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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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mrmnmikey

nice joe Tim.

I'm gonna go wander a park with Ian. Probly the wrong park, but at least I'll be out somewhere.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:02 AM Permalink
Map Guy

"you-know-who"...."afraid of his pen"....

that's me and my dissapearing ink.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:02 AM Permalink
green

Crosby was Scottish and stood for Hope all the time.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:05 AM Permalink
green

<smacking self in forehead>

There you have it! You'd think I'd have gotten THAT clue!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:06 AM Permalink
Map Guy

Crosby also was in a band with Chuck Atlas.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:07 AM Permalink
green

BBIB

Gotta clean the coffee off the monitor and keyboard.

You are SO BAD Mappy Gooey!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:08 AM Permalink
ares

east side along 7th in the vicinity of swede hollow.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:13 AM Permalink
KITCH

mounds..

what was that star again?

the one from the wild hunt?

was that a scottish rite star?

johnson parkway right there
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:15 AM Permalink
mucluck

I got a date with Ian in a park...bbl
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:27 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

I think you're playing 3rd wheel to Ian and Mikey's date :wink:
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:32 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I'm still leaning towards Keller, but the Sweede Hollow/Bruce Vento area is slowly working its way up my list. Clue 6 fits that area so well, but it's tough to get the other clues to fit as well as I can get them to fit Keller. Then their's Highland....

Bastard clue writer....
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:41 AM Permalink
OT

Ahem





2008 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion #1892



Jan 20, 2008 9:27 pm

Don't know how to do that right, but I said Guy Wires in that post.:wink:
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:45 AM Permalink
SNAKE88

The next clue should do it
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:53 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

anagrams are phun
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:54 AM Permalink
green

I'm truly sorry, OT. I totally missed that.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:57 AM Permalink
OT

It's ok. It's rare I have an original idea. Well, except for my House of Hope Presbyterian church connection. :goofy:
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 7:59 AM Permalink
green

Well, I think I'll outtie and fro. I like Swede Hollow for the guys and wise gal. A guy by the name of Dugus, that I *think* was Scottish, built the first mill there.

Keep the home fires burning... Good luck to us all.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:00 AM Permalink
Puckferrets

hamline runs the west border of Como. . . he was a methodist minister for whom the university is named . . . missionary?
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:09 AM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

Very intresting... Mabye it's good to keep Keller at the top of my list
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:13 AM Permalink
Randahl

what are you doign and who are you workign for bro??

I will be in brainerd in 2 weeks making some sales calls :wink:

R
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:45 AM Permalink
Randahl

well - my wife had the thought of honor the book and be sharp to tie into where the book has phalens gillete zone.....thoughts mappy/
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:50 AM Permalink
ares

a hem.

some of us received a lot of chastizing around these parts for being in como on clue 4.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:51 AM Permalink
Randahl

I recall that well jason :wink: then felt like the bigger idiot going over to harriet only to go back
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:53 AM Permalink
ares

yuppers. i remember spending super bowl sunday on the river, calling me2 and camo terry with the clue, and the line of cars in the right lane of 94 to lexington on clue 11. god that woulda made a great aerial picture to have.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:57 AM Permalink
Randahl

yeah - i raced the big camo kid all the way from harriet to c0m0 - finding parking was frickin hilarious that night - doing 6o MPH thru DT st paul is always fun tho
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 8:58 AM Permalink
Randahl

stolen from PP

In reading thru past posts on BC I've gathered tidbits ...

--Mc "Knight" road (kilt and regal)

--Point Douglas Road - point/sharp and Douglas plaid

--Minnehaha Avenue - risible

--of course 3M is right there - Scotch tape/invisible

--golf course
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:04 AM Permalink
barefootguy

The Scots invented golf - "Much was built in the name of the kilt" - I think it's just saying that it's near a golf course.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:25 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Yuppers
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:26 AM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Clue 7 just leaked... can't give up my sources, and please don't post this elsewhere

If you've skipped school you're surely a fool

As the hunt is just now getting started

Our biggest foe yet is this internet

So our clues thus far are retarded
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:44 AM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Oirish, I believe. The Holly Green, The Ivy Green, the prettiest medallion you've ever seen...
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:49 AM Permalink
KITCH

roflmao..nice.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 9:53 AM Permalink
zephyrus

Tag, your it...

I hunted last year with 3 month expired tabs and didn't know it until I got pulled over on clue 11
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:01 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

So what if the book is just referring to the book benches on the south side of Phalen. The one who stood for hope could be Arthur Gillette who started the program for doing surgery on crippled kids that resulted in the Gillette Children's Hospital being built there (now the MN Humanities Commission). I'd have to look at the area closely to see if there's a Scottish connection but look sharp could also be referring to Gillette.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:11 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Actually I was the 3rd wheel. First they showed me how to find caches then I showed KB how to find a couple. None of us could find the medallion though. :frown:
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:12 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

Ya well I know about them have been dodging since I got the car!!

I got another interview today at the bus co.!! sounds good!!!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:12 AM Permalink
girlbassist

looked up a game I used to play.. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" I subbed events for facts.. and still came up with this
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:18 AM Permalink
Terry

We need another clue!

Until then - I'm thinking Phalen/Keller.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:25 AM Permalink
diggin4it

That was my exact thoughts on this and just got back from there. Some digging had taken place around the book benches, in poetry park and the poets post.

Driving back to work on Johnson and was struck when I saw the tennis courts, handball courts and a field of poles on the corner of Johnson and Marydale. Just a large space of poles sticking up, like maybe an old tennis court where the chain link had been removed but they didn't remove the poles??? It looked very interesting to me. Drove around it a couple times - - no where to park...but how far will they go?

hmmmmmmm...... :eyeroll:
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:28 AM Permalink
SNAKE88

At this point I would say Phalen. But don't tell Neck
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:29 AM Permalink
green

Vvvveeerrryyy good noodle on Scots and golf.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:34 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

I am at Como After my Interview!!! witch I was told that I got the job over the phone!! he gose to me when can you come in for a interview I said I can be there in a HR and he stared asking me if I wanted to work A Split shift and a bunch of other crap and told me how much the job pays I will need a 2nd job thats for sure!! but I got one now and can start to turn my life around!!! ya me!!!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:38 AM Permalink
Big G

I was driving home from lunch the other day listening to mischke and he did a good play on the clues. Yours surpasses his though, tim.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:40 AM Permalink
green

Just me and one guy at Swede Hollow. I like that park. I think ittiz pretty. Tons of dog poo on the upper lookout part. There is some neat architecture around there.

Maury Street. How you pronounce that?

St. Paul public library right on top o'the park. Nice little triangular rain garden park close by. Some Hope Mission thing - that what OT was talking about? - on Payne Ave rite by the brewery and below the lookout part o'the park.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:41 AM Permalink
green

Good luck, Ice Man!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:42 AM Permalink
Big G

does anybody else wish that the dam thing would be worth like 500 bucks so they wouldn't make the clues so damn convoluted? I feel like I needs master's in mn history to figure this crap out!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:43 AM Permalink
Big G

could the heinous clue be the French immersion school clue? That was one of the worst.
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:44 AM Permalink
CerealKiller

I am with you and if it was only worth 500 bucks we wouldn't have all the pain in the azz's out there in the parks!!
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:45 AM Permalink
Terry

G - That's the one I believe it is
Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:45 AM Permalink