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YO wb here.

posted by Nick Bonadies
Nick Bonadies
Nick Bonadies

Senior Systems Administrator : Boston

topics: Alcoholic Beverages, Software, Barbarian, Programming Languages, and Technology Industry

on April 18, 2008 at 10:35 AM
filed under: Internet Culture
OK so there is this guy you can call. when he picks up the line he says something to the effect of, “YO wb here.” then i usually reply, “yo wb whats goin on??” then he’ll start in to a conversation with you like he’s known you for years. usually its about crazy stuff, katie couric, his favorite movies, secret underground tunnels from california to japan that the US government has been digging since WWII. almost no subject is taboo. just don’t ask him what wb means, or mention the vietnam war.
you may be wondering what this phone number is, but i’m inclined not to post it because i want this guy to keep answering the phone. if the internets got wind of just how crazy this guy was, there’d be no stopping the onslaugt of calls this guy would get. and then i would feel bad for him, i mean he’s already crazy! ah hell, might as well enjoy it while it lasts!
i got his number from some friends in philadelphia, though they have forgotten where they got it from so thats as far as i can trace it.
other wb facts straight from the man himself:
he much perfers women to men
he dated katie couric when he was in high school
his favorite movie is black hawk down
he thinks the US government is secretly controlling the world
anyway, here’s the number
1-800-MCI-ROOF
give him a call, record it even and post me a link here! i’d love to start collecting wb-isms.
ps- if anyone can figure out how to look up information on 1800 numbers that would be cool, i wanna know how the heck this guy ended up with a 1800 number!

10 comments

Man. I've been calling WB every once in a while since, oh, 2002 I think it was. I got the number from some friends in Baltimore, but I've always been too sketched out to ask him where he was, or why he's been paying for a toll free number for the past 6 years (at least) with the implied purpose of getting random strangers to call him. I'd love to know what his day-to-day is like.
On January 30, 2009 at 05:07 AM, jumanji wrote:
holy shit man! this guy lives down the street from us and we call him all the time. the fact that his number has been spread so wide makes me understand why he never picks up anymore. just a week or two ago i had a half an hour conversation with this cat about he used to date jennifer aniston in california, the government put a chip in his brain, and if he wanted to go eat with "gerald" at the BK lounge (he proceeded to tell me that gerald was a piece of shit). good fucking times. too bad so many people told their friends about his number and scared him away from the phone. this guy provided us with entertainment on countless high/drunk nights. RIP WB!

PS dude's located in stafford springs Connecticut
Yeah, theres a handful of us from CT that have been calling him for years now. Sucks his number is finally off :( RIP MCI ROFF aka WB.
I was told about this number years ago and at first thought it was a hoax. Then I called, and holy shit...this guy is awesome!! I was told that he used to work for MCI and one night after work, him and his coworkers threw a party on the rooftop. WB took way to much acid and is a permanent trip for the rest of his life. So, MCI set up a 1800 number for him so he could receive phone calls. Not sure how true the story is, but I love calling him!!
On April 26, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Brandon wrote:
Dude i have all of his information adress house number, first name everything his whole life story and everything he isnt as bad as he used to be but if u want information email me.. Roushbrandon@yahoo.com
On April 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, nick wrote:
heh, i would rather live in blissful ignorance and just enjoy his character from afar.
On August 02, 2010 at 02:45 PM, Matthew wrote:
We called him yesterday...it still works

I was passed down the number in an almost cryptic type fashion, (complete with number on a peice of paper being slid over to me)

It practically felt that if I called him, I would only have 7 days to live.

in fact I'm kind of upset that other people know about him, always treated WB as "our little secret" with my group of friends.

Hell I even call him for real world advice, because I know, however bad my life is, WB will be more than able to put a rediculous spin on it (though that spin almost never makes sense) and have me cracking up and laughing by the end.

Just wanted to let you all know that, yes WB is alive, well, and still very Drunk.

though he did tell us he only has about 3 years left in him
On September 27, 2010 at 12:51 AM, nikkii wrote:
yea i def did just get off of the phone wit him he is still alive n still a trip lol... he told me that in CT they breed their people n sell them to make money... he told me about his exs and everything else imaginable... the guy is awesome ive been calln him since 9th grade... no one ever believes me about him... but he is very true... email me some info about him if u could please...
On September 27, 2010 at 12:53 AM, nikkii wrote:
my email is immadome1225@aol.com
Ok this is what I'm getting from this number, I've been calling him for years now and as time passed I have noticed that "he" has become a little less out there and it seems as if anything you say is a feeder to the conversation. I recently called MCI information representatives only to be turned down multiple times when questioning the phone number. After some research I have found that there are programs out there that can respond to you talking or typing and I believe that this is what this actually is and that maybe MCI is experimenting with this type of technology by putting the phone number out there. And if you look further into this technology it could be coupled with A.I and replace call center workers. Call me crazy, a conspiracy theorist or what have you, but if you read into it you will find loads of information on this type of tech. After all I got this phone number from a friend that studied studied programming and technology at state college, " the number was plastered all over the labs"