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2007 Noodle Recap

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Clue #1 (Sunday, Jan. 21) 
Welcome ice and snow and temperatures low 
There’s no time for cold feet! 
For searchers’ pleasure we’ve parked the treasure 
Where nature lovers each other greet



 

Clue #2 (Monday, Jan. 22) 
Boreas' vast realm can overwhelm 
Even diggers used to the long haul 
So here's advice to put your hunt on ice: 
Look no farther than good old St. Paul



 

Clue #3 
Posted: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007 
Hunters can be surly but in clue-time it’s early 
Be safe, friends, and in the hunt revel 
Near land that is high the treasure is nigh 
Vagueness rules and that’s on the level



 

clue #1

Congrats to the finder, to all a reminder 
To hunt hard from first to last clues 
Medallion I is history. Now a new mystery 
Begins -- strap on your hunting shoes 

To some its demented, for all unprecedented 
But hunters’ thirst must be quenched 
Tell sister and brother we’ve hidden another 
In a park where a body can be benched 

Our 2nd prize? Don’t laugh -- 10-thou cut in half 
So get out there even if it’s snowy 
And as a special bonus -- some might say an onus -- 
A meal with our own Clueless Joey 

Good hunting to you, let this be the first clue 
Think of a woodsy retreat 
It won’t be so hard if you channel the bard 
You’ll get warm and smell pretty sweet 

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Clue # 2 

If you're thinking big, you're sure to dig 
With Flora with growing pain 
Winter or summer is never a bummer 
A menagerie of fun wild or tame 

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Clue #3 Success on the third clue will never do 
We had to stash a second 
Round you go if you seek to know 
Where swatters of orbs are beckoned



 

A walk in the park can be a lark 

If cell phones are left at home 

Heed the siren of your desirin' 

And do not revolt against this poem 

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Clue #5 Posted: Sunday, January 28, 2007 

Over hill and dale hit the trail 
With a handy locating device 
Fulfill your wishes like loaves and fishes 
And put your victory on ice 

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Clue #6 Posted: Monday, January 29, 2007 

A famous singer and a diamond dinger 
Might put you oh so close to the spot 
With the whites of your eyes you should look for the prize 
Within this convenient plot 

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mrmnmikey

clue one

Welcome ice and snow and temperatures low

There's no time for cold feet!

For searchers' pleasure we've parked our treasure

Where nature lovers each other greet

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queenmalley [7d4ead42]- Jan 20, 2007 5:31 pm (#968 Total: 1007)

Well, "no time for cold feet" also can refer to dancing.It is on my daughter's danceline competition t-shirt. So I thought, hmmmmm.Everyone is focusing on the movie, maybe it has double meaning> And greet anagram is egret. A lake? Nature preserve nearby. Nature preserve and "natures lovers".

anagram for low is "owl" ; two bird anagrams from clues.



Brassmonkey [7d4e86bd]- Jan 20, 2007 6:07 pm (#970 Total: 1007)

no time for cold feet has me thinking, not to be nervous for a marriage. Como park conservatory/nature lover...

Brassmonkey [Im on to something with the birds, that web page wont load for me.. But I am fairly certain that the first clue usually has a hidden reference to the park or something near it, even if they dont admit it at the end.
Marcia, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #983, 20 Jan 2007 8:53 pm

Bird names Humm.....How about bird area's. Such as Falcon Heights.

Puckferrets, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1007, 21 Jan 2007 8:26 am

Hey everyone! We're new to this (second hunt) but we been thinkin Hidden Falls. K. here goes. nature lovers greet at Crosby, a mostly natural habitat as well as Hidden Falls (attached to Crosby). The kicker is that the south half of Hidden Falls is closed in the winter except to FOOT traffic. you have to walk unmaintained paths from north HF or Crosby to get to the puck. No time for cold feet!

Dersky, "2007 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt" #191, 21 Jan 2007 8:44 am

I think the puck is near a cryogenics lab (hence the cold feet), near a nature overlook, along a nature trail, outside of a park, near a warming house, adjacent to a parking lot. Think I will go and pick it up now.

queenmalley, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1024, 21 Jan 2007 9:09 am

Well, the med hasn't been back to como since 2003. About time for a return? ANd the polar bears on the buttons.....?

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1027, 21 Jan 2007 9:13 am

I'm still liking my park pick of SWEDE.

of course i'm going to MAKE it fit...

The GARDEN CLUB member = nature lover.

=========================================== From PP boards

From: Oldtimr Jan-20 10:47 am

To: barefootguy (2 of 65)

5083.2 in reply to 5083.1

Can we start noodling??

Ice=lake, pond or skating rink

Parked=parking lot

:smile: First noodle honors!

From: Wonderland Jan-20 11:00 am

To: barefootguy (3 of 65)

5083.3 in reply to 5083.1

I'm thinking Trent must have told the paper that the movie would be out by the start of the hunt. Line #2 sounds like they're trying to cross promote.

From: Wonderland Jan-20 11:03 am

To: Oldtimr (4 of 65)

5083.4 in reply to 5083.2

I think parked just means it was put in a park. Where nature lovers greet would imply it's in a place like where it was in Crosby. Some sort of nature trail (where people going opposite directions would greet) perhaps or at least a place with nature trails.

From: cristalynn84 Jan-20 11:24 am

To: barefootguy (6 of 65)

5083.6 in reply to 5083.1

I have found that the first clue tells you nothing at all....I have never once in my 5 years of hunting found any significance to where the medallion is found to the first posted clue...

that's just my analogy though :smile:

Good luck to everyone this year...it should be a good one!

Cris



From: NoColdFeet ...I am hoping they will give Kirk Condie a nod somewhere in the clues -- or even hide it in one of the parks where he found it -- Newell or Cherokee.

From: NewDaddy2005 Jan-20 8:45 pm

To: NonStopRock (58 of 65)

5083.58 in reply to 5083.57

I think the interesting part of this clue was no mention of St Paul

 From: NoColdFeet Jan-20 1:43 pm

To: ALL (1 of 3)

5086.1

Could the nature lover reference be to Bruce Vento Trail?

The Bruce Vento Regional Trail runs from Maplewood to St Paul. It crosses the Gateway and continues south to the southern end of Phalen Park, then continues along Phalen Boulevard and through Swede Hollow to its terminus near Seventh Street. Another spur off of Phalen Boulevard continues west, going over a long bridge that crosses very active railroad tracks, and terminates at I-35E.

http://www.skateminnesota.org/trails/bn.html

From: green_period Jan-20 6:37 am

To: NoColdFeet (9 of 10)

5075.9 in reply to 5075.3

If they do Mounds, look for some reference to 'taking your honey for a ride..."
Sun, 01/21/2007 - 10:27 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Marcia, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1048, 21 Jan 2007 11:08 am

the each other to me leads me to think Como because many people have wedding pictures taken of each other at the arch that is filled with nature. All the flowers on the arch. no time for cold feet could mean the groom not getting cold feet right before the wedding. ALSO>>>>> on the button this year with the bear he is wearing a past year button. can anyone tell me what year that button was from?

queenmalley, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1049, 21 Jan 2007 11:14 am

I think Como is past due for the Med. No time for Cold feet movie highlights Como, doesn't it. Plus Como has polar bears, birds, urinals.

mrmnmikey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1051, 21 Jan 2007 11:19 am

thats good thinking. The zoo fits in with nature sort of too
Sun, 01/21/2007 - 11:41 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

zephyrus, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1238, 22 Jan 2007 12:24 am

did some anagramming just for practice.

ice and snow = on a new disc

eh...

but, "temperatures low" = a lower tree stump

hmmm...

Anyway, I still think there isn't too much in these first two as of yet....

ThoseMedallingKids, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1254, 22 Jan 2007 6:22 am

I agree with Tim, in that KISS is best at this point.

Regarding the "put your hunt on ice", I think of putting champagne on ice to celebrate. I believe that's what they were getting at in wording.

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1258, 22 Jan 2007 6:39 am

It looks like the oldest park in saint paul is Hidden Falls. This could also fit with clue 1. two nature lovers parks that greet each other, they share a border. Also the waterfalls would be on ice right now as they are frozen, and the ford plant is a long haul...

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1263, 22 Jan 2007 6:53 am

The word low in clue one could refer to the bottom of Hidden Falls just like in 1993 when they said lets get to the bottom of things. ...

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1266, 22 Jan 2007 6:58 am

"the long haul" is an autobiography written by Myles Horton. Horton street runs through Como... Just noodling

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1269, 22 Jan 2007 7:01 am

A horton is also an Owl which brings us back to clue one with the bird anagrams.

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1279, 22 Jan 2007 7:13 am

I LIKE

ICE=DIAMOND=BASEBALL

queenmalley, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1280, 22 Jan 2007 7:14 am

....and ice is in both clues so far.

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1282, 22 Jan 2007 7:16 am

The choice of the word ice two times is probably more than a mere coincidence!

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FROM PP boards

From: Stewie911 6:33 am

To: ALL (1 of 1)

5148.1

Trucking, Truckers are use to a long haul. However they put "used" as in something's "used".

A truck route is pierce butler, and nearby Newell Park, there is Pierce Butler and a Truckers' port. In addition if you go down fairview there is a goodwill where they sell "Used" stuff.
Mon, 01/22/2007 - 7:20 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1289, 22 Jan 2007 7:51 am

Posts: 12667

Replying to: Brassmonkey (Jan 22, 2007 7:49 am)

On ice could refer to a local beer company, you put beer on ice, kind of a stretch, brain is...

w00t

SWEDE!!!

HAMMS'
KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1295, 22 Jan 2007 8:04 am

FWIW

CRYOGENIC LABORATORIES INC 1944 LEXINGTON AVE N (651) 489-8000 Run Address Report

ROSEVILLE MN 55113-6401

LOOK UP THE ADDRESS ON GOOGLE MAPS
Pay Me, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1298, 22 Jan 2007 8:06 am

I can see that. And it could very well be the case.

I think Greet has a bigger meaning.

Ice + Meet = Hockey....

Or something to that effect?? But I agree the word Greet stands out.

ThoseMedallingKids, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1307, 22 Jan 2007 8:23 am

It's at Horton Park. The autobiography. Horton hears a who (from an owl/low). Nature lovers have the tree memorial there

Brassmonkey, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1311, 22 Jan 2007 8:27 am

Low could refer to the lower part of Hidden Falls, which I think is the oldest park in Saint Paul, with ice/river/frozen falls.

Love4Vino, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1327, 22 Jan 2007 9:57 am

did anyone look at the Titan's page? the are remembering one of their past titan's (1978 guy) did he pass away?

his last name was Horton. http://www.wctitan.com/north_wind/norman_horton.htm

KC0GRN, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1335, 22 Jan 2007 10:31 am

Interesting. With all this talk of old, Vento nature sanctuary is at the base of Indian Mounds park.

The park is older, and the mounds themselves are really old, but they'd never directly mention them in a clue or people would be messin with em.

KC0GRN, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1342, 22 Jan 2007 10:41 am

I'm kinda liking Newell at the moment. It's one of the oldest St. Paul parks. Near that truck/railroad area.

Plus, it was the park where Kirk Condie found his first medallion (if I remember correctly). Maybe if the cluewriters don't mention him in a clue, they'll relate this hunt to him in a different way.

On a personal note, it would just figure for me, as I used to work less than half a mile from there, now this year I don't..

Then again, it's only the 2nd clue, so I'm sure I can be proven wrong.

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1350, 22 Jan 2007 10:57 am

....HORTON --THIS TRIGGERD SOMETHING..

PLAQUE -"ST. PAUL COMPANIES"

"THE ST. PAUL" IS NO LONGER THAT...ITS NOW "stpaultravelers

wolfpac, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1370, 22 Jan 2007 11:25 am

Nature lover's each other greet could be either Crosby or Hidden Falls since the two parks are ajoining.

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FROM THE PP BOARDS

From: NoColdFeet 12:41 pm

To: mrmnmikey unread (13 of 19)

5086.13 in reply to 5086.4

Good catch, mrmnmikey.

Although I still like Hidden Falls (or that area), I keep coming back to the Bruce Vento Trail.

Clue #2 makes a couple references that keep this as a dark horse for me:

"Long haul" -- the trail is a 6.2 mile trek or "haul"

Clue #2 specifies St. Paul. Why specify St. Paul unless you want to contain hunters to St. Paul. In other words, the Bruce Vento Trail goes outside of St. Paul as well. So if you were going to lead hunters to the Bruce Vento Trail, you would want to contain them to at least the St. Paul portion of it.

Okay, I'm going to stretch Clue #2 a bit here. The reference to "ice" made me think about how the Trail crosses at Frost St. ("There is one major road crossing at Frost St.)

http://www.skateminnesota.org/trails/bn.html

Obviously, clue writers in the past have always enjoyed making St. Paul history part of the hunt. Bruce Vento would fit that bill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Vento

Okay, feel free to tell me I'm nuts.
Mon, 01/22/2007 - 12:27 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

K T, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1453, 22 Jan 2007 3:58 pm

If you put a drink "on ice" it's called "on the rocks"... Just a noodle.

================================= PP board

From: hnadyman06 7:32 pm

Look no further than good old St. Paul

This line really sticks out at me whenever I read the clue. The first thing I thought of was the oldest park in St. Paul, so I looked at the St. Paul parks and rec page getting a little history on some of the St. Paul Parks and found that Newell was one of the oldest parks in St. Paul.





http://www.stpaul.gov/depts/parks/userguide/newellpark.html





as for the 1st clue, I thought maybe it refences what the puck is hidden in: no time for cold feet ---> the puck is in something that keeps feet warm.

From: CalamityJane 4:23 pm

To: ALL (1 of 5)

5166.1

Just a thought to throw out there .....

PARKED - Slang To engage in kissing and caressing in a vehicle stopped in a secluded spot.

Hmmmmm ..... Maybe a way to at least keep WARM while you're out there hunting! ROFLMAO
Mon, 01/22/2007 - 6:43 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

zephyrus, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1606, 23 Jan 2007 1:18 am

If you want to use your anagram and mine together in the first sentence:

Welcome "a second win" and "a lower tree stump"

a second win= ice and snow

a lower tree stump=temperatures low

I have no feelings that either is necessarily meaningful at this point... but there it is

ThoseMedallingKids, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1627, 23 Jan 2007 5:26 am

Hunters can be surly

Sur = south in Spanish. South in the cities, or in the south zone of Hidden Falls?

Art Vandelay, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1635, 23 Jan 2007 7:02 am

I think that there is something in the word level. I am thinking that maybe there is a teeter-totter to be used as a point of reference. Revel, to enjoy a happy time, it could be near a playground. Does Highland park have a playground with a teeter totter? Also, street names related to vagueness or confusion? I don't know, this clue is really messing with my head

iceman699, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1636, 23 Jan 2007 7:03 am

dose any one know of this beer????

Surly will begin by brewing two beers for the Twin Cities market....

tim_the_hunter, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1642, 23 Jan 2007 7:28 am

the key word in this clue is definetly "revel"

anagrammed out, it gets us "lever", which starts us down a long twisted path of vagueness that leads us to the medallion, buckle your seatbelts folks, this may get bumpy...

Lever- Lever 2000 is a popular brand of soap which brings us down 2 seperate paths: 1) 2000 (from the brand name) when the treasure was at Newell and 2) 2001 when it was hidden at Como in a dove soap box ....

mucluck, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1643, 23 Jan 2007 7:31 am

friends anagrams to FINDERS!!!

leelabell, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1644, 23 Jan 2007 7:33 am

Vagueness rules = unravel guesses

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1662, 23 Jan 2007 8:25 am

FWIW

The highest elevation within the City of St. Paul is 1,070 feet

above sea level at Hillcrest Golf Course. The lowest elevation is

approximately 687 feet above sea level in the Mississippi River floodplain.

(CROSBY THE LOWEST)...I'D BET...

ares, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion" #1672, 23 Jan 2007 9:13 am

....3) near land that is high says its in low land compared to the surroundings, and could well be a red herring to get people to highland....
Tue, 01/23/2007 - 9:24 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

green, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #102, 24 Jan 2007 3:40 am

The Bard's channel was the "Avon" river channel. That and smelling sweet makes me think The Medallion's hidden in some cologne box from Avon.

However,.. Avon runs just east of CoNo

Cottage is also up there as is Rose...

"What's in a name? that which we call a rose

      By any other name would smell as sweet;"

William Shakespeare. Romeo & Juliet

Evildoer, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #125, 24 Jan 2007 8:15 am

The "brother and sister" got me thinking of the 1998 hunt in Cherokee. Wasn'

t it a brother and sister who found the medallion in an Old Navy sock. My 2 cents.

Evildoer, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #126, 24 Jan 2007 8:23 am

Again, I haven't read any recent noodles, so forgive me if this old news. A body can be benched on a chair - "Chair"-o-kee.

wolfpac, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #129, 24 Jan 2007 8:37 am

Strap on your hunting shoes must mean something. Who straps on shoes?

OT, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #130, 24 Jan 2007 8:39 am

Donny and Marie

Jacko and Janet

Hansel and Gretel

Wait! Isabella and Claudio! Brother and sister in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

Cherokee!

KITCH, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #133, 24 Jan 2007 8:47 am

SISTER AND BROTHER = SIBLING

KITCH, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #145, 24 Jan 2007 9:12 am

WOODSY RETREAT =ORCHARD

KITCH, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #144, 24 Jan 2007 9:11 am!returnTo=.893c4123/147&thisLoc=.893c4123/145

heh, probably the sibling thing, big sister, little sister or big brother, little brother

indian mounds-mounds could be considered sibling parks

OT, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #147, 24 Jan 2007 9:19 am

Someone at PP just pointed out that "for all unprecedented" is incorrect. There was another second medallion of course.

He's suggesting that it means this is the first time they hid it in the same place back-to-back.

Something to consider.

Art Vandelay, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #152, 24 Jan 2007 9:34 am

I know that the Shakespeare reference could mean several things. Obviously Avon and Juliet are street names that come to mind. The other thing that I believe Green mentioned earlier is the reference to a rose from "Romeo and Juliet." That could be the thing taht will leave you smelling sweet. Taking the rose idea further, could it mean "Rose"ville? or Roselawn? ....

blackcat, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #158, 24 Jan 2007 9:47 am

 JUDGE SITS ON A BENCH ??????

Randahl, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #160, 24 Jan 2007 9:52 am

here is my phalen sell

1. rose , hyacinth, ivy, magnolia, orange - sweet smelling - geranium too

2. the shakespeare tie in being EARL od "insert name " in many plays -

the king henry plays had a bardolph too...

3. woodsy retrat = forest and cottage both running into phalen....

early yet i know but fun to still noodle

toomuch, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #166, 24 Jan 2007 10:03 am

Beaver Lake Park

Jessamine

Rose

Geranium

I think they will toy with us bewteen a park like Phalen (bigger) and something smaller like Beaver Park

Posen, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #176, 24 Jan 2007 10:33 am

Not to thwart ideas, but if one channels the bard, you may get the names of plays (Thanks, Nick) and if you take one, such as MidSummer Night's dream, the character "Puck" may leap out...this could be a simple reference to the Puck or hockey (benched), that is tossed out to help the noodlers get off-track with Strattford on Avon, Rose, juliet and others...I hope they would NOT give us too much solid evidence to go on (They now KNOW Jake exists, and must plan accordingly...)

Evildoer, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #180, 24 Jan 2007 10:45 am

...."Channel the bard" could be just a reference to the clue writer. The woodsy retreat could refer to the fact that Cherokee Park was once campgrounds. The "get warm" reference could mean the warming house. ....

wolfpac, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #184, 24 Jan 2007 10:48 am

Like Phalen. Woodsy retreat =cottage and all those flower names=smell sweet.

OT, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #190, 24 Jan 2007 11:07 am

At least we know it's not encased in a block of ice.

mrmnmikey, "The 2nd hunt thread -2007 *thanks jake*" #209, 24 Jan 2007 11:45 am

A lot of people are mentioning the name Henry in relation to Shakespear.

Henry park = woodsey retreat
Wed, 01/24/2007 - 12:50 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Formo, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #319, 24 Jan 2007 3:41 pm

The poet is Robert Burns who wrote, 'A Bard's Epitaph'

The channel is English (st)

Burns and English meet at Indian Mounds at the same patch of woods that the capture the flag hunt from '05 or '04. Remember the cluewriter had to come up with this fast and he/she already had the Flag landmarks in recent memory.

The "benched' refers to supreme court justices William Douglas (pt Road) from Minnesota and Clarence (Thomas).

The warm and sweet is probably what it's hidden in.

KITCH, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #324, 24 Jan 2007 3:43 pm

IF YOU WANTED TO DUMP A BODY..

INDIAN MOUNDS...ITS A BIG DUMPING SITE....

WELL IT WAS.

zephyrus, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #346, 24 Jan 2007 5:00 pm

I had thought of that. I was thinking encased in something warm, like a scarf or earmuffs or something, and then inside an Avon container...
Wed, 01/24/2007 - 8:05 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Redbear, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #544, 25 Jan 2007 7:02 am

It won't be hard

if you channel the bard

hard = rock

bard = Shakespeare

rock + shakespeare anagrams to CHEROKEEs PARK

OT, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #566, 25 Jan 2007 8:04 am

Nice anagram, Bear!

Way to keep me in my favorite park. Now all I have to do is find the zoo over there.

But seriously....I think a lot of clues fit Cherokee.

"smell pretty"=Baker St.

"hunting shoes"=Chippewa Boots/Chippewa Ave.

"brother and sister"=Shakespeare's Isabella and Claudio/Isabel St.

Ok, so Isabel is spelled differently. I don't care.

Randahl, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #571, 25 Jan 2007 8:19 am

nusbaumer is considered the father of st. paul parks - a german immigrant and flower god.

I think marley was tying "never a bummer" in the 3rd line to nusbaumer.

wolfpac, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #618, 25 Jan 2007 10:50 am

Here's a real good thought from the PP site.

Or Marydale...Mary (sister) Dale (brother)....I was in Merriam Park last night. I did not see anything but a lot of people had dug by the baseball fields.

frothy1, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #623, 25 Jan 2007 11:12 am

A menagerie of fun wild and tame.

Its hidden in a box of animal crackers.

green, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #631, 25 Jan 2007 11:50 am

...the question that comes to mind with "A collection of fun wild or tame," is "What's a fun collection of wild things?" "What's a fun collection of tame things?"

Collection wild - Zoo

Collection tame - Carousel

To me I don't see it as substituting zoo or carousel for "wild" or "tame," but rather answering "What's a wild or tame collection? A zoo and a carousel.

And both fit the usual definition or thought of animals.

liquorlady, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #632, 25 Jan 2007 11:55 am

Or it could mean the rides...some are wild some are tame, like the kiddie rides.

liquorlady, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #633, 25 Jan 2007 12:00 pm

ok, and for the extra s in bears anagram, could it go..S cherokee park? like leading us to the south part of the park?

liquorlady, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #636, 25 Jan 2007 1:22 pm

standing figure of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was dedicated in 1907. The sculpture was donated by U.S. German Societies of Saint Paul and private citizens of German descent to commemorate the renowned German philosopher, poet, and dramatist, Johann von Schiller. He was born in 1759 and is known for his enthusiastic optimism. His works gave vitality to the lives of many Germans.

Johann Friedrich von Schiller

Artist: Ignatium Taschner

Media: Bronze

Base: Vermont Granite

Location: Estabrook Drive and Nason Place

KC0GRN, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #642, 25 Jan 2007 1:37 pm

A menagerie of fun wild and tame..

Could they be refering to the xcel center? It would fit wild perfectly, and the old civic center used to host the shrine circus (menagerie).
Thu, 01/25/2007 - 1:58 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

lilslim, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #770, 25 Jan 2007 6:30 pm

The Bard on Flora with growing pains:

For never-resting time leads summer on

To hideous winter, and confounds him there;

Sap check'd with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,

Beauty o'ersnow'd, and bareness everywhere;

Then, were not summer's distillation left,

A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,

Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,

Nor it, nor no remembrance what it was;

But flowers distill'd, though they with winter meet,

Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.

Sonnet 5
Thu, 01/25/2007 - 6:37 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

downtown_dave, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #1018, 26 Jan 2007 9:20 am

Randy--

Tonight's clue will be

If you passed our test

And it's Como you guessed

the puck is almost in your hand

Como park is the place

Where you'll win the race

Get ready to strike up the band

It's in Como already

So keep your nerves steady

Beacuse Como is where its at

all these clues are the same

It's the Como Hunt game

the one with the swat means a bat

zephyrus, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #1067, 26 Jan 2007 12:11 pm

No, that's not it... I just got it hot off the 2:04 press...

I will lead you there, Fair and square

to the park where it is hidden.

My game is in the bag, I've been oh, so vague

It's not where you've been sittin.

To find the puck, you'll need some luck

and a compass, two or three.

Now there is one way, that you could find it today,

And that's if you'd have followed me.
Fri, 01/26/2007 - 12:23 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Wicked Nick, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #1118, 26 Jan 2007 4:28 pm

I just marked the last 260 some messages as read.... so I dont know if anyone has posted this...

Im liking phalen right now (when do I not?... it is MY park, afterall)...

I think if its there, it'll be by the rec center area...

Cottage and Forest intersect, right there.... a Cottage in the Forest, could be the woodsy retreat...

flora with growing pains = poison ivy...

Ivy street is right near there...

theres hockey rinks set up every year.... they have baseball fields...

If you're loosely fitting stuff in, like we're normally supposed to... I think this has a good chance.

Evildoer, "2007 St. Paul Winter Carnival Medallion -ACT II" #1138, 26 Jan 2007 5:57 pm

I can make a very strong case for Edgcumbe Rec Center.

Clue #1:

"thirst to quench" = drinking fountains

"body can be benched" = an unuasually high number of park benches suurond the kiddie park.

Clue#2:

The mural below shows a "menagerie of fun wild (animals) and tame" (children) in "summer and winter" scenes. The muralist first name is "IVY" (as in poison ivy the growing pain floral).

Clue #3:

Tennis Courts and Baseball fields = "swatter of orbs"
Fri, 01/26/2007 - 6:15 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

+++++++++FROM THE PP BOARDS+++++++++++++++++

From: lala22 12:09 am

To: Sauerwein310 (6 of 114)

5720.6 in reply to 5720.1

revolt could be about the revolutionary war which started with the battle at Lexington.

From: hubs 12:10 am

To: Sauerwein310 (8 of 114)

5720.8 in reply to 5720.1

There is a fire station right by Central Park- sirens

????

From: davidholm 1:19 am

To: hubs (61 of 114)

5720.61 in reply to 5720.8

At the risk of working too hard to make the clues fit my park of prejudice, (Central), I wonder if the reference to re(volt) could perhaps refer to the high voltage power lines that run through much of the park. Could these possibly interfere with cell phone reception.? It is possible, too, that reiteration of "poem" reinforces the import of the reference to bard (Shakespeare), and his famous quote that "a rose by any other name would smell as "sweet"". Thankyou for the observation regarding the fire station.
Sat, 01/27/2007 - 7:13 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Thanks for recapping the noodles again this year 3M!
Thu, 02/01/2007 - 4:18 PM Permalink