Why dubya "bathroom" photo is real :-)

[sabra]

hat tip: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1781602&mesg_id=1781837

'Excuse me Condi , can I go to the bathroom?'
Times Online, UK

Photo Captures President Asking Permission To Go To Bathroom
TheDenverChannel.com, CO

Condie, can I go to the bathroom?
Scotsman, United Kingdom

Reuters Photog Captures Bush at UN Writing Note About 'Bathroom ...
Editor & Publisher

and even...

President Bush's 'Toilet Note', and Other UN Oddities
NewsMax.com, FL

[LSK]

1. for a second there I thought I was in the lounge

;-)

[Coexist]

2. Okay - I believe you! eom

[Sanity Claws]

3. Actually it kind of proves that the note is a fake

The "I" in the bathroom note is different. It is like a printed "I" in two places. The "I" in the other note is different.

[Beetwasher]

6. Huh?

Like a printed "I"??? What are you talking about? It's obviously handwritten.

[chalky]

7. Huh? There are two types of "I's" in the undisputed note as well.

see #1 & #5 on the sample.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

9. both notes have two different forms of "I"

and each form is identical in style in both notes.

[Walt Starr]

11. It demonstrates his consistent inconsistencies in writing

In both notes, he prints AND uses cursive.

In both notes, he randomly utilizes capital letters and lower case letters.

IIRC, this is also indicative of some mental issue, although I cannot recall what it is.

[Beetwasher]

13. Schizophrenia?

:shrug:

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. Nah, I do that when I'm writing.

I'm lazy and have a combination of script and printing. I'll use both in the same note as well. You do not know how heinous sharing that trait with GWB makes me feel. Ew, off to shower!

[Beetwasher]

18. LOL!

Are you SURE You're NOT schizophrenic? How do you know? (Just kidding!) ;-)

[Pacifist Patriot]

25. Don't worry. The voices in my head say I'm not.

[Zynx]

21. I sometimes randomly capitalize stuff in informal writings.

I Don't seE WHat tHe bIg deAl iS wItH THat.

[KnaveRupe]

22. Same here.

I'm going to have to rededicate myself to my cursive penmanship. I hate the thought that I have that in common with Chimpy.

Unfortunately for me, I also share his last name. :(

And, yes, it does suck as much as you'd expect. Luckily, I'm no relation whatsoever, a fact for which I am eternally thankful.

[Pacifist Patriot]

26. You have my condolences.

[uncle ray]

16. actually, the "I's" are consistent

he uses a block capital I when talking about Himself, and a cursive capital otherwise.

i'm kinda surprised he doesn't talk about himself in third person.

[defiant1]

27. Actually the block capital only refers to Michigan....

in the first letter, and it's cursive for the all the times he refers to himself.

I don't buy it.

Since in the bathroom note, he writes out the 2 block capitol Is in the first sentence, and then for some reason swtiches to cursive for Is this possible.

At first I thought he wrote it out block so Condi could read it, but that doesn't explain the second sentence.

My skeptic sense is tingling....

*edited for spelling*

[tridim]

28. Arrogance and narcissism

Me Me Me Me! I I I I! It looks like he uses a big, bold 'I' when he's referring to himself.

[patrice]

17. You're assuming no one ever changes how they write.

Not true.

[patrice]

19. Whether script or printing, note the similarities between

the printed I in both notes, and the similarities between the script I in both notes. It is the same hand.

[RaleighNCDUer]

23. Look closer.

He uses the block I and the cursive I in both notes, interchangeably.

Also, is it common to condense 'with' as '/w'? I have always written it 'w/'. Am I the one that's a moron?

[electropop]

29. Each note uses both forms of "I"

I wondered too. Now that we've established that even vampires have to take a leak sometimes, can we get on with the business of saving our country?

[FourStarDemocrat]

31. Not true, look at example #5, the printed "I". It's the same. n/t

[me b zola]

4. Thank you n/t

[Beetwasher]

5. Yup, That's Pretty Good Evidence that it's His Handwriting!

:thumbsup:

[Zynx]

8. Why does he alternate his handwriting?

Is there something wrong with him mentally? Oh wait. I answered my own question.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

10. i thought everybody did that. I certainly do.

that's not to say that there's nothing wrong with mentally, which there certainly is;) but ya know.

[Pacifist Patriot]

15. I owned up to it too.

I see it alot! There are plenty of other traits that point to his mental instability without grasping at that one.

[Zynx]

20. I never change the way I write.

I go between printing and messier printing. ;-) I never really learned how to write any other way because my teachers never demanded that I did.

[sabra]

12. BBC just reported on it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249646.stm

Bush 'caught short' at UN summit

It's a situation anyone could find themselves in - having to answer the call of nature in the middle of an important meeting.
But when you are the US president, at a gathering of more than 150 world leaders, it is even more tricky.

While talk at the UN world summit was focused on terrorism and internal reform, George W Bush appeared to have been caught short.

And, he is said to have turned to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for advice.

"I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?" a Reuters news agency photographer caught him writing in a note to Ms Rice.

[alarcojon]

24. Lounge worthy indeed

Where are CBS's handwriting experts when you need them?

[kskiska]

30. But even more important, once he got to the bathroom at the UN,

what did he write on the wall?

[Virginian]

32. I still don't think he had to go. I think he wanted to use it as an excus

to ditch the rest of the meeting in which he wasn't center stage.

I think that was why he put a question mark after bathroom break when he wasn't asking a question. I think he wanted to know if he could use that as an excuse.

Has there been any comment from the WH? Are they letting it stand at face value?

[Sanity Claws]

33. I agree with your take

There is a photo of him smirking and putting up his hand, like a little boy who wanted to be excused.
He's so full of himself that he just didn't want to sit and listen to anyone else.