NEEDHAM, Mass. It’s 6 a.m. in this town of 31,000 west of Boston and Jim “Hat Trick” Hamtramick has just turned on his computer to write his daily post for “Crazy Suburban Dad,” the “blog” by which he chronicles his pratfalls and miscues as the father of two little girls, 8-year-old Tina and 10-year-old Chloe. “I’ve always been a funny guy,” Hamtramick tells this reporter, “but I don’t get much opportunity to use my sense of humor as quality control inspector at Metrowest Hasp & Flange,” the manufacturing company where he works. “I think today I’ll write something about my pathetic attempts at gardening,” he says with a self-satisfied smirk as he drops his fingers to his keyboard and begins to tap away.
FTC Cracks Down on Hyperbolic "Humorists"
FTC Cracks Down on Hyperbolic "Humorists"
FTC Cracks Down on Hyperbolic "Humorists"
NEEDHAM, Mass. It’s 6 a.m. in this town of 31,000 west of Boston and Jim “Hat Trick” Hamtramick has just turned on his computer to write his daily post for “Crazy Suburban Dad,” the “blog” by which he chronicles his pratfalls and miscues as the father of two little girls, 8-year-old Tina and 10-year-old Chloe. “I’ve always been a funny guy,” Hamtramick tells this reporter, “but I don’t get much opportunity to use my sense of humor as quality control inspector at Metrowest Hasp & Flange,” the manufacturing company where he works. “I think today I’ll write something about my pathetic attempts at gardening,” he says with a self-satisfied smirk as he drops his fingers to his keyboard and begins to tap away.