Follow Ups

• HANOI, Vietnam – After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father has agreed to change his son’s name from “Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred” — the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam’s two-child policy. To which Discretion Winter and I can only say: WIMP!
• My Brandweek colleague Ken Hein did some actual reporting and found out that the most requested MLB logo for caskets is … The Cubs. No word on how many of these were suicides.
• Further proof that there’s no such thing as bad publicity: Sales of Fluff have skyrocketed since a Mass. state sen. tried to ban the stuff.
• I now know what it’s like to be followed around by 90 lbs. of Play-Doh. Collateral Damage Jr. has really been enjoying the Play-Doh cologne sample that Demeter sent me. Can’t say as I’m a big fan of the stuff but at least I can now find my kid with eyes closed … whether I want to or not.

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