When I was thirteen or so, I first heard the expression, "That's your problem!" When I thought about it, it really bothered me that some people would look at somebody else's problem as something they wouldn't help with! I like to help other people with their problems whenever I can. (My mother was like that too.)
I have Asperger's Syndrome. Is it a problem for me? Some people say I'm on the "spectrum" of autistic disorders. I myself don't care for that view, because compared to what low-functioning autistics are dealing with, my problems look pretty small! To me it's more of a partial inconvenience.
I like logic problems. Remember the one that asks, "Who drinks water? Who owns the zebra?" (I've solved it: it's the Norwegian and the Japanese respectively.) There was one puzzle I couldn't solve involving parents who have either a son or a daughter. One of the clues was "Jane is Al's daughter," and I didn't realize that this meant that Al had a daughter instead of a son. But to my mind, the sentence doesn't mean that! ("Al's daughter is not Jane," on the other hand, would mean that.)
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