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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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CerealKiller

nope thats the part that bugged me it was a 40 something dude who didn't smell like booze and didn't act like it!! and I know my brother wasn't!!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:43 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

we could only wish!! lol I wish he would have fell off the back side but that would put a end to the hunt right NOW!!!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:44 PM Permalink
OT

Anyone notice a lack of burrs this year? I found a hollow tree yesterday and didn't put my head in it like last year when I came out with a head full of burrs. But I did clear it out pretty good with my ice chopper and didn't find any burrs or raccoons. I've only seen one place with any burrs to speak of.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:44 PM Permalink
green

True. I forgot that.

Idiots.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:45 PM Permalink
40below

That's what gets me. Part of me says he deserves what he has comin to him doing something retarded like that, another part of me dreads if anybody ever gets seriously hurt, what the PP would do with the hunt... if only we could weed out who gets to participate every year...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:45 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

sorry ice...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:46 PM Permalink
40below

My wife ran into a bunch at BC
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:46 PM Permalink
Terry

I still have parts of burrs stuck to my hunting boots - and that was from a couple years ago I think.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:47 PM Permalink
green

Raymond Burrs? Perry Mason?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:48 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Must have been Crosby. Burr bonanza that was.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:49 PM Permalink
green

Bower bird nests?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:50 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

I've seen some documentaries about the bower birds. (Yeah, I'm geeky like that, LOL!) They are fascinating birds, using berries and leaves and beetle wings and whatever they find to "decorate" the bowers, in order to attract a female.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:50 PM Permalink
40below

There's a joke in there somewhere but I'm not touchin it... lol
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:51 PM Permalink
Eags

Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:52 PM Permalink
green

That is not geeky! Ittiz fascinating.

Male wrens make like three or so nests and then takes his intended from nest to nest for her to pick the one she likes. If she doesn't like any, he rips them apart and starts over.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:52 PM Permalink
40below

So tonight will be the exception to the rule.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:52 PM Permalink
Terry

:sheepish:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:53 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I never thought I would learn about the nesting habits of North American birds on the CC site. But please go on...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:54 PM Permalink
diggin4it

hah!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:55 PM Permalink
green

ROFLOLPMPCOOSBAGBBOMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:55 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I gotta go get the med now. Seey yas later at the press conference.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:56 PM Permalink
Terry

Good luck, Mikey!

Hope one of the Crew gets it! Might as well be you.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:57 PM Permalink
Love4Vino

did anyone else notice that in cvclue #10 they used sight rather than site?

makes me think there is something to line up there.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:57 PM Permalink
green

SEE the things you can learn hunting! Ittiz AMAZING.

I'm thinking - but not sure - that bower birds are like Australian or something.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:57 PM Permalink
green

GO MIKEY, GO!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:59 PM Permalink
40below

They definitely did it on purpose, if they wanted to just say "site" as in park they would've... and they did in the second stanza... the first "sight" is referring to something you'll be able to see..
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 7:59 PM Permalink
excavating stud

North American ... Australian ... Tomato .... Kiwi...
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:01 PM Permalink
green

You know, the area I've got in mind... You could put a million bower birds' nests in there and never see them. The grass is that way - all benty over and bower-birdy-like.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:01 PM Permalink
green

Potato.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:01 PM Permalink
40below

OK seriously now.. the windchill will literally be "40below" tonight... who on here will be at the park?

I'm thinkin (really dont know why) of heading out but this is supposed to be the coldest night of the year.

Is there going to be a fire going? I'd leave my car running but it'd get jacked within minutes over there
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:02 PM Permalink
Terry

Vino - I am betting things line up somehow. Where did I hear that Boxmeyer was at Obb's today.

His clues always had things lined up or in view of the hiding place.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:02 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I think you're right on 40below. I think you do have to be able to see all the landmarks, most likely from the top of the hill.

Or is it that you can see Indian Mounds from Kellogg? Hmmmmmm (just kidding)
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:03 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Bower-birdy-like, LOL! Yes I knew that about the wrens. Too bad human males aren't like that! :grin:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:05 PM Permalink
JazJae

I was surprised so many people out earlier this evening. I had icicles hanging from my eyelashes. I guess it wasn't that bad because I'm gearing up to go back out soon.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:08 PM Permalink
green

That's what I was thinking, but *I* wasn't going to say it...

I bet you would have had fun with us yesterday. I found prints... Snoshoe prints. Does this guy think nobuddy knows about this geeky kind'a stuff?

Found part of a dead rabbit up a tree. Fresh - the blood was still dripping. I said it was prolly from a gray fox (we'd just seen a fox run across the path there) and they said, "Fox don't climb trees."

And I said, "Gray fox do."

Geekdom is FASCINATING!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:09 PM Permalink
Terry

Hope you find the prize Jaz!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:09 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Yes, geeks are fascinating. That's why I married one! :sheepish:
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:10 PM Permalink
JazJae

my daughter has me going back out tonight- I have turned her into a Medallion Monster, she can't enough!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:10 PM Permalink
excavating stud

-16 brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:11 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Wow, that is cold!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:12 PM Permalink
green

Gimme a geek enkneeday. They're the best.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:13 PM Permalink
Terry

My other half is sleeping so soundly, I can't wake him. Unless he starts stirring here shortly, we may not be getting to the park.

I also discovered that not only are our street lights out, so are the ones in the alley.

Spooky.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:14 PM Permalink
JazJae

Too cold, my 6 year old was whining because she thought she lost her mitten, I looked at her hand and saw it and figured it was time to head back to the car since she was loosing feeling!
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:15 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Did the wind blow down a pole or something?
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:16 PM Permalink
Terry

I hope not.

Our house power is just fine.

Weird about the street/alley lighting.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:16 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Yup. Very handy with puters and such.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:17 PM Permalink
excavating stud

JOE (for L A Mommy courtesy of Terry via Evildoer)
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:17 PM Permalink
green

I've no antenna. I can't afford cable, but I've got 'antenna' from Comcast. $7.14/month! And that's out. Ittiz driving me nutz because I can't turn on the TV to keep the Pigglettes occupied watching TV. So, mom's being bugged to death.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:18 PM Permalink
40below



Frostbite aint pretty.
Tue, 01/29/2008 - 8:18 PM Permalink