Madison: The city where words don’t mean things
posted at 12:55 pm on July 10, 2009 by MadisonConservative
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Minor point, but it still bugs me. Honestly, the idea sounds nice. It sounds idyllic. It’s just that the sign bugs me.
Residents will soon have a chance to engage in peaceful reflection when a labyrinth opens July 25 at Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Park on the city’s East Side.
But it isn’t the kind of labyrinth you get lost in. Rather, as you trace its route you’re encouraged to take an introspective journey.
“A labyrinth is not a maze, it has no dead-ends, it gives no problem to resolve and there is no task to accomplish,” reads a sign to be posted in front of the structure.
Sounds like one of these…
…which is fine. I like the idea. When I watched Ducktales as a kid, I made a promise to myself that I would have one of these in my house.
However, if this truly is a labyrinth, then Madison seems to be ignoring the definition of the word:
lab?y?rinth
??/?læb?r?n?/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [lab-uh-rinth] Show IPA
Use labyrinth in a Sentence
–noun
1. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way or to reach the exit.
2. a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
3. a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.
4. any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.
I dearly hope people are properly amused. While I love this city, those definitions could apply equally well to it.
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Eh… in America (sadly more and more on both sides of the political spectrum) words just don’t mean what they really do. Ya know. Things change. Stop being such a stickler… blah, blah, blah…
BTW, anyone want a Panic Room in their house?
Upstater85 on July 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM
There are “labyrinths” – where the “maze” is only on the floor. No walls, no obstructions to just walking across the labyrinth, but for those following the path it’s real.
There are also multiple-entrance/multiple-exit labrynths.
For Mad-town, neither would be all that surprising.
Mew
acat on July 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM
I wonder how much it would cost you to get a minotaur outfit.
Dan Collins on July 10, 2009 at 7:39 PM
The sign maker didn’t have access to the news article prior to constructing his sign message. Had he know that “jail” thing he would have changed the definition – or sumthin.
ericdijon on July 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
known
ericdijon on July 10, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Madison ground zero for liberal insanity.Might actually make Berkeley look normal.A terrible place filled with disgusting liberals and corrupt Democrats. Avoid at all costs.
Madison, the Moscow on the Mendota
Jeff from WI on July 11, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Dang. I was looking forward to visiting that, too.
BadgerHawk on July 11, 2009 at 6:15 PM