You Might be an Aspie if...

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"...you take apart computers or other electronics for fun. 10 additional points if you started doing this before you were five years old. "

Me?!?!?! Never.. not as if i was known as a kid to take apart every single machine-type thing within reach... power tools... umm yeah. ok going to leave now and go back to work (taking apart computers and putting them back together again). Like I said... definitely not me...

Even though its been ten years, you can't still can't figure out why your friend got mad at you when you called to ask if he thought you should be new shoes for next months concert. After all, he couldn't possibly have been upset at the fact that you called at 3 am wednesday night, because he had previoiusly told you to feel free to call him any time, day or night, when you had a problem

... you were given a class project to design a machine or manufacturing plant (like a chocolate factory) and yours has to work. Bonus points for building it and it working.

...you're one of 50 naked people in a room, and you notice the unique wallpaper.

...you continue to double-space after the end of each sentence even though the BBCode automatically changes it back to a single space. Extra points if you correct yourself when you accidentally type a single space.

..You asked a girl at school what that shiny stuff they carried around was.

What was the shiny stuff? (I am a bit clueless)...

You know you're an aspie when you spent every break and lunch time working in the school library and organized all of your books at home into Dewey Decimal order.

You know you're an aspie when you always get picked for sports last!

Oh wow. I just spent literally hours reading this whole entire thread. Along the way I also looked at every single xkcd cartoon/drawing, played on Boohbah, and thought more about prime numbers than I have in years. I do/have SO many of these exact behaviors/traits, and I take great comfort in the fact that I'm not alone. So thank you all very much.

...You just told the funniest joke you've ever heard, and you were the only one who understood it.

You may suffer from Asperger's syndrome if

-the phrase "extroverted introvert" would describe you. (found this in an essay by 11th grader Scott Goldfarb on autism speaks but have thought it many times about myself before reading it)

-rather than seeking diagnosis immediately you continue to collect information about Asperger's just to be sure your not going to be wrong, even though you are yet to disprove the idea and are struggling to find anything you don't already know about it.

-if you would prefer to ignore convention because the only reason it exists is itself and that isn't a good enough reason for you to follow it, but go along with it because you have learned others find you rude when you do, or even punish you if they have enough perceived authority.

-if you didn't realise there were unwritten social rules until they were written down for you, (told about them to be honest but that sounded better)

-you write and add commas later hoping they will fit.

-you force yourself to post something rather than check if its already been said as that would mean re-reading the whole thread and its getting to the time in the morning when you actually start to feel tired.