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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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Also, I think it's somewhat clear that it's 2003, clue 5 that is being refferenced. It's the only clue which Joe reprinted in its entirety in his article.
So, the question is: Given the meaning we were already given in 2003 for this clue, what else could it mean?
Treasure hunt lifer, prepare to cipher.
This one's yours to keep.
Was it two or three, they seem not to agree
When St. Paul made a great leap.
:frown:
joe's threat was to put someobody in the stocks...at grand old days :smile:
maybe my summit parkway is back in play :smile:
Oh. Forgot to say, "CHAIR-O-KEY."
That is my heinous act thought
a. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision. Compare pillory (def. 1).
b. a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation.
c. the frame on which a boat rests while under construction.
hmmm
harriet? boat rests? crosby...heh
there were some noodles about cherokee
something about st. paul acquiring the west side in 1902
st. paul becoming electrified
"Had a silly brainstorm on the way home tonight. I was trying to follow the KISS rules with clue #5. Took it down to the basics. Cipher, as a verb, mean to compute arithmetically. Added the numbers given us, One plus two plus three....six. There are 6 mounds in Mounds park. Bear with me - I know I'm probably W-A-Y wrong, but a lot of the other clues fit there, too. Of course, you can see the Capitol, barbs - Thorn street, clue #3 I haven't been able to make a lot of sense out of....but there is a sort of pavillion that's open on two sides. The coldest star.....this is the BIG stretch....the beacon??"
"I was driving home, thinking about 1, 2, and 3- and around wyoming it hit me- the Flashing Red One downtown! Its almost traditional to use the big 1, and I believe its been debated during past hunts as to whether it has 2 or 3 sides. The rest would be just to get us over-analyzing."
this very sweet quote from scribe "I also met a hunter named Bernie. He has been hunting since the fifties. In 1958 there was a clue about a plug nickel and that was when the med was in a treasure chest. Bernie was just 17 and sat down on a log to take a break from digging. A man walked up to him and said "Son, would you mind standing up for a minute?" Bernie stood up and the man picked up the log he was sittin on and shook it, sure enough it was hollowed out and had a plug at the end!"
I ain't sloggin' that one.
And I still don't know why folks don't like my naval mission with the USS Hope, et al.
I think that's the best thing I've come up with that's not going against Oscar's Razor.
Grab your guys and a gal who is wise. Plato and Caesar run at one end of the park and LILYdale runs at the other. I know this probably means nothing at all but I found a wise Lily :wink:
Grandma Lily's Wisdom
Rinsed off our prints...Water Street...I'm rooting for you Green Cherokee is closer to me :wink:
I need to find something...
BCA on maryland 1.5 blocks from phalen :smile:
Kitch call me
The most recent clue references two children's books (Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events). It makes me think about that story (book shaped thing) monument/garden/bench on the south side of the lake.
http://www.eastsideartscouncil.org/ProgramsImages/poetry%20park.jpg
Apparently the area is called Poetry Park
"The Phalen Poetry Park is an urban park where the community can celebrate the language arts with poetry posted on the PoetsÂ’ Post. Next to the post, Marimba Benches welcome your tired bones or your joyful playing. A walkway of words etched in stone to inspire the poet within circle the post and lead to the Dragon Garden. Relax on the giant Book Benches and marvel at the surrounding beauty. Located at the south end Phalen Regional Park. Parking is available at Phalen Recreation Center 1000 E Wheelock Parkway St. Paul, MN (1/2 mile east of Wheelock Parkway and HWY 61 intersection)."
:frown:
16k post to go...
Where's 3M been?
Enough of this for me for a while.
See you all later. Mr. Leelabell might join us tonight for a bit.
the "1st national bank building"
The basement contained a 96-foot pistol firing range to help bank guards stay sharp in case of a bank robbery.
:smile:
No I haven't seen him. But he has been posting on the PP boards a lil bit.
Honestly, in my mind it could be any of these right now...