State of Mind of State

Oddly, at the end of their article commenting on that little pee-pee note that Bush wrote to Condi while sitting in a UN meeting, The Scotsman commented:

In January, a sheet of doodles sparked a debate on the state of Tony Blair's mind, even though it turned out the note was created by the Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates. The notes were found on the Prime Minister's desk following a meeting in Switzerland, alongside Mr Gates and U2 singer Bono.

[Alan Roden, "Condie, can I go to the bathroom?", The Scotsman, 15 September 2005.]

What strikes me as odd is that, when the sheet of doodles was thought to be the work of Tony Blair, it sparked a debate on the state of his mind. However, when it turned out to be the work of Bill Gates, it apparently sparked no debate whatsoever about the state of his mind.

Why is that, do you think?

Posted on September 15, 2005 at 17.21 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Raised Eyebrows Dept.

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