I received a call today from a person -- he presented himself as a numerologist from Vancouver (I'm in Toronto) -- wanting me to sell my home phone number.

My home phone number, as he said, included the ages of himself, his wife and his mother. So irresistible it appeared to be, he offered $500 immediately and increased the amount to $2000 a minute later.

It sounded pretty sincere; still I had to say no.

I recall a similar call I got about 4 years earlier from another person offering same amount of money for my home phone number for it included a word describing his business.

It's not a riddle :) I wonder if a market exists for phone numbers same as for catchy domain names.