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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

Submitted by KITCH on

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Clue #1 You've joined the hunt for the regal runt 
To prove searching does pay 
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole 
And the golf course is out of play 

Last year Jake took home the cake 
With a clue a bit off level 
This year we'll rinse off all our prints 
Lest this hunt go to the devil 

Clue #2 The point of all this is so that you won't miss 
Your big chance to grab all the cash 
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise 
You'll have to do something quite rash 

Clue #3 We've scanned the county to hide our bounty 
And keep you on your toes 
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible 
Although it might just stick to your nose. 

Clue #4 How fun is the snow how far will we go 
You really ought to go see 
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin' 
Get into the game-it's all free 

Clue #5 There once was a clue that drove you-know-who 
To threaten a heinous act 
We'd use it again but we're afraid of his pen 
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact 

Clue #6 All ye who look should honor the book 
As one who stood for hope 
Much was built in the name of the kilt 
Look sharp now and never mope 

Clue #7 If you should go look high then low 
One could see it from a bower 
If it's your bent you might seek a tent 
To protect in case of shower 

Take note of the wood and do what you should 
To extract the prize for yourself 
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem 
Leave nothing behind on the shelf 

Clue #8 Look at the buck to acquire good luck 
In finding the grail this year 
Link a jar,a line, a star lawyer divine 
While crying in your beer 

He won, then lost and the nation was tossed 
Into strife that was far from civil 
The point I'm making is yours for the taking 
Believe me - not the message board drivel 

Clue #9 This name brings tears, elation and cheers 
And occasionally even outrages 
It sits on walls and rides the halls 
And fills a dozen pages 

The hills are alive and you'll have arrived 
Refrain from the very injurious 
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save 
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious 

Clue #10 Look for the sight you hope is just right 
You're doubtful and you're torn 
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds 
And part of a rose with a horn 

Through flames and flow this park where you'll go 
Is the site of sacred relics 
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please 
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix 

Clue #11 Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds 
Far from the graves take your entourage 
Twixt Burns and Thorn, an icy pathway is born 
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage 

Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path 
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter 
The path not official contains footprints beneficial 
Some 300 trudges in - quest for a quitter 

This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow 
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum 
From here you must search for a hillside path perch 
Wherein lies the center of fun

 

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Redbear

gather your guys:

guise (gz)

n.

1. False appearance; pretense: spoke to me under the guise of friendship.

gather your guys = gather your guise = get ready for red herrings/misdirection
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:13 AM Permalink
Redbear

gather your guise = start prepping all of your hairbrained theories, only one is going to be right (the female one)
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:16 AM Permalink
Redbear

More def:

an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:18 AM Permalink
Leetah

I was thinking this since the Republican Convention is at the Xcel this year. That still keeps us in the area of the Mississippi and the Wabasha Caves.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:24 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

"you wont miss" could surely be referring to the Mighty Mississippi

Crosby gave us the park on clue 2

Phalen, clue 2 as well.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:24 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

Ok I don't think it was me over on The PP that was giving out our Info about the clues but I want to clear the air that I Want nothing more then A Cooler to find it!! eavn if it is jake!! I know that it is hard to know who's who On all the boards but On the PP boards there are at least 2 or 3 Iceman's over there I am now Iceman over there No numbers It was Iceman699 the same as my email add. I think after I post this I am laying low for a few days because of my actions the last few days!! I will not be posting on here or the press boards!! unless I hit something so hard it has to be told but I just think that this could not have hit in a worse time in my life sorry for not putting this in one of the other folders but I wanted to make sure Everyone seen it!!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:27 AM Permalink
ThoseMedallingKids

I like some of the Harriet thoughts and ideas, but I feel like it's meant to throw us off track. They don't want another quick find, so it just doesn't seem like Harriet would be right. If we're looking there since clue 2, it's going to be found within the week most likely. I'm thinking that these clues are going to be vague and hard to figure out. My feeling with this clue is that it's going to be Ann Bilansky-like in its meaning.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:43 AM Permalink
KITCH

don't disappear on us...

IMHO the PP boards are just trouble and nothing good ever comes from it...

maybe law low at 2-6am...cuz odds are booze is involved :wink:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:45 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I seriously think that the rash thing means that they are being rash about where they hid it and not what it is hidden in. I think that it is probably hidden in a Runts candy box that might be cut in half because those boxes are pretty big. Just my .02.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:45 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Harriet does seem to small of a park to be giving it away so quickly.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:46 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

its not because of the PP!! stuff it is something else!! Eating at me!!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:46 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I think that Harriet would be a clever place to put it, but after the 03 hunt when it was basically destroyed, I don't think it will be there again. It seems to fit some of the clues, but I think that this one is hidden outside of St.Paul.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:48 AM Permalink
leelabell

Unless the something rash is to go into Lilydale.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:48 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Runts box is what i thought right away, why not tell us what it is hidden in because realistically that doesn't matter much.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:48 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Joe wouldn't be the one threating the heinous act??
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:48 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

Exactly, they made reference to the Pearson Nut Goodie and that didn't help you find the medallion. I think that might be the one tangible thing from clue 1. The thing I think from clue 2 is that it is not hidden in St. Paul proper. They usually say by now if it is or is not hidden in St. Paul. I think that they are being "rash" by not hiding it in St. Paul for the second year in a row.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:52 AM Permalink
Redbear

because people start hiding runts boxes all over town, that's why you don't tell them what it's in.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:52 AM Permalink
KITCH

nobody picked lilydale in the pool..
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:52 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

I'm right there with you on that, very fishy indeed.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:53 AM Permalink
ThoseMedallingKids

regal runt anagrams to either "large turn" or "larger nut". Just something I had noodled, if it helps inspire anyone.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 8:53 AM Permalink
barefootguy

Isn't Lilydale in Dakota County?
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:00 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

My Wife just called

We just scored a free corporate apt downtown at Galtier for the weekend. Thurs-Sun no more traveling back and forth to chaska!!!!!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:02 AM Permalink
mucluck

someone asked which park has table with chess boards on them, I found the answer its Iris park...

I may not be fully recovered and my mind is still not thinking clearly but I can sit and page through map books had to go back to old editions to find it...I knew I had seen them in one of them...
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:02 AM Permalink
leelabell

If you look at the city maps and on the parks page, the northish part is still in St. Paul and St. Paul handles the permits for fossiling and ice climbing.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:03 AM Permalink
diggin4it

w00t!!!! how nice 4 u :cool:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:05 AM Permalink
Redbear

Hmmm...

Royal Runt...

Larger nut...

Nope, I think they checked each other out. Keep searching, false alarm!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:05 AM Permalink
KITCH

lilydale is ramsey...

the line is tricky to find...about the middle of the lake if i recall.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:09 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Wow I'm pumped :cool: :cool: :cool:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:10 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

the line is between Annapolis Ave on the west side and Otto Ave on the east. It's near the north edge of the lake. There would be plenty of land to hide it in, but the problem is they would risk people going into the Dakota Co part where there are a lot more landmarks and a lot more problems for the PP.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:18 AM Permalink
KITCH

I was thinking if the "wise gal" is harriet...who are the guys...

well...

the boat names...

I know one is Anson Northrup

and another is "jonathan paddleford" and Ugh the Tug

but one is "betsy northrup" :frown:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:30 AM Permalink
Randahl

anyone run the theory of 3m leaving st. paul this year as ford was thrust into the mix last year??

going with this thingking - rash - herpes - valtrex is a 3m product......lol thus maybe putting the puck in the maplewood side of battle creek??

thoughts?

randy
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:37 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Aaaaarrrggghh!

I was just slogging through before laying out my 'revelation' that something "rash" to us would be to go outside St.Paul. (At least to the general hunting public {and to those of us south of the river} who typically 'expect' to be in a St Paul park.)
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:37 AM Permalink
Randahl

for the record I am liking harriet as well......checked it out last night -- there is a building with 4 guys names on it kitch.......on water street facing the park....forget the names now tho
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:38 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

R u saying the puck has herpes??? :wink:

Stay away from the puck!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:38 AM Permalink
Randahl

or that a rash could be brought on by poison IVY - IVy rinning into the east of COMO park and WEST and south border of PHALEN
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:45 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Would love to have it point to Phalen again... was my favorite hunt yet (that I physically participated in).
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:52 AM Permalink
excavating stud

Good morning/afternoon. Good clue last night. It was fun thinking that one through. I still like the Harriet connection (Devils Island), but have a healthy skepticism regarding its size and how early in the hunt it is. I'm liking the Ma Barker idea, I plan to noodle on that a little later after work.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 9:53 AM Permalink
Clue Master

I don't want to get burned again at Harriet. It's central location makes it a prime target to fit many clues. Just like CoNo is because of it's size.

Note to self - Let the clues fit the parks, don't make the park fit the clues
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:04 AM Permalink
mrbud1

Ahh, another year of hunting. This is my first post this year and I just wanted to say hello to all and let the best find it again. Its always a pleasure this time of year. So lets put our heads together and make it a repeat for the cooler crew!!! :grin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:10 AM Permalink
zephyrus

OW! let's not put our heads together so fast next time...

Welcome back!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:12 AM Permalink
diggin4it

Here's a noodle: how it fits remains to be seen but....

What about Florence Nightingale?..she was a gal who was wise and tended to the army of men as a nurse treating their skin infections.

Florence Nightingale had exhibited a gift for mathematics from an early age and excelled in the subject under the tutorship of her father. She had a special interest in statistics, a field in which her father, a pioneer in the nascent field of epidemiology, was an expert. She made extensive use of statistical analysis in the compilation, analysis and presentation of statistics on medical care and public health.

Nightingale was a pioneer in the visual presentation of information. Among other things she used the pie chart, which had first been developed by William Playfair in 1801. After the Crimean War, Nightingale used the polar area chart, equivalent to a modern circular histogram or rose diagram, to illustrate seasonal sources of patient mortality in the military field hospital she managed. Nightingale called a compilation of such diagrams a "coxcomb", but later that term has frequently been used for the individual diagrams. She made extensive use of coxcombs to present reports on the nature and magnitude of the conditions of medical care in the Crimean War to Members of Parliament and civil servants who would have been unlikely to read or understand traditional statistical reports.

In her later life Nightingale made a comprehensive statistical study of sanitation in Indian rural life and was the leading figure in the introduction of improved medical care and public health service in India.

In 1859 Nightingale was elected the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society and she later became an honorary member of the American Statistical Association.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:18 AM Permalink
Posen

Phew! Caught up, now...think, think, think...
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:24 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Hi Budman
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:29 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise

Deck of cards has two Male face cards, the Jack and the King, and one female--the Queen. So in addition to chess references, we could also be looking for playing card references in the future.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:39 AM Permalink
green

Did I miss somehow something in #1 that caused people to think "rash" is Lilydale?
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:40 AM Permalink
Posen

Third Annual Strawberry Moon Gathering

who? Presented by the Sisterhood of the Sacred Corn Mother

why? to honor Mother Earth and explore ancient Wise Woman traditions

where? Lily Dale, New York, phone: 716-595-8721 fax. 716-595-2442

when? June 10-12, 2005

Wisewomen in Lilydale...probably a coincidence....
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:41 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Green--I think it goes to the idea that these are gangster references, and the Wabasha Caves are near Lilydale.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:42 AM Permalink
green

Hay, D-Dave!

But there's four women in a deck of cards to eight men. So that would be plural women to me. Unless they're talking about decks of my cards where many are missing. :grin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 10:44 AM Permalink