OMG a Lasko fan. I have to tell you a story. My husband and I used to own/operate a large sailboat that we used as a dockside attraction vessel. There was a promoter/sponsor who asked us not to do an event at a port near to Cleveland because she wanted us to be "new" in the area when we brought the vessel to Cleveland. In an effort to convince us she said she had a benefactor who wanted to sponsor a ship and if he chose us, he would make it worth our while to not appear at this other event. Very odd, but I was willing to talk.
So, this guy, Admiral Lasko, called me and asked for a meeting. I explained that we were available to meet anytime except a particular 5 day period when Gary would be in California. So when does the guy show up? Right after Gary left for California. I had some crew on board with me and they listened to me talk to this guy, who was very full of himself (IMO). The first thing he asked was if we had heard of Lasko fans because that was his family's business. The second was to present me with a picture of the USS Constitution sailing. That ship never sails and I commented on that. He said they did for him because he was a retired Admiral. He was missing a toe and told my crew that he lost it in the Viet Nam war when he was tortured. He asked a lot of weird questions considering he was a retired admiral.
After his very odd visit a couple of the crew said they thought I was a bit rude to him. I explained to them that my neck hairs were standing up the entire time he was there and I was just protecting my interests. I said if he turned out to be legit I would be the first to admit I was wrong about him. I recounted the visit to the promoter who was very upset with me. She said I made a huge mistake. She asked me not to talk about him in front of any of the other ship owners because he was a very important man who was going to make a huge contribution to the sailing community.
Fast forward a month or so. The guy was arrested at the Grand Prix of Cleveland when he hopped into a car and took off with it, claiming he was a reknowned Grand Prix racer! He was then returned to the institution he had been living in off and on for a couple years. The promoter called me a day or so later and was very embarrassed to tell me I had been correct about him. Lasko was not at all who she thought he was and she had allowed him to attend two annual meetings, introducing him as a retired admiral blah, blah, blah.
I still chuckle when I see Lasko fans. Oh, and Rose and LaFitte sailed with us for a couple years when they were young and we lived aboard.