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2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion

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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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New Daddy

I suppose the HI people will tie book to teaching
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:56 PM Permalink
OT

Gillette razor blades used to have a jingle, "Look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp".
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:56 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Anagram Time:

As one who stood for hope = Horseshoe Afoot Pod Won

I personally like this one:

Look sharp now and never mope - Newspaperman Hover Look Don

Ooooooohhhh yummy noodle!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:56 PM Permalink
New Daddy

I may be crazy but is ther a 3m building in view from keller, the parks are starting to blurr together
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:58 PM Permalink
green

Not bad. But that's just one monument. My brain will not allow me to consider Highland. I hate that park.

"Much was built." I'd think Mounds over Highland.

Hhhuuummm... "Much was built in the name of the kilt." That's it, Daddy/OT. We just got to figure which of the numerous 3M thighys that was built is the one of the much they're referring to. We're all over the friggin' state!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:59 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I just hope they put out two more clues just like this. :smile:
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 9:59 PM Permalink
OT

Is Tartan Park private? I think it's owned by 3M. But it does have a gold course too.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:00 PM Permalink
green

Private and Wa(r)shington County.

Master, you've some thoughts on this Clue?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:03 PM Permalink
OT

Thanks green
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:05 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Plenty of thoughts that take me all over the place. That's why I want two more of them. As long as everyone is still bouncing around for a couple of more clues, I'll be able to actually hunt when I get back in town on Monday.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:07 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Why wouldn't they use the word 'thy'?

honor the (thy) book

To keep with the style theme of the first line.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:09 PM Permalink
green

Uncle Jock, he had a sock

Up the pleat of his kilt

When he was a-sleepin, we were a-peepin

To see how well he was built
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:14 PM Permalink
OT

House of Hope Presbyterian Church has a close historic relationship with Macalester College, whose founder, Edward Duffield Neill, also founded The House of Hope.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:19 PM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Well a Scotsman clad in kilt left a bar on evening fair

And one could tell by how we walked that he drunk more than his share

He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet

Then he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

About that time two young and lovely girls just happend by

And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye

See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built

I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

They crept up on that sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be

Lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see

And there behold, for them to see, beneath his Scottish skirt

Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marveled for a moment, then one said we must be gone

Let's leave a present for our friend, before we move along

As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon, tied into a bow

Around the bonnie star, the Scots kilt did lift and show

Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled towards a tree

Behind a bush, he lift his kilt and gawks at what he sees

And in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes.

O lad I don't know where you been but I see you won first prize
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:19 PM Permalink
Randahl

PHELAN, EDWARD - Phelan was born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1811, and worked as a laborer until he enlisted in the US Army at the age of 24. He was 6'2½" tall, with a fair complexion and a marvelous physique. He was, however, reported to be of a less than a marvelous disposition. He was supposed to have led a lawless and criminal life before his enlistment. He and William Evans were discharged from Fort Snelling at the same time in 1838, and John Hays was expecting his discharge two months later.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:23 PM Permalink
Randahl

no kilts there
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:24 PM Permalink
brasscat

Tartan Park is owned by 3M. We have a family reunion there every year, and we always get the park because a relative works for 3M.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:27 PM Permalink
Randahl

BATES, WILLIAM - A native of Scotland he was born in 1828. He was a baker in St. Paul in 1850. His real estate holdings were valued at $100 in 1850. [MN50]
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:28 PM Permalink
green

Ah, Dachsie! Way better'un mine!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:30 PM Permalink
Randahl

bates ave = swede hollow
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:31 PM Permalink
green

Origins of the clan

The names Erewine and Erwinne are Old English forenames and have been recorded as such since the 12th century. However as a surname it is of territorial origins from one of two places of the same name. Firstly from Irving, an old parish in Dumfriesshire and from Irvine in Ayrshire. It is the parish in Dumfries-shire which is the principal source of the name.

The first person recorded of the name was Robert de Herwine who was witness to a charter in 1226. William de Irwyne, Clerk of the Register, obtained the Forest of Drum in Aberdeenshire from King Robert the Bruce in 1324 and is therefore the ancestor to the Irvines of Drum. Robert the Bruce is also said to have bestowed upon William the crest and motto used by himself.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:33 PM Permalink
green

Irvine & Chair-O-Key were (are still?) connected by "high" bridge. Irivne gave a bunch o'swamp for the Irvine and Rice addition o'Saint Paul.

But then, we've also got Robert Burns... And that puts us at BC, doesn't it? Or Mounds or over there or something.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:36 PM Permalink
Randahl

how about scotch tape = 3m = bc and maybe maplewood side?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:40 PM Permalink
Randahl

Much was built in the name of the kilt = scotch tape brand? conway or bc?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:41 PM Permalink
green

Randy, yup. And Swede Hollow, too. We hit those already. The 3M thighy.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:42 PM Permalink
Randahl

hope puts us back at swede tho - maybe all the up references to mean the top of the park?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:43 PM Permalink
Randahl

was gonna go to ma's house but fell asleep....where is everyone?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:44 PM Permalink
green

There's like a bazillion 3M locations. Much was indeed built in the name of the kilt.

For some reason I keep visulizing Teddy Roosevelt or Winston Churchill when I read, "Look sharp." I've no idea why. Just ignore that.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:44 PM Permalink
Randahl

so what park are the peeps all at?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:50 PM Permalink
OT

I can't stop singing (in my head of course), "Look sharp! Feel sharp! Be sharp and listen mister! How are you fixed for blades?"
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:51 PM Permalink
green

Well, OT... There's the old Gillette's Children's Hospital at Phalen - and those dumb books, too. Rite there. Side-by-side.

I've no idea where peeps are, Randy. And I'm here.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:54 PM Permalink
OT

There's a new Gillette's Children's Hospital in Regions now too.

Randy, the peeps aren't sharing. I'm telling.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:55 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Its not even named Tartan any more. They renamed it to something else. I saw it a few weeks ago.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:57 PM Permalink
Randahl

hmmmm time to do some slogging
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:59 PM Permalink
OT

Yeah, green set me straight about that. :smile:
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:59 PM Permalink
40below

Look sharp - razor blades - Gillette?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:00 PM Permalink
Randahl

lmfao from the PP boards

Ok, so this is my first year, actually 3rd day hunting. I've appreciated all of the info from this site, although it's hard to tell who is giving honest opinions and who is trying to keep people away from their honeyhole. Anyway, I was at Como tonigh, and FYI, saw about 10 people total. Sitting in the car around 12:30 deciding wether or not to keep looking, a Red old hoopty Ford Tempo came flying up to my car, e-braked sideways literally within 3 feet of my car and ended with his headlights facing my buddy in the passenger seat....thats not the wierd part. His face was completely Clown Painted! It looked professionally done, WTF????? Anyone seen this freak?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:01 PM Permalink
OT

Yes, razor blades. An old jingle.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:01 PM Permalink
leelabell

That's hilarious
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:02 PM Permalink
green

Farquarson and Macallister are both clan names. What street was it that used to be Farquar (or however you spell it)?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink
leelabell

BTW, I just got home from the PP. Lots of noodlin' there - similar to what's here. Is it 3M, Highland, or another thing at Phalen/Keller. Lots of opinions. I'm still slightly leaning the Phalen/Keller way, but I've got to sit here a bit tonight and think about it.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink
OT

You left off this part.

Keep a stick on you to dig (and whack this guy) while hunting at night...
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:03 PM Permalink
Randahl

trying to thk of a kilt/scottish tie into keller - phalen is irish and keller seems to be too - i can research keller
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:05 PM Permalink
green

Where's Violet? He out clowning around again? TOO FUNNY!!!
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:05 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

dunno if this helps anything but....

http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Elpis.html

elpis=greek spirit of hope

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In Roman mythology, Spēs (IPA: [speːs]) was the goddess of hope
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:05 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Prince st is by the old gillette bldg.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:07 PM Permalink
OT

Well, there is this from a little earlier at PP board. Is there a place the locals call Scots Bluff at Phalen?

"NOW THAT YOUZ ALL KNOW ITZ IN PHALENE PARK, WHEREZ ALL THE GOOD NOODLEZ ON THAT PARK?????????????????????????????????

IS THE PUCK ON THE SCOTZ BLUFFZ OR CLOSER TO THE BRIDGE OR WOODZ IT WAS IN LAST TIME??????????????"
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:07 PM Permalink
green

Was it Burns that used to be Fauraquer or whatever?
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:08 PM Permalink
Clue Master

BC?

SCD's MCL all :asleep:
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:08 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

no it was Bush

I'll claim this joe.
Thu, 01/24/2008 - 11:09 PM Permalink