HOWDY, DIDDY

P Diddy has announced that he is changing his name to the simpler, more august Diddy, and to those who would make light of this change with such snideries as "Oh yeah, that dignifies it right up" and "What was the problem before, too Jewish?" just remember how O Henry's book sales skyrocketed when he dropped the O. Actually, the Didster was almost certainly moved to finally act out of impatience and disgust at being the set-up to the classic Rowan and Martin exchange:

"P Diddy?"
"I think he did; I heard him flush."