16343737 37283739 241213 12 18281422361218,
182423 18281422361218 241213 12 22233535,
16343737 37283739 19232618 1836 242312382326,
242327 18281422361218 19232618 1836...
19233535, 18241218'37 232636281424 37342614342614 333627 263619...

(In reply to re(4): FULL SOLUTION (No computer program used) by Penny)

re: sheesh....How the heck were people who still have rotary phones supposed to realize that? .....


well, when I had worked it out I didn't actually realise that the numbers were based on phone keys, but it was very easy to see how they related to each other in a pattern.

Had you written them out, you would have seen

A 12
B 22
C 32
D 13
E 23
F 33

and so on. That's how I was able to fill in the missing numbers to give the next line:
"Hello operator, please give me number nine"
even though letters like "p" weren't in the original.

ps: "phone" is short for "phonetic"??? Where did you learn Greek?
Edited on December 13, 2003, 1:51 pm

Posted by Sam on 2003-12-13 13:45:27