Share your hyperfixations with me :)

There are lots of Lego fans on the forum, it appears. Can anybody tell me why it appeals to many autists? Me, I would get flustered because I know I'd struggle to construct anything.

Simon, you don't know what you're missing out on. One of the first things I bought my son when he was old was Lego. Why? So that Mummy could play with it after he had gone to bed. 

I am inclined to think that you are possibly exaggerating and would be perfectly capable of constructing something. Granted, you might not be able to state what it is that you have constructed, just that you have constructed something.  Back in my Lego-playing days, I often had no idea what it was that I was constructing, although that may have more to do with the fact that there was never enough Lego or the right kind of Lego pieces for me to complete my construction. 

Simon, you don't know what you're missing out on. One of the first things I bought my son when he was old was Lego. Why? So that Mummy could play with it after he had gone to bed. 

I am inclined to think that you are possibly exaggerating and would be perfectly capable of constructing something. Granted, you might not be able to state what it is that you have constructed, just that you have constructed something.  Back in my Lego-playing days, I often had no idea what it was that I was constructing, although that may have more to do with the fact that there was never enough Lego or the right kind of Lego pieces for me to complete my construction. 

TVAM Showed the Sixties Batman episodes, around 1987-88. And Popeye; beforehand.

I remember that too! Around 1980 I think. There must have been a run of Saturday morning repeats, like how they'd show The Monkees or whatever

He's younger than that now, to misquote Dylan

I love that 'when he was old' 

I remembered the Rave Remix of the Banana Splits. Near the end of 1992.

Sporadic Sparkly said:

The Banana Splits was broadcast in the UK from 1969 to 1971, but that surely cannot be right as that was before my time...

Even *I* noticed this subtle dig at my age! I'll be over-writing more paragraphs to the high-priced lawyers I found asleep in a chip shop queue about this latest outrage! 

Thank you for making it clear that it wasn't the lawyers I had blown my nose on and thrown in the bin, because I think that is something even I would have found hard to forget. If you are able to engage in small talk about double glazing whilst also asking me if I remember The Banana Splits, then I am mightily impressed, and also rather alarmed. Regrettably, I have yet to master the ability to have two conversations simultaneously. 

The Banana Splits was broadcast in the UK from 1969 to 1971, but that surely cannot be right as that was before my time... and yet I remember the Tra La La theme song and watching it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoIjhbzPtg

My lawyers wrote to you, sending cease and desist letters; you blew your nose in them and bunged them in the bin (the letters, not the lawyers). Unless you immediately halt this campaign against Lego atheists like me, I shall be forced to threaten you with more small talk about double glazing while asking if you remember The Banana Splits. Anyway, the Lego Witch Trials you organised outside the remains of my house were the last straw.

Whilst it's flattering to be told I "always" make you laugh (nice to know I have my uses), you can think again if you're expecting me to come to your rescue and rebuild your home... unless it's made of Lego.

You always make me laugh. In fact, my DIY house has just fallen down, due to the laughter.

If it makes you feel any better, I never progressed beyond buying basic Lego... Partly due to looking at the cost and refusing to pay what seemed like an eye-watering extortionate amount of money. 

Apologies for adding to your distress and causing you to feel persecuted. Not making any promises, but I will TRY not to do it again. Am now going to sit on the naughty step and feel suitably ashamed.

Help! I'm being persecuted for being a Lego heretic!

I think I've got mixed up - I've taken almost zero interest in Lego since I was quite young. Nowadays, the only time I vaguely notice Lego - in adverts - the ads feature complex-looking models (a bit like that Falcon ship from Star Wars, or the Lego Titanic which Luna & Shardovan discussed on here). So I assumed that Lego is pretty much for near-experts these days. That type of thing is out of the question for me, seeing as I couldn't even finish making model aircraft when I was a kid.

In any case, it's not really a matter of easiness or difficulty; my main problem is a disorganised mind.

OK, but I still reckon that even you would be able to place one Lego brick on top of another, even if you do consider yourself hopeless at the likes of DIY.

Note to self: Abandon all plans for a future discussion with Simon about the contents of my DIY toolbag. 

'One of the first things I bought my son when he was old was Lego. Why? So that Mummy could play with it after he had gone to bed.'

'I am inclined to think that you are possibly exaggerating'

I just haven't explained myself clearly, as usual. I should have written that it's my lack of practical ability (in everything from school woodwork/metalwork lessons to current-day home DIY stuff & so much more) that makes me nervous - when I mention, as I often do, that writing is my only ability, I literally mean it.