Well, maybe I'm stupid but...
I don't see how thinking that asking for a phone number for a business is anything like asking what people think about Blue Lotus three threads above a multipage discussion about Blue Lotus. And even if it were, how anyone would ask someone to search for an answer if they stated they already tried unsuccessfully to search for an answer.
You are right, I don't have much tolerance for silliness.
(and I actually do have a tolerance for silliness, but I didn't want an overreaching moderator to delete me for stating the word I really wanted to use).