who proclaim their supposed love for the primitive life, such as that depicted in Avatar, NEVER put their money with their mouths are and actually live such a life. They’re too busy extolling the virtues of primitivism on their phones and tablets.
Baucuva about 1 year ago
Experts also say it’s bad to let kids run wild Calvin.
KEA about 1 year ago
It’s a really tough balance for parents being realistic without squelching dreams
Calvins Brother about 1 year ago
In other words, a monkey.
christelisbetty about 1 year ago
Have a trial run next camping trip. Just give him a basket(for gathering) and a BBQ fork (for hunting)…..he can sleep outside the tent, or in a tree. Might talk him into a loin cloth if there are other campers near-by.
njchris about 1 year ago
Isn’t there some “reality” show about idiots running around naked in the jungle?
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 1 year ago
Now that is the ultimate slacked.
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
This is the “off-the-grid” dream. My family spent generations striving to get “on-the-grid”. The dream usually dies after the first bad night in a cold outhouse. :)
Seakanda Premium Member about 1 year ago
Calvin just described my retirement plan!
mreardon53 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Calvin’s facial expression in panel three is perfect.
Steverino Premium Member about 1 year ago
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/341710690446253909/
Templo S.U.D. about 1 year ago
Which tropical forest, Calvin? The Hoh Rain Forest within Clallam County, Washington where I was born?
BiggerNate91 about 1 year ago
Calvin thinks there are still tropical forests not close to any civilized areas.
Bilan about 1 year ago
Calvin still needs to learn a few more things, like the fact that hunting and gathering is still work.
willie_mctell about 1 year ago
The lice have nutritive value too.
Daeder about 1 year ago
Testing how this looks.
Chris Sherlock about 1 year ago
What do the experts say about squelching a child’s lack of ambition, Calvin?
Robin Harwood about 1 year ago
Calvin, it would be like the camping trips with your dad. And you know how you love those.
hagarthehorrible about 1 year ago
Calvin’ s option instead of schooling must be a welcome thought process for most of us considering the vagaries of life. Love you Bill.
kamoolah 11 months ago
That would be my life if my ancestors weren’t picked up by that ship.
Woo woo woo oh Africa!