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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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OT

Where is Hope Street?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:12 PM Permalink
green

I'm with you OT. BC. A whole friggin' conglomerate o'stuff was built on the name Scotch. As in like "transparent" tape.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:12 PM Permalink
Terry

I am going to have to do some serious noodling to figure out how we get to highland from where we've been.

Could this be another move to another park?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:12 PM Permalink
tom

But yet again is this the clue writers kilt and my thought of a kilt the same?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:12 PM Permalink
KITCH

book:

mappy's or the bible

hmmm coinflip on that one
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:13 PM Permalink
tom

You know I like the idea of Scotch tape. Could the kilt be the 3M refrence?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:13 PM Permalink
excavating stud

book = library?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:13 PM Permalink
Terry

Or are they just putting us in Maplewood and we're still at Phalen/Keller?

Too much to noodle. I'm tired. Learning a new job is exhausting. I'm heading for the sheets.

Goodnight and SCDs everyone!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:15 PM Permalink
green

Conway?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:15 PM Permalink
New Daddy

sounds like 3m or highland

conway?/
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:15 PM Permalink
green

Yes. Only Scotchmen wear kilts.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:16 PM Permalink
tom

You know the book could be a known book to coolerheads: Afterall this will be the 3rd clue this year directed to coolerheads, or as the clue writer calls us a cruler crew
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:16 PM Permalink
OT

Isn't there a Hope St. near the Three M plant off of E. 7th?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:18 PM Permalink
New Daddy

sound like something you would see on a memorial plaque.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:19 PM Permalink
OT

Hope Street is right by Swede Hollow
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:19 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Aye. Scottish be the theme be see...

But many ways its told...

Could be the Highlands that we seek,

Or William or Wallace in the cold

Don't forget Gibson, the Catholic with a vision

Who took home some Oscar Gold...

It is wasn't for him, hunting may be more grim

without painted faces of green and gold.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:20 PM Permalink
green

Ruth was a pretty smart cookie, wasn't she? Or not?

RUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"All ye who look should honor the book as one who stood for hope." Entreat me not to leave you or to return from following after you. Wither tho goest, I will goest..." Then something about friends being Ruth's friends. She was full of hope.

Or am I nutz?

I need to see if I can get this to fit Chair-O-Key in someway...
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:20 PM Permalink
green

Is Phalen a Scottish name? Much was built there in the park. Now I've got to go and find what Leela said about those stupid books I dug out when the Med was at Newell.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:22 PM Permalink
excavating stud

book = "torah" for talmud torah school next to highland on hamline and ford parkway?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:24 PM Permalink
green

What park's there, OT?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:24 PM Permalink
hnts2mch

sharp=edge, dagger, knife, sword, etc>???
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:26 PM Permalink
OT

Phalen, varient of German Vahlen. I've heard of Irish O'Phalen's though.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:26 PM Permalink
excavating stud

sharp = edgecumbe at highland
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:27 PM Permalink
green

How do you get kilts outta Swedish park???
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:27 PM Permalink
OT

It's farther west, green. Found Hope St. near Swede Hollow just off E. 7th.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:30 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

How do you get kilts out of a Swedish park?

Easy - crack open a fresh bottle of whiskey across the street.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:31 PM Permalink
OT

I'm noodling the hope part of the clue, green.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:31 PM Permalink
tom

I read a neal armstrong noodle a while back, can someone please refresh me what that was about.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:33 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Highland? Circus Juventas isn't happening this year. Could it be because they couldn't handle the crowds for that AND the medallion hunt? lol
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:35 PM Permalink
me2

kilt = liquor lady :wink:
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:35 PM Permalink
green

BBBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

That was wonderful!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:37 PM Permalink
tom

The armstrongs was a scottish border clan.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:38 PM Permalink
KITCH

kilt means to tuck up

another "up" reference?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:38 PM Permalink
tom

a kilt could always mean a bar :lipsealed:
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
green

Was James J. Hill Scottish?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:39 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

This clue can easily be divided into a different clue for every LINE

All ye who should honor the book /---Book of Honor? Torah, Talmud?

As one who stood for hope /---Anyone - Martin Luther King, William Wallace

Much was built in the name of the kilt /---easily skewed to 3M Scotch

Look sharp now and never mope /--- Sharp means anything, Mope = Poem
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:40 PM Permalink
green

Harps poem?

hhhuuummmm, indeed, Kitch.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:45 PM Permalink
dolly

this seemed interesting. A search for saint of hope..

"Faith, Hope, and Charity were the daughters of Wisdom, a widow in Rome"

So, a link here to clue 6 and 2 (gal who is wise)..

BUT, what does it mean? what does it mean???
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:45 PM Permalink
excavating stud

honor the book = "dewey" (decimal system)

Dewey Avenue in Mccalester Neighborhood.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Booker T Washington?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

All ye? Why all ye?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
New Daddy

sounds biblical
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:48 PM Permalink
green

Much was built in the name of the kilt...

Is there someplace where much was built to honor those killed?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:48 PM Permalink
New Daddy

nice clue. it has strong hints to several places. still has me all over the place, but more in St Paul.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:52 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Look Sharp Now = Park and ???
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:53 PM Permalink
Inasuitcase

Loon Show Park - any park with a loon show?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:53 PM Permalink
40below

The monument to dead war veterans on Edgcumbe at Highland....
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:53 PM Permalink
New Daddy

so

hope st = sweede hollow

built kilt = any park by a 3 m plant

kilt =scottish=highland/or macgroveland area

any phalen connection?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:54 PM Permalink