You might be an Aspie if...........

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---your hobby is dog watching...not unlike bird watching...you keep

track of all the breeds you have seen in real life, like: " Guess what? I

saw a Keeshond today!! "

....if you think an old fashioned egg beater is a very cool toy.

....the word " Hallmark " makes you think " When you care

enough to send the very best " , and you can remember tons of those kinds of

" ad " lines and you use them in everyday speech.

....one of your instinctive reactions is, " I didn't do anything

wrong! " .

....your teacher says, " Do such and such " , and you can't do it

until you know " why " , because you are not going to waste your time on

doing something that doesn't make sense.

....you find yourself using phrases that you are pretty sure are playing

directly from audio tape in your head.

....if you cook home cooked dog food for your dog, which recipe is based

on the latest in dog nutrition, but you frequently have coffee and pie for

breakfast and go days without eating a proper meal with vegetables.

....you have more than once gone out into public with socks that don't

match.

…you go into a tizzy because a family member who ought to know

better gives as a birthday present something you already have.

…after many lectures from your father that it's important for a

man to " bring home the bacon, " you blow your first paycheck on bacon,

and can't get it when Dad blows his top as you cart your load into the kitchen.

.... you go to the vets, and he asks if your cat goes outside, and you

say, 'sure, sometimes' because you think, the balcony counts as outsides.

But what he meant was, if she is n the streets and in the bushes where she

might be infected with rabies or other diseases

.... you find a raven's feather on your lunch break and play with it all

the time in class, and get scolded for not behaving 'normally'

....you get asked " if we could talk about something different "

when you rattle on on one of your interests and you nod and start on another

interest of yours.

....your get told not to step on someone's toes at work so you start

looking at the floor while you walk because you took it literally.

....you keep bumping into people but the only time you actually remember

to apologize is when you bump into a tree.

....someone wants to get past you and says " excuse me " and you

reply " sure " without moving a bit.

....someone asks you for directions but because you can't remember

street names you reply with hits such as " second chewing gum machine

right, then left at the yellow fence the dogs use as marker... "

....your aunt had an accident while she was out with the dog, and you

ask if the dog is alright.

....you get told the juice is all gone when you are about to go

shopping, but you don't buy new one because you did not explicitly get told to.

....you constantly forget taking the trash out even if you walk past it

all the time because it isn't on your mental agenda of things to do.

...if you spend hours trying to figure out how someone could find a

meaning in your words that was not there

....if your brain decides to take a leave when ever you are asked to do

an unpleasant task.

....you collect stuffed K-9’s and have more than 300 and know the

names of all of them (and their personalities) but you still mix up your

relatives.

....you tell your friends the same stories all over because you can't

remember having told them before.

.....you sit around trying to decide what to do today, and by the time

you are done deciding the day is over.

....you understand a certain figure of speech because it was explained

to you, but you still wonder what idiot could come up with something like that.

....you follow rules to the letter - but only if they make sense to you.

…..Someone asks you how you are and you give an honest answer

about what a rotten day you had and go on for 5 minutes about it. Then they get

insulted or bored and you get confused 'cause after all, they DID ask

…………You have a stuffed animal collection and

have to take one with you when you travel to keep you company.

………….you need a sedative when you go to an

ice-cream parlor with more than two flavors.

……You go outside and are instantly mobbed by animals,

because animals always love you. They sense something different about you

and that makes them feel safe and happy.

……..You can read animals better than you can read humans.

…………if " that’s just the way it is

.... " does not compute...

………..You

can remember the exact date The Flintstones premiered (Oct. 1, 1960) and the

name and production number of the first episode (P-1, " The Swimming

Pool " ) but completely forgot about the now-congealed tuna casserole that's

been sitting in your microwave for three days...

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