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We had not heard from burt in quite a while and had tried to contact him on all the numbers we had. we even trawled the net for evidence. all to no avail.

Then out of the blue, after more than 12 months without a peep, burt phoned and left a message from his mobile:

“crackle crackle crackle, dropout, crackle, frzzznt, 07### ### #??”

The entire call was illegible apart from the number. well, we got most of the number. the last two digits got scrambled. and 1471 didn’t work either. gutted.

So we hatched a plan. We’d use what we had of the number call every possibility from 00 to 99 and let it ring once. we figured that most people will just ignore a number they don’t recognize, but burt would see that he’s missed our call, and call us back. genius.

It is surprising just how many people called back out of curiosity, over 15% so far, and rising.

The good news is that one of the people who called was burt. burt will be visiting soon. stay tuned for pics.