{"id":812,"date":"2018-11-21T13:21:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812"},"modified":"2018-11-21T13:21:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:21:30","slug":"the-odd-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"The Odd Phone Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI forgot to ask for your phone number, Julia,\u201d shouted Roger desperately running after the bus that was pulling away from the airport terminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has three sixes, two two\u2019s, and two nines,\u201d shouted Julia back through the window as the bus accelerated beyond hearing distance.<\/p>\n<p>Roger stopped running, pulled out a notebook, wrote down the information and began scratching his head.<\/p>\n<p>Roger had been so absorbed in conversation with Julia since they sat next to each other on the plane, that asking for her phone number had completely slipped his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Now to start dialing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>How many phone numbers will Roger have to dial to get hold of Julia?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-812\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-812\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-812\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=812&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI forgot to ask for your phone number, Julia,\u201d shouted Roger desperately running after the bus that was pulling away from the airport terminal. \u201cIt has three sixes, two two\u2019s, and two nines,\u201d shouted Julia back through the window as the bus accelerated beyond hearing distance. 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