# News Flash -- Diddy Drops "P."! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459 "2005-08-17T18:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/1 "2005-08-17T18:12:38Z")
According to [IMDb News](http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-17/#2) (date sensitive – scroll down), P. Diddy is dropping the “P.” > [@](#): > > We was at (Madison Square Garden) rocking with Jay-Z. The last time I was there, half the crowd was chanting ‘P Diddy’, half the crowd chanting ‘Diddy’. We gonna stop the confusion. Our long national nightmare is over. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/2 "2005-08-17T18:18:27Z")
I had to kick Diddy out of my cookout. He got drunk and dropped “P” right in my pool. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/3 "2005-08-17T18:37:20Z")
F\*ck I hate that tool. Who else saw the Today show thing with him? “I felt the ‘P’ was getting between me and my fans.” or some similar bull. IT was highlighted on last night’s Daily Show, which will rerun today. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/4 "2005-08-17T18:38:07Z")
For God’s sake! Why is this dweeb considered cool? –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/5 "2005-08-17T18:58:42Z")
Puff Daddy P. Diddy Diddy Did Id D Maybe he will just go by " ". And then disappear. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/6 "2005-08-17T19:03:22Z")
A few years back, he was lending his questionable guest-“rapping” talents, and, as the song was fading, he said something like, “They call me Diddy!” I couldn’t help but yell out, “No, you call YOURSELF ‘Diddy!’ We all call you ‘asshole!’” Haven’t changed my opinion yet. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/7 "2005-08-17T19:05:42Z")
hey, at least he’s not a $cientologist ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/8 "2005-08-17T19:10:01Z")
I thought Puff Daddy was better than P. Diddy in the first place. Actually, I seem to recall that they called him “Puffy Combs” for a while. I think that’s a great name. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/9 "2005-08-17T20:29:15Z")
But when he acts on Broadway, he calls himself Sean Combs. Why? “Diddy” doesn’t look good on a marquee under “A Raisin in the Sun”? I’m reminded of a Letterman Top Ten list from shortly after 9/11. It was something about celebrities showing their patriotism, and had something to do with P. Diddy changing his name to P. Doodle-Dandy. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/10 "2005-08-17T20:33:07Z")
He left out the “l”. That’s a lower case “L”. And the “Squat”. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/11 "2005-08-17T20:33:45Z")
Will Ken Dodd sue? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/12 "2005-08-17T20:55:18Z")
I think this is a clear move towards cloning himself. See, with a couple of clones and musicians known as “Doo Wah” and “Wop Doo” he could form a band. Hint: “Doo Wah” gets top billing. ---
**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/13 "2005-08-17T21:11:01Z")
I told them once, I told them a hundred times: put “Diddy” first and “Puppet show” last. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/14 "2005-08-17T22:30:34Z")
I’m predicting his next name will be “St. John Puffington Combsworth IV.” This man has the world’s first case of alter-egomania. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/15 "2005-08-17T22:32:28Z")
I’d deal with this bombshell, but I’m trying to get past the thing in this week’s Fortune saying Jay Z is worth $300,000,000. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/16 "2005-08-17T23:31:51Z")
His mama named him Sean, I will address my hate mail to Sean. > [@](#): > > Combs plans a special “unveiling of Diddy” ceremony when he hosts the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami on August 28. Didn’t Janet try a similar stunt a few Super Bowls ago? ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/17 "2005-08-17T23:37:54Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > I think this is a clear move towards cloning himself. See, with a couple of clones and musicians known as “Doo Wah” and “Wop Doo” he could form a band. > > Hint: “Doo Wah” gets top billing. No, he’d have to team up with two identical twin brothers, Diddy-Dum and Diddy-Doo. Diddy gets second billing. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/18 "2005-08-18T00:20:49Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Id Funny, I thought this had more to do with his ego. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/19 "2005-08-18T02:11:48Z")
One British paper today had a headline something like: “Is Diddy taking the P”? It’s almost but not quite worth hearing about this just for that headline. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-flash-diddy-drops-p/317459/20 "2005-08-18T02:26:12Z")
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