Bree Phone Home puzzle

2006-12-20T00:11:17Z

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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 wash 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 plays. It is from [[Bree's father]], or someone pretending to be him.

==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 benn 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.

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

==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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