One of Wilson's friends, Sheila, emailed him to say she thinks the elephants are a more deserving case than the sloths… but W is not an anteater who makes decisions lightly, nor does he yield to public opinion.
Sherlock Holmes, one of W's all-time heroes, described really intractable conundrums as 'three pipe' problems. Wilson retired to the living room, settled himself into the arm chair with a caterers' pack of Cheesy Wotsits, and announced, 'It is quite a three bag problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.'
Eventually he emerged, declaring that he had formulated a solution which would benefit both the sloths and the elephants.
I don't mind Wilson using Holmes' methods, but I'm pretty sure that he thinks of me as his Watson - good-hearted but bumbling, a sincere but dim sidekick.
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Incidentally, here's another photo of W at the RAF Museum. Just out of frame there was a security person telling Wilson to 'get out of that plane NOW!'
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