Speaking as a resident of France, the fact that he was a French civil servant was not lost of me :-)

John.

I was lost though on how they decided to do a MRI scan of his skull while the man complained of weakness in his leg.

Extremity weakness is a common side effect of strokes.

I TOTALLY thought this was going to be about Steve Ballmer. But then I realized that he's not really living a normal life.

I was going to make a comment about how he might be well-suited for a career in politics. But, I won't.

The man is a Windows user.

What's the difference?