# Have you seen a worse corn maze than this one? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229 "2011-10-10T22:25:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/21 "2011-10-11T22:50:12Z")
I just saw that story on the news, and immediately thought of this thread. I suspect this was the wrong family to be doing a complex maze – they had a young kid and a three-week old , and it was getting dark. Of _course_ they wanted out fast. It think they might’ve gotten lost in the OP’s maze. According to the news, the owner offered them free tickets if they wanted to come back and try again. They refused. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/22 "2011-10-11T23:03:02Z")
Couldn’t you just note the direction of the setting sun and plow yourself through the corn stalks in the exact opposite direction you entered? ETA: I guess that assumes you took note of your direction upon entry. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/23 "2011-10-11T23:04:36Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Couldn’t you just note the direction of the setting sun and plow yourself through the corn stalks in the exact opposite direction you entered? It was dark. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/24 "2011-10-11T23:11:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It was dark. OOps, I somehow thought it said “getting dark.” OK Assuming you were stuck in the position of that couple and you had no cell phone, what would you do? Could you just pick a direction, perhaps based upon a star, moon, cloud, and walk in a straight line until you are out? ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/25 "2011-10-12T19:32:10Z")
Who takes a three week old baby into a corn maze??? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/26 "2011-10-12T19:39:42Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Who takes a three week old baby into a corn maze??? They Who Walk Behind the Rows. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/27 "2011-10-12T19:54:57Z")
So people are familiar with these things? What _are_ they?! Well, that I could tell, but what I really want to know is…WHY? Why are they? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/28 "2011-10-12T19:57:05Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So people are familiar with these things? What _are_ they?! Well, that I could tell, but what I really want to know is…WHY? Why are they? They are just a fun thing people do in the fall, like apple picking and punkin’ chunkin’. ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/29 "2011-10-12T21:35:30Z")
[http://www.hiddentrailscornmaze.com/](http://www.hiddentrailscornmaze.com/) Here is this year’s maze in these parts. Look how small the cars are to get an idea of how big it is. All those curves are going to make it harder. We get a punch card to punch at different stations. The challenge is to get the whole card punched and, in doing so, visit every part of the maze. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229/30 "2011-10-13T01:08:15Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > So people are familiar with these things? What _are_ they?! Well, that I could tell, but what I really want to know is…WHY? Why are they? > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > They are just a fun thing people do in the fall, like apple picking and punkin’ chunkin’. And mazes usually have some sort of gate fee. I was in [this MAiZE](http://www.kuipersfamilyfarm.com/maizemaze.htm?gclid=CN7kv-u75KsCFWJn5QodKSUdJQ) a few years back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-worse-corn-maze-than-this-one/599229.md?page=1)