Bree Phone Home puzzle

2007-01-12T09:54:34Z

165.123.176.101: well now we're sure it was him

In [[Bree Phone Home]], [[Bree]] calls several of her relatives in hopes of finding out what could have happened to her parents. When she dials great uncle [[Franklin]] from San Francisco, her call is picked up by an answering machine for Powell's Dry Cleaners.

==Powell's Dry Cleaners Message==
[[Bree]] said the phone number aloud as she dialed it: 287-0211. Since she mentioned Franklin was in San Francisco, one of the possible area codes was (415). Calling 415-287-0211 allows you to listen to the same message heard by Bree.

::''Hello and thank you for calling Powell's Dry Cleaners. We are open 7 days a week from 9 am until 5 pm. Our current specials are as follows: Dress shirts 3 for $5 with an 8-9 day turn around time. We also offer rush service at a rate of 3 shirts for $12. Please leave a message after the tone and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you.''

===Solution===
The numbers of shirts and days that it will take to clean them are the real message. The message below has the numbers in bold.

::''Hello and thank you for calling Powell's Dry Cleaners. We are open '''7''' days a week from '''9''' am until '''5''' pm. Our current specials are as follows: Dress shirts '''3''' for $'''5''' with an '''8'''-'''9''' day turn around time. We also offer rush service at a rate of '''3''' shirts for $'''12'''. Please leave a message after the tone and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you.''

The numbers are '''7953589312'''. This is not a phone number. However, when reversed, it yields (213)-985-3597, which is indeed a phone number. When this number is dialed, a voice message from Bree's father plays.

==Bree's father's message==
This is the message heard after dialing (213)-985-3597.

::''Bree, it's your father. If you are listening to this message, you managed to crack my code. Your mother and I are safe but I need to talk to you alone. Confirm that you got this by sending me a secret message back. I'll meet you one week after that at the place where we used to talk about Feynman and Jared Diamond. I know you're confused right now. But all will make sense after we talk. I'll see you soon sweetie.''

===Solution===
Still in progress.

[[Richard Feynman]] is a famous physicist for whom [[Bree]] has great admiration. She quoted him in her blog [[Daniel Returns, and More Interesting Factoids (Yay!)]], in which she tells a story from his book ''Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman''.

Bree also quotes Jared Diamond' ''Guns, Germs and Steel'' in the [[The Tolstoy Principle (and Dad "talks" to Daniel)]].

Since [[Bree]] is homeschooled and these readings have been assumed to be part of her coursework, it's possible that her dad is referring to some place where they used to go to work on her studies. It is still unclear what kind of secret message he wants her to send back.

Some have compared the sound of [[Bree's father]]'s voice to that of [[Brother]] from the [[OpAphid]] and [[Tachyon]] ARG. This might be an attempt from [[Tachyon]] to get in touch with her. [[Tachyon]]'s travels have taken her to San Francisco, where great uncle Franklin was supposed to be.

Another possibility is that this could be another trap from [[OpAphid]].

==[[Mystery Movies]] message==
When [[Bree]] hears the answering machine's message for Powell's Dry Cleaners, she seems disillusioned and says she's run out of leads. She either has not yet realized there is a puzzle behind the message, or she was acting as if she didn't notice.
In her video [[Mystery Movies]], [[Bree]] names the movies she watched that day and mentions
*'''C'''''itizen Kane''
*'''U'''''sual Suspects''
*'''S'''''neakers''
*'''O'''''ut of Sight''
*'''O'''''cean's Eleven''
*'''N'''''ever Say Never Again''
The first letter of the titles of these movies spell out "CUSOON", as in "See you soon." Bree must have indeed figured out the puzzle and this is her response to his message. Although even in this video she acts like she can't figure out the puzzle, presumably she's putting on that act because her father wanted it to be a secret message. Bree's frequent mention of movies and how she used to go watch them with her dad might be another clue as to the location of the meeting place.

Since her father had requested that she meet him a week after receiving the message, fans knew to expect their meeting to be on Saturday, December 30th, 2006.

==[[Bree's Gone]]==
On December 26th, [[Jonas]] woke up to find that [[Bree]] was missing along with one of his cars, a credit card, and a couple hundred dollars in cash. [[Daniel]] was as surprised as Jonas that Bree would do something like that, and they posted a video about it titled "[[Bree's Gone]]". Since Bree was expected to meet her father on the 30th, it was assumed that she drove off to reach the meeting place on time. She likely did not mention it to Jonas or Daniel because her father wanted the meeting to be kept secret.

==[[Roadtrip]]==
After [[Bree]] suddenly ran off, [[Daniel]] and [[Jonas]] scrambled to find out where she could have gone. Daniel figures out the codes and sets off with Jonas to find the meeting place. Although Daniel seems to have figured out where the meeting place should be, he doesn't say specifically where they are going.

==[[The Unthinkable Happened]]==
On December 30th, 2006 [[Jonas]] and [[Daniel]] found [[Bree]] meeting with her [[Bree's father|father]] at an unnamed location, confirming that Bree and her father indeed managed to successfully communicate via these puzzles.

==External links==
*[http://www.acidfingers.com/music/bree_dad.mp3 Listen to the message from Bree's father.]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Diamond Wikipedia article on Jared Diamond]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman Wikipedia article on Richard Feynman]

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