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Voyageur without pants

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Date/Time: 06/19/2013 11:17PM

Subject: Voyageur without pants

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The Great Outdoors	07/14/2012 05:05AM When I first read this headline, "Voyageur without pants," I figured someone caught John or Lynn from VNO going to the bathroom in the woods!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! :)
Frenchy19	07/13/2012 11:46PM Some thread titles sound like band names to me...this one sounds like an the name of an album.
rookie in 03	07/13/2012 09:46PM I noticed that too Brad. Made me stop and think a little while.
Basspro69	07/13/2012 09:18PM Im always just a little sad when I see an Amok post in a thread, I miss you buddy .
Savage Voyageur	07/13/2012 06:23PM quote schweady: "June 2012 update: We were traveling through Two Harbors again last month and noted that Pierre, the Voyageur With No Pants, is now upright and has been provided with new feet, a paddle which is very true to the original, and half of a tiny birch bark canoe. The light pole behind him is annoyingly obtrusive, but he does sport a fresh coat of paint and is looking quite handsome. The Earthwood Inn website announces: "Now with a spinning head and glowing eyes!" (I continued to respect my wife's demands that I not perform a more intrusive examination, so that feature remains known to Pierre alone.) " Hey cool I got my paddle back.
schweady	07/13/2012 04:36PM June 2012 update: We were traveling through Two Harbors again last month and noted that Pierre, the Voyageur With No Pants, is now upright and has been provided with new feet, a paddle which is very true to the original, and half of a tiny birch bark canoe. The light pole behind him is annoyingly obtrusive, but he does sport a fresh coat of paint and is looking quite handsome. The Earthwood Inn website announces: "Now with a spinning head and glowing eyes!" (I continued to respect my wife's demands that I not perform a more intrusive examination, so that feature remains known to Pierre alone.)
schweady	02/21/2011 09:44PM An update on Pierre: We were traveling through Two Harbors on Saturday and stopped to check on The Voyageur With No Pants. He seemed to be resting comfortably, even without his head (inside, similarly reclining) or feet (destroyed in the move). Since I was with the Mrs., I did not feel it prudent to risk the inevitable comparisons which were sure to follow a verification of Pierre's private anatomical features...
inspector13	02/17/2011 01:06PM Here is the latest story from the Chronicle covering "Pierre". Looks like a paddle is coming back. Pierre
inspector13	02/17/2011 08:02AM quote mooseplums: "Anyone know how old "Pierre" is? I remember an old photo that my mother has, that was taken when she was a kid. I'm guessing circa 1950." When the lot it stands on was first sold, there was a story in the Chronicle telling the history. The story has been archived but from what I remember was that Pierre was being built it 1959. It was placed next to the long gone roadside stand in 1960. The companion story to the one above also said 1960.
thebotanyguy	02/16/2011 05:58PM In the book "The Colossus of Roads, Myth and Symbol along the American Highway" (Marling, Karal Ann. 1984. University of Minnesota Press), Pierre the Talking Voyageur is dated to 1959. There is also a color photo of him holding a paddle. Unfortunately, there is no back story provided in the book. On the internet, there is this blurb. .
mooseplums	02/16/2011 05:44PM Anyone know how old "Pierre" is? I remember an old photo that my mother has, that was taken when she was a kid. I'm guessing circa 1950.
cowdoc	02/14/2011 07:42PM I have my limits.......(better close yer mouth MP)
mooseplums	02/14/2011 05:21PM quote mr.barley: "You got a photo of that, plums? " I didn't want one
mr.barley	02/14/2011 04:31PM You got a photo of that, plums?
mooseplums	02/14/2011 04:27PM quote snakecharmer: "I wonder if cowdoc has "visited" Pierre :)" Not sure about that, but I did, and yes he was anatomically correct..(drawn in with a sharpie)
schweady	02/14/2011 03:33PM We may need to lobby the new owners to ensure that Pierre is re-outfitted with a paddle rather than an axe. In the article, Eric Potts and Sandra Fritz talk about restoring Pierre to his original glory, but then this: "Fritz said there is still debate going on with her husband about bringing a paddle back to his right hand. It was stolen a few years ago. She said he might look odd with a paddle on dry land, and suggested an axe." Perhaps she needs to read some of this site's axe/no axe posts...
snakecharmer	02/14/2011 01:00PM I wonder if cowdoc has "visited" Pierre :)
inspector13	02/14/2011 12:15PM Bannock, you should be able to see it from both the expressway and scenic 61. Here is a link. You might have to register to view. Chronicle Pierre story
marsonite	02/14/2011 12:02PM Apparently the owners of the earthwood inn are buying him. Read about it online at the Two Harbors News Chronicle. I'm on my phone or I'd post a link.
Bannock	02/14/2011 11:56AM quote marsonite: "Relax, it's not the end, thank God. Just going for a ride. He's getting a new home, a mile to the west. " Will it still be on HWY 61?
inspector13	02/14/2011 09:31AM I wonder if it will be harder for pranksters to tie pink balloons under his tunic over at the Earthwood.
alpine525	02/14/2011 07:37AM kiwi - Too funny!
kiwifish	02/13/2011 09:20PM Isn't it obvious??? It's actually a trojan horse type cell phone tower being used by AT&T - they are just moving it a bit...can you hear me now?
Amok	02/13/2011 08:42PM quote gutmon: "This guy retired and moved and is doing fine. " maybe. but I am probably one of the few people who actually miss not having the chance to take my kids to visit him :( I remember "Paul Bunyanland" as a child.
BWPaddler	02/13/2011 08:39PM How'd ya like to report what you did that day at work... Severed the body from the pants of a giant voyageur... I can hear it now.
Savage Voyageur	02/13/2011 08:09PM quote marsonite: "Relax, it's not the end, thank God. Just going for a ride. He's getting a new home, a mile to the west. " Hope he gets his paddle back.
gutmon	02/13/2011 07:50PM This guy retired and moved and is doing fine.
marsonite	02/13/2011 07:39PM Relax, it's not the end, thank God. Just going for a ride. He's getting a new home, a mile to the west.
Bannock	02/13/2011 07:39PM Bummer! He was an icom. I am saddened.
Savage Voyageur	02/13/2011 07:25PM Hey where am I going???
gutmon	02/13/2011 07:10PM
tremolo	02/13/2011 07:08PM ??????????????????????
talusman	02/13/2011 07:02PM I just drove through Two Harbors this evening. The "Voyageur without pants" was lying, decaptitated, on a flat bed truck. Not a very dignified end for an icon in Two Harbors.

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