@shitmydadsays

Dad's Rants Become a Twitter Hit

Dana Mattioli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 3, 2009 at 2:14 pm PT

Until last week, Justin Halpern’s 73-year-old father didn’t know that he was a Twitter sensation. His dad’s quips have resulted in more than 231,000 followers under the account name @s–mydadsays. But after it attracted wide attention in recent weeks as followers retweeted postings, and blogs and mainstream media covered it, Mr. Halpern finally broke the news.