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Reality Checkpoint is the name given to a large cast iron lamppost in the middle of Parker's Piece, Cambridge, England, located at the intersection of the park's diagonal paths.〔(Cambridge News - Lighting trialled on Parker's Piece amid safety fears ) "...the central column known as Reality Checkpoint..."〕 ==Origin of the name== There are four main theories as to the meaning of the name. # It may mark the boundary between the central university area of Cambridge (referred to as the 'reality bubble') and the 'real world' of non-academic locals living beyond. One is warned to check one's notions of reality before passing. For students at Cambridge, who walk out to Mill Road across Parker's piece for an evening in the 'real world', usually including a visit to one of Mill Road's selection of pubs, the lamppost marks the end of the 'reality holiday' as they walk back to central Cambridge – back into 'the bubble'. # The name arose because the lamppost forms a useful landmark for people crossing the park at night – perhaps inebriated or in the fog – since it is the only light for over a hundred metres. # When drunk, students and the general public are reminded to check they are able to walk like a sober person before passing the police station at the edge of Parker's Piece. # The post being situated in the middle of two walking paths that intersect, anyone walking whilst not tuned in to "reality" will probably collide with the lamppost, hence "reality checkpoint". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reality Checkpoint」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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