Favourite autistic sauvant

[Sue Sanders]

Following the Jeremy Vine show today featuring the bloke who knows Pi to 22,000 places I got thinking about my favourite autstic sauvant. So here's a poll

[Jason Larsen]

That's an appropriate question for me!

I would say Bill Gates, and something tells me he would love to have dinner with Rachel Riley!

[JackHurst]

Hansford.

[Ian Volante]

Are there any autistic savants with rude Tourette's?

It was a F-F-Friday. WHORE!*cough* BASTARD!*cough*

[Ben Hunter]

Never heard of him, but for me it has to be 'the bloke who says "it is a Wednesday"'.

[Peter Mabey]

I'll nominate Gary McKinnon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon

[Ian Volante]

I'll nominate Gary McKinnon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon

Bit of a difference between Asperger's and savantism!

[Peter Mabey]

I'll nominate Gary McKinnon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon

Bit of a difference between Asperger's and savantism!

I was thinking of his hacking skill as evidence of savantism.

I wondered whether Einstein would be mentioned, but the evidence for his autism is really much too weak.

[Charlie Reams]

I was thinking of his hacking skill as evidence of savantism.

He isn't a skilled hacker by any stretch of the imagination, he just went looking for empty passwords, and happened to be in the right place at the right time.

[Gavin Chipper]

Just looking through old threads - I take it you all know Kim Peek died in December?

[Jimmy Gough]

Just looking through old threads - I take it you all know Kim Peek died in December?

Damn :'(

[Jason Larsen]

Who is Kim Peek?

[Michael Wallace]

I keep misreading the title of this as "Favourite autistic servant".

[Marc Meakin]

Who is Kim Peek?

Google?

[Jason Larsen]

Awww. The guy who inspired Rain Man? That's sad!

And I thought all of you British people had never heard of Dustin Hoffman!

[Lesley Hines]

And I thought all of you British people had never heard of Dustin Hoffman!

Why?

I remember seeing him doing an awesome Shylock to Geraldine James's Portia at the Phoenix nearly 20 years ago (gosh...). Besides, while I realise that The Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Tootsie, Midnight Cowboy, Straw Dogs, Papillon, Sleepers, Meet the Fockers, Hook (there's loads more but heck...) aren't always to everyone's taste (because some people are wrong - NB not Hook ), he's been in The Simpsons!

[Jason Larsen]

So he has been in the UK before!

[Marc Meakin]

So he has been in the UK before!

Google?

[Kirk Bevins]

I just watched a 5 part programme on youtube about Kim Peek. Thanks Gevin. I'd never heard of him before. Incredible watch.

[Alec Rivers]

I just watched a 44-part programme on YouTube about Kirk Bevins. Incredible watch.

[Jon Corby]

I've just watched a two-part documentary on YouTube about the Casio CA-53W-1Z. Incredible watch.

[Alec Rivers]

I've just watched a two-part documentary on YouTube about the Casio CA-53W-1Z. Incredible watch.

[Jason Larsen]

I wonder how many hamburgers Bill Gates has eaten is his lifetime.

[Ian Volante]

I wonder how many hamburgers Bill Gates has eaten is his lifetime.

That's me convinced, Jason is playing an elaborate joke on us all.

[Oliver Garner]

You're kidding, Ian.

[Jason Larsen]

Kim Peek died of a heart attack and Bill Gates is just as smart as he was.

If you eat too many hamburgers, you just might die of a heart attack!