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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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Randahl

January 17, 1934 -- Gang kidnaps Edward George Bremer; Bremer released on February 7, 1934 after ransom paid

hmmm
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 12:53 PM Permalink
regman

Hey, Ian.

I saw you at the PDG, but didn't say "hi".
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 12:53 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

OK after hours and hours of slogging...around 1500 posts in this thread alone since Tuesday, I'm am now completely caught up! You are now free to post again. :wink:

Luckily its been a slow afternoon for posts. I won't be able to go out until tomorrow night sometime. IF we get more than 2 inches of snow I'll have to be watching the kids all night tonight since LA Daddy plows. I haven't noodled much on my own about the clues but I think it would be to obvious to put it at Harriet. Its been out of bounds for so many years then the year its back in play they put it there? I don't think so.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:02 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Liking the avatar Snake :smile:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:02 PM Permalink
OT

How about this? Maybe Lillydale is the regal runt. Regal for the regal lily and runt meaning smaller than its brother Harriet Island.

Make that sister. Harriet and Lilly are both feminine names. :smile:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:04 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

I'm not interpreting "wise" as in smart or leader. A wise guy or good fella is slang for a gangster or mobster. So guys with a gal who are considered to be gangsters that are infamous with St. Paul are Ma Barker and her gang. While her actual participation in their crimes may have been minimal (debatable) she went to great lengths to hide them, get them out of jail, pay off cops, move them around the country, recruit new people,etc.

And while they stayed in a house in WSP on Robert St, many of their hangouts and crimes took place in St.Paul.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:12 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Ok that reply was to Redbear.

Why are my posts doing this?

When I click on someone's post to reply to them,,,, it shows me replying to myself.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:14 PM Permalink
Posen

wise could also be a wise-cracker or comedian
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:16 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Posen would know about being a Wise-cracker.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:24 PM Permalink
Terry

Bingo!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:53 PM Permalink
girlbassist

I was reading about Harriet Island and it was also called Wakan or wakoun Island = spirit or devils island...
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 1:58 PM Permalink
Terry

I'm waiting for a clue. I don't think I've adapted very well to this one clue a day stuff.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:12 PM Permalink
Terry

Regarding the checker/chess board tables.

I am almost certain the tables by the tot lot at West Minnehaha had those boards painted on the table tops.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:13 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I know Central park has checker/chessboards on some concrete tables.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:16 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I'm still sloggin, so a little behind but had to coment on what Leelabell posted. She said: "I think the trick is to figure out if the clue is just about the wise gal, which could lead to Harriet Island or other places. Or, if the whole line is the clue, which leads in a Mobster direction. " I'm thinking the whole line is harriet. Gather your men referes to "The historical gathering place" thats listed on the plaques down there. and the wise woman is harriet of course.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:20 PM Permalink
leelabell

Very nice, 3M
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:25 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

good noodle!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:27 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Cool picture. This is as good a fit as any at this point.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:27 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I wish there weren't women on there.

(I mean to make the clue fit better, not that I don't want women on the city council... jeeze)
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:27 PM Permalink
Posen

something quite rash...could it be to look in the same park it was in the year before?!?!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:28 PM Permalink
SNAKE88

Ragman do u want to go to Buggs one nite before the clue
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:32 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Bwahh!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:33 PM Permalink
Terry

Very nice Mikey
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:35 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Welcome back mrbud
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:37 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

heh
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:45 PM Permalink
me2

nice picture of you KC!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:47 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I just got back a bit ago. I saw at least 7 coolers out today.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:49 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I'll be at the PP tonight KC
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:52 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

thanks.. I'm usually the most unphotogenic person.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:53 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

cool, I should be there with a couple friends that actually got interesting in hunting.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 2:54 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I've seen that happen to others before, Not sure why.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:02 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

We;ll be at Matty B's first then walk down for the clue.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:07 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Finally home from work. Somehow I managed to keep with all the discussion during the day. So the Ma Barker thing still seems interesting. Can anyone connect her to a park other than Swede Hollow?

For my money Harriet fits best so far.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:13 PM Permalink
me2

where did she read that?

do we have a link to that story?
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:17 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

harriet seems it for me.

I found a few things there today.

 a bunch of knocked down poles, a curtain, a bag full of blankets, a geocache, a crack pipe, and a bunch of coolers.

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Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:19 PM Permalink
LiLMan

thats a meth pipe not a crack pipe
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:31 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Leave it to LiLMan to know. :sillygrin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:34 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

like harriet too - just mostly cause it's been out of play for so long, and I think the GCourse reference is saying it's NOT at a park with a golf course.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:39 PM Permalink
green

Well, that's kind'a what *I* was thinking. Trying to be PC and not saying anything about there's no wise woman that would hang with a bunch o'guys - I kept my mouth shut. Thanks, Kids, for the open door! :sillygrin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:46 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Hay I was going to say something if Lilman didnt!! LOL!!

I found some Killer stuff out at highland today!! and a new daddy!!! in that park lol!!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:51 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:55 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Pointism (a zillion dots that make up an object) such as Harriets statue at Harriet

(Thanks Iceman!)
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 3:57 PM Permalink
zephyrus

Quit. Easy as that. :grin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:02 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

No Porb. Bro!! See I dos no sumtng!!!

No I know because my brother that got me hooked on the hunt Is my artist he dose it all!!
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:04 PM Permalink
green

You are so blantant and obvious! So funny! :goofy:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:07 PM Permalink
zephyrus

she was considered a mastermind only after being gunned down by the law... needed something to make them not look so bad, so they figured on the story of her being the "boss" was better than the reality that she just sat around in a rocker petting her cat.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:08 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

remember the last time it was at como.. what was that 03? I am being lazy here - It was dead sure it was at harriet cause of the clues - the one about running away from the old man - and it was the woman who murdered her husband - but I some how got Harriet and the river out of that one.. anywho - I'll have to look later cause I'm sure I bookmarked the page at home online - i remember a devil reference.
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:09 PM Permalink
green

HELLO! I asked this once before and rec'd no answer.

Is there ANYWAY we can lose the big huge loady-thighys at the top(s) of the page(s) during the Hunt? Like the pics and that Clues come out a day ago?

There are some poor people that don't have DSL or cable. Or at least there's one...

Rite now ittiz not that big a deal, but come crunch time ittiz gonna be. For the poor hoi-poloi that still depend on dial-up...

Well. At least thanks for listening! :grin:
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:10 PM Permalink
green

Aren't they one and the same?
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 4:12 PM Permalink