“When a sheet of paper covered in doodles was found on Tony Blair’s desk at the Davos World Economic Forum, handwriting experts delighted in analysing it, concluding the Prime Minister was stressed and under pressure. Experts who examined the tangle of boxes, circles, loops and notes on debt and trade variously described Blair as ‘struggling to concentrate’ or ‘not a natural leader’ and ‘stressed and tense,'” Reuters reports.
“But there was a problem. The doodles, it later transpired, were nothing to do with Blair but were the work of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who shared a table with Blair at the summit,” Reuters reports. Full article here.
Terry Kirby reports on other interpretations of Gate’s doodles for The Independent, “He is full of nervous energy but likes to keep things firmly in their own compartments and, while aiming high, is struggling to maintain control in a confusing world full of major problems… [the doodle] suggests things are in danger of getting out of control.”
MacDailyNews Exclusive: MacDailyNews has obtained an exclusive scan of Gates’ doodles. How they ever could have been mistaken for Blair’s is beyond us. See for yourself here.
what a loser
People who doodle are not losers. Only people that call people losers are losers.
funny
Magic word “once”
as in
Dont hang me on a hook Johnny. My mother hung me on a hook once. ONCE!
MDN: Great graphic. That was H I L A R I O U S !!!
LOFL! I love the doodle. What an amazing exclusive for MDN!
The magic word for this post is “deep”, as in Microsoft is in deep, deep denial…
HAHA..Thats some funny sh!t…
This is one of the articles that was written when the ‘experts’ thought the doodles were Tony Blair’s instead of Bill Gates’s
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=605702
Think of Longhorn when you read what the analysts say and have a jolly good laugh.
love the doodle. kind of looks like M$’s code – messy.
very cheeky indeed
BBC has some better quotes from the press. My favorites:
“[…] struggling to keep control of a confusing world […]”
“[…] an unstable man who is feeling under enormous pressure […]”
Fun! Fodder for ages and ages…
Gates was NEVER a leader. Nobody EVER saw that geek as any sort of leader. He was simply the B+ student that was able to copy others’ work and run to the patent office faster. That’s it! Once he had enough money, he bought others’ work (via buying up their company) so he didn’t have to run so fast.
Leader? Never was. Never will be. Longhorn is proof!
The original article in The Times said that the handwriting demonstrated “megalomania”
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I loved the graphic! Gives a new meaning to LOL!
Thanks MDN, I needed that.
Very funny graphic!
Ha Ha Ha! Good one Buffy, you fargin’ icehole!! Gates is a lousey corksucker.
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“full of nervous energy but likes to keep things firmly in their own compartments and, while aiming high, is struggling to maintain control in a confusing world full of major problems… [the doodle] suggests things are in danger of getting out of control.”
This is really on target, and goes to show that the handwriting experts are not quacks. This would pretty much explain anyone who has Aspergers Syndrome, a form of High-Functioning Autism, which many people believe Bill Gates has.
Not really a big surprise that Gates would be like this.
Go Apple!
And the world runs on microsoft PC’s. Scary.
that was totally kik ass! ROFL on and on
Is that picture for real? Seriously. Is it?
If so…*dies laughing*
You guys nees help
i take full repsonsility for the article – i sent it to MDN as soon as it broke. i actually got a scoop!
magic word – reaction. bill gates REACTION to apple’s resurgance is telling (see doodle)!
BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (maniacal laugh)
I wonder what analysts would conclude after studying NoMacForYou’s doodles?
“Stuggles to be accepted, lost touch with reality, misunderstood…”
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Brought to you by the word “south”. “The south lost the war, get over it!”
… and what does his horoscope say? Perhaps we should send someone out to Redmond to feel the bumps on Bill’s head to tell his future.
Buncha quacks…
Scary to think Gates is the calm, collected one. I wonder what Ballmer’s writing (monkey doodle?) looks like!!!