About
THEN WHO WAS PHONE? is a catchphrase associated with a type of creepypasta that is intentionally written poorly, or is not scary at all. It is often used as a response to creepy pasta posted on 4chan’s /x/ board, but is seen in comment threads across the web.
The catchphrase bares some similarities to other grammatically incorrect memes like I Accidentally, and How Is Babby Formed.
Origin
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“THEN WHO WAS PHONE?” originated from the /x/ community on 4chan, where people post scary stories. The following text was posted on March 28th, 2010.
So ur with ur honey and yur making out wen the phone rigns. U anser it n the vioce is “wut r u doing wit my daughter?” U tell ur girl n she say “my dad is ded”. THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
The spelling and gramatical errors (perhaps made intentionally) were key to it’s popularity, and it spawned several spin-offs including “IT WAS PHONE”:
/B/ WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY
I HAVE STORY I WAS AT HOME
I WAS GO TO SLEEP WHEN TIRED
BUT WAKE UP BECAUSE AT DOOR!!!
I GO TO DOOR!! I OPEN NOBODY WAS THERE!!!
IT WAS FONE
Search
Search traffic for “then who was phone” peaked in 2008 after the date of the original 4chan post.
Video
A scary telling of the original story: