Doodle Mix-Up Confuses Blair with Bill Gates

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 analyzing 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.”

But there was a problem. —Doodle Mix-Up Confuses Blair with Bill Gates (Reuters|My Way)

I’m not a big fan of handwriting analysis.

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