2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II

Because it's dark and I want to rest up for tonight.

TMK

Could we hear a few noodles as to why Como.

well if you get the plate number give it to me I can find out a lot Friends in low places that work for the state!!! lol

I'm reading further into this "spotters" thread and the guy who started it just described the guy I saw. Parked on the side of the road reading a newspaper and not looking up even when people walked by the car.

Which newspaper? :smile:

I gave my reason earlier about this clue, but nobody seemed to pay attention. I'll tell people down at Matty B's tonight.

Well, the poster actually said the Pioneer Press, but I didn't look THAT closely. :smile:

I think I know where you're referring to, TMK. :smile:

When you ice fish, don't you throw the fish on the ice to keep?

The Mrs. and I would like to present our case for Highland Park:

WE BELIEVE THAT OVERALL BASEBALL THEME OF THE CLUES 10 FROM A “META CLUE” THAT YIELDS “HOMER” IN CLUE #4:

Clue #6

A famous singer (WARWICK ST.) and a diamond dinger (HOMER ST. OR {LEW} FORD PKWY)

Might put you oh so close to the spot

With the whites of your eyes (OUT OF THE CORNERS OF YOUR EYES OR ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF THE PARK; ALSO, COULD MEAN EDGECUMBE ST) you should look for the prize

Within this convenient plot (EASY TO GET TO)

Clue #5

Over hill and dale (HILLCREST AVE.& THE ACTUAL HILLY TOPOGRAPHY OF PARK) hit (BASEBALL HIT) the trail

with a handy locating device (MAP, SHOVEL, ETC. ALSO, CAN LOCATE THE PARK EASILY BY THE WATER TOWER)

fulfill your wishes like loaves and fishes (FEEDING THE MULTITUDES=BOOYA)

and put your victory on ice. (SCHULTZ ICE RINK IN HIGHLAND)

Clue #4

A walk (BASEBALL TERM) in the park (BALLPARK) can be a lark

If cell phones are left at home (HOME RUN=HOMER)

Heed the siren (POLICE STATION IN HIGHLAND) of your desirin'

And do not revolt (LEXINGTON ST.) against this poem

Clue #3

Success on the third (3RD BASE) clue will never do

We had to stash a second (2ND BASE)

Round (ROUND THE BASES) you go if you seek to know

Where swatters of orbs (BASEBALL, GOLF) are beckoned

Clue #2

If you're thinking big (HIGHLAND=BIG PARK) you're sure to dig

Near flora with growing pain (GROWING PANE=GREEN HOUSE/NURSERY ON W 7TH ST. ACROSS FROM RIVERSIDE PARK ADJOINING HIGHTLAND. ALSO, HIGHLAND PARK ITSELF HAS UNDERGONE LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION)

Winter or summer is never a bummer (EVOKES OTTO HUMMER ST.)

A menagerie of fun wild or tame (MENAGERIE OF FUN=CIRCUS JUVENTAS, MN WILD ON W 7TH)

Clue #1

Congrats to the finder, to all a reminder

To hunt hard from first (FIRST BASE) to last clues

Medallion I is history. Now a new mystery

Begins -- strap on your hunting shoes (CROSS COUNTRY SKIS, ICE SKATES)

To some its demented, for all unprecedented

But huntersÂ’ thirst (HIGHLAND WATERTOWER) must be quenched (TONS OF TAVERNS ALONG W 7TH)

Tell sister and brother weÂ’ve hidden another

In a park where a body can be benched (NEARBY BLEACHERS, HIGHLAND SR HIGH)

Our 2nd prize? DonÂ’t laugh -- 10-thou cut in half

So get out there even if itÂ’s snowy

And as a special bonus -- some might say an onus --

A meal with our own Clueless Joey (JOE LIVES IN HIGHLAND PARK)

Good hunting to you, let this be the first clue

Think of a woodsy retreat (PINEHURST, BEECHWOOD, JUNIPER, ACTUAL PARK TOPOGRAPHY)

It wonÂ’t be so hard if you channel the bard (HOMER OR JOE=BARD,

YouÂ’ll get warm and smell pretty sweet (ITÂ’S HIDDEN IN AN AVON PERFUME BOX; ALSO, SWEET COULD BE PEARSONÂ’S CANDY ACROSS THE STREET)

Ok, this guy at the PP saw the same man doing the same thing driving the same car, only he saw him yesterday!

Yes, usually.

And not to gross anyone out, but the fish do something we call "The Crappie Flop" for a bit....

I doubt this helps.

thats nice noodling DD....but if saw the cut out in the Pioneer press of whats off limits it essentially elimates Highland (its says Disc Golf area under construction and the shelter and pinic grounds as well)

OT, did you each see him at different times or same time each day?

And what park was this????

:frown:

Well "they" claim that the fish doesn't feel pain, but last summer at the lake there were some fish tied to the dock that needed to be cleaned. I used to clean lots of fish so figured I'd do it.

I started scaling that fish and it was staring at me with that one eye in kind of a pleading way. :frown: I had to stop. Went and got one of the kids to finish the deed.

Think I've cleaned my last fish.

Downtown Dave - that is some good noodling. In fact its a humdinger of a noodle!

Thank you!

Nice job DD & wifey

I'll ask him what time he saw him. But yesterday being Sunday, it might have been a different time of the day.

Hold on, I'll go ask.

Oh, and IM of course! It's where I've been hunting.

Neck is back at Hidden Falls

Im not familliar with everybody yet, who is neck?

Jake

Fulfill your wishes like loaves and fishes and put your victory on ice

I just thought maybe that was an ice-fishing reference...

I HATE EXTRA LETTERS!!!!

...when I have a good anagram.

:angry:

Green, this guy at PP saw him yesterday from 11:00 until he left around 2:00.

The event is tomorrow, the 30th. Not tonight.

I need it, i gotta have it, i need my clue fix.

In the Hidden Falls, the clue and explanation was the following:

Clue No. 7 / If you need a clue, what you should do

Is focus on the object of your search

As a dramatic device it could entice

You near our treasured perch

Explanation: Take a deep breath, hunters and Clueless One: the "dramatic device'' is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's term for a key plot element — the thing that everyone seeks — known as the "MacGuffin." In our case, it is, of course, the medallion. We hoped the word would lead a few film-buff hunters to the Magoffin Avenue entrance to Hidden Falls.

Don't you think it is interesting that this current last clue also references a plot? Is there another convenient plot device that could lead us to the park?

leelabel - good noodling. Wish I could think of one.

OT- I love to fish, but I have a hard time with the death of any creature.

I even use special hooks that twist in their mouths and hook them in the very corner of the mouth, so they can be unhooked, and released.

I've caught 45# fish this exact way.

Dan's the hunter, I'm the nester- plain an simple.

So-ho, I'm pretty sure I'm in the wrong park anyway, but the clues fit just as well as anyplace else......

I thought of that this morning when I read the clue. I also tried to think of classic plots. I was going man vs. man, man vs. nature, all kinds of things I was supposed to learn when I thought I was an English major. But I agree there is something there.

Do you know any English majors?

The only plot I've been able to think of is the siren call leading the sailor to the rocks or in trouble. It's the possible piece of literature we've been given so it would be convenient.

I don't think I'm going to go to the PP again this year.

After my blatant disregard for others, I think it'd be prudent to stay away.

I'm pretty sure I'm just going to stay home and see to the wolf.

What about a *short* story? ((This will keep the Mounds people happy, anyway))

Why is Hunter Fred all pissed off

I wish I could believe it's Indian Mounds.

Don't think I'm not waiting for that. :grin:

Or even better, some Urban legend. :pbpt:

I think Hunter Fred likes the attention.

You mean like the one where it could never be at Indian Mounds because of the burial mounds?

Or it could never be in a suburb because of the issue Maplewood had with hunters tearing up Wakefield?

Allison you been out

Need to hook Neck and Hunter Fred up

Well, Mounds still seems like as good a place as any.....if you have an aversion to Como. Hadn't thought about looking at 'convenient plot' from a literary point of view -- and I don't even know that a short story would qualify....but I think it's worth checking out the area of the park near short street all the same.

Well I don't want any of that! Keep 'em away from me!! :sillygrin: :goofy: