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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

part of the craftiness is that sometimes thats all it means. I agree that they have double meanings some times, but not always. If it was always double it would be predicictable nonsense. (I think someone around here a thread named that)
Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:10 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

  • **&^&^%^*(&%^*)&^ CM!!!!
  • Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:11 AM Permalink
    OT

    I thought you might like that, CM. :smile: Too bad we didn't see that for the Phalen Mosh Pit hunt. I think your picture of the villagers storming the castle would have won a Pulitzer! :goofy:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:12 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I hate this board. i totaly missed this post and only found it when I went back. Am I the only one with this problem???

    By the way...Good morning CM.

    Shoulda seen the chicks I was with last night :wink:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:14 AM Permalink
    Clue Master

    I take it you were waiting for that Joe 3M?

    HeHe! :grin:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:15 AM Permalink
    green

    "Yes freedom."

    Freedom - free?
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:15 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    page 369 !!! Thats the page Lisa told me last night (in code/pg 396 or 369)

    Either way she was right!
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:17 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    Not really, just irritated that I miss posts when i'm compiling messages.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:20 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    could be the booze too....not sure yet... :cool:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:22 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Very true as well. This hunt is starting to remind me of the hunt when everyone thought it was Harriet and then it turns out to be CoNo
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:24 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Ok why the dash in between Game-its????

    any thoughts, it always bugs me when they do that.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:25 AM Permalink
    green

    Mikey, I didn't change enkneethang. Wutchew talkin' about?
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:30 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    Funny you should mention that...

    I tried my damdenst, to convince anyone that would listen, that this hunt pointed to Harriet and Dr Justus Ohage , then turned to Irvine at the last minute. That would be rash to think of the 2003 hunt where we were all misled.

    Do you have the book titled " The Streets Where You Live" by Donald L. Empson?

    You should (I'm in the credits/Mike McMahon)

    Look on page 119 and 139
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:33 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    Sorry. Maybe you didn't. I thought you rephrased you comment but maybe you didn't. sorry.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:35 AM Permalink
    green

    Hide and Seek came to my mind with the last line o'the Clue.

    First line makes me think o'sking one o'those train track trails.

    Mikey, "go see" suggests again to me one's got to go away from STP to find the Med.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:38 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    No I don't, where can i pick it up at?

    I hear you on Harriet, I like your noodles and how they fit. I just like Phalen/Keller myself right now. I was going to dig this morning and not come into work but last nights clue made me hesitant. I hate digging for hours at some shot in the dark. I like to have that gut feeling. I will be doing drive-bys today, probably after lunch.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:39 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    go see makes me fell county rd C, that was my first thought at least.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:39 AM Permalink
    green

    After I post, it takes me to my post I just posted and I have to go back to where I was in slogging. Else I miss a TON of whutchew guys posted.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:39 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I also am a little curious about the CW using GET twice....
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:40 AM Permalink
    Mad_Dach5und

    You were talking about photos of the hunt - did anyone see my slide show on the PP page? I tried to attach it earlier here and it kept telling me 800 kb was too big?!?!?

    What is the size limit on any attached photos in here?
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:41 AM Permalink
    green

    Nothing to be sorry about. Was just thinking sumbuddy was changing my messages, thass all.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:41 AM Permalink
    OT

    Maybe go see means go to Cherokee. :smile:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:42 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I just had an epiphany, heading out to the park in a few minutes.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:42 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Probably wrong but I have to go. I love treasure hunting.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:44 AM Permalink
    Mad_Dach5und

    Brass Man - Stop by Matty B's tonight around 7 - I've gotten a real apostrophe I'd like to share / shoot down depending on the crowd
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:46 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I might be there tonight, for sure tomorrow. My wife and I got an apt downtown starting tomorrow through the weekend so we will be at Matty b's thurs-sun. I don't think I'm going out to dig right now, but I need to drive by this park I like, weird enough its not pahlen even though I like that really well right now, I just need to follow up on another hunch.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:51 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I was going to dig this morning and not come into work but last nights clue made me hesitant. I hate digging for hours at some shot in the dark. I like to have that gut feeling. I will be doing drive-bys today, probably after lunch.

    you wont find it then will you? I'm like Jake in that respect.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:53 AM Permalink
    KITCH

    son's of jacob has been bugging me..

    jacob=jake

    just something that in my head.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:56 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I know!! I compained a long time ago the the "powers that be" and had no moral support in my argument. I learned to jusy "reply' and then go back. Works well.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 7:58 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    You might have to "Mark as Read" with the sun glasses also.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:00 AM Permalink
    KITCH

    I'm not positive..yet..

    but did jacob have 12 sons and 1 daughter?
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:00 AM Permalink
    green

    I can't get past the nose/spoon. I can't see that meaning anything else.

    But now thinking line 1 of #4 = sledding hill.

    Was Winona a wise woman? She's surrounded by guys.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:01 AM Permalink
    KITCH

    Dinah was the name of Jacob's only daughter.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:01 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    Why? People do it every day.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:02 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    Oh I believe I will find it myself one day otherwise I wouldn't be looking. But there is something to say about just plopping down your shovel in 250 acres and hoping for a miracle. Again kudos to Jake for digging last year but I narrowed down the search quite significantly for him. I have no problem digging for hours but not at some random spot just for the sake of digging.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:02 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I know maybe its nothing but they rarely use the same words twice to start the sentence of the clues. Looking back through the years.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:04 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I did see the photo show you had on the PP that you tried to post here. This place don't like embeded stuff ( its olny limited html) and does have some sort of limit (even though I don't know off hand what it is). We can post most imiges with Html and pics that are smaller and we can hot link pics from other sources.

    Too bad its not working. I really liked it and would love it if every one could see it!

    Glad your back dude!
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:08 AM Permalink
    green

    #1 General intro Clue and they're not gonna let Jake find it this year

    #2 Definitely about where Med is; like the street names and prolly out in the county

    #3 What Med's hidden in - spoon box

    #4 Sledding hill; playground
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:16 AM Permalink
    leelabell

    You can buy the book at Barnes and Noble/Borders/Amazon. It is just a regular book - not a special printing. Even if you don't treasure hunt, it is fantastic.
    http://www.amazon.com/Street-Where-You-Live-Guide/dp/0816647291/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201105068&sr=8-16

    Another two books you might want to consider are:

    Larry Millett's architecture guide to the Twin Cities
    http://www.amazon.com/AIA-Guide-Twin-Cities-Architecture/dp/0873515404/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201105137&sr=1-3

    and

    The St. Paul almanac
    http://www.amazon.com/2007-Saint-Almanac-Kimberly-Nightingale/dp/0977265102/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201105181&sr=1-7
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:20 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I was refering to this year, not last year. Dude! You gotta get out and look! That one shovel full could be it! I wasn't refereing to last year at all.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:32 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    I know, sorry, its just last year still bites me in the ass. I have been looking for so many years and we used to go out right away and look almost randomly. Now I solve a few clues and find a logical spot first. I usually like a few clues 3-5 before i spend all day digging.

    I suppose its just a different style of hunting. In the end I agree, you cannot find it without digging!!!
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:37 AM Permalink
    New Daddy

    For you harriet island fan's a doctor link to clue #4

    Get up for the mission - Viagra.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:41 AM Permalink
    Brassmonkey

    :cool:
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:45 AM Permalink
    mrmnmikey

    I hear ya. Knowing where to dig definatly helps.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:47 AM Permalink
    King Boreas aka Ian

    mission? A mission sounds like work. I'm into fun.

    Outta here, see ya in a park.
    Wed, 01/23/2008 - 8:48 AM Permalink