# Link between these people? What do they all have in common? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171 "2010-11-10T14:47:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/21 "2010-11-10T21:56:33Z")
None of them ever flew an airplane off a treadmill. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/22 "2010-11-10T22:01:01Z")
They’re made out of meat. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/23 "2010-11-10T22:28:47Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Ha, this is easy: they all have 14 K of G in a F P D! 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 Winner! ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/24 "2010-11-11T07:36:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > What the heck is “hank stew”, and what does it have to do with anything? Don’t have a clue. Like I said…cryptic. > [@Quartz](#): > > > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > > > Ha, this is easy: they all have 14 K of G in a F P D! > > 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 > > Winner! 😕 😕 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/25 "2010-11-11T07:46:32Z")
They have ALL been in my kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/26 "2010-11-11T07:56:16Z")
They all had false teeth? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/27 "2010-11-11T18:40:12Z")
Seeing as we seem to be throwing random guesses around: they are all thought to have been dyslexic? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/28 "2010-11-11T22:31:00Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > [Quote=ShibbOleth] > > Ha, this is easy: they all have 14 K of G in a F P D! > [@](#): > > 😕 😕 😕 [/quote] It’s a reference to [this epic thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398132&highlight=full+ptolemaic+dynasty) ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/29 "2010-11-11T22:46:31Z")
Were they all drop outs? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/30 "2010-11-11T22:51:16Z")
Bilateral symmetry? ---
**Author:** ![MatthewGerlach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MatthewGerlach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MatthewGerlach)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/31 "2010-11-12T02:22:03Z")
Thank you for helping. I’ve done some thorough research and concluded that: Yes, as stated above, they are all dyslexic. The puzzle was used as part of the corporate culture of Walt Disney’s company. Walt Disney was also dyslexic. Additionally, an extract form the Dyslexia Foundation of New Zealand states that “[…] they have the ability to perceive the world from different perspectives; to think outside of the square.” Therefore, that’s how the clue fits in with the people. Thanks for all the help. To moderators, this post can be locked/deleted if you think it necessary. Matthew. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/32 "2010-11-12T06:59:51Z")
That’s weird, I was going to- but thought better of it - post a spoof list, with the most random people in it I could think of in it, e.g. Attilla the Hun, Cher, Tycho Brahe, Kanye West - and one of the first spoof names I chose was Walt Disney. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/33 "2010-11-14T08:38:25Z")
Question. Do we know that all these people were dyslexic? Were they all tested and diagnosed with dyslexia? A lot of times, you see, “Famous genius had condition X”, without any sort of documentation, and it seems a lot like wishful thinking to me. ---
**Author:** ![MatthewGerlach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MatthewGerlach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MatthewGerlach)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/34 "2010-11-17T01:57:34Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Question. Do we know that all these people were dyslexic? Were they all tested and diagnosed with dyslexia? A lot of times, you see, “Famous genius had condition X”, without any sort of documentation, and it seems a lot like wishful thinking to me. To be honest, I’m not quite sure. This puzzle was devised by a teacher in my school. I knew of Napoleon & Einstein & Steve Jobs being supposedly dyslexic - and suspected the same was applicable to the rest - but I never got to look into it until Dead Cat said so. But no, I don’t think that they were all professionally diagnosed. I agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/35 "2010-11-17T17:28:57Z")
Wow, I think this may be the first time I have been the first poster to correctly answer an SDMB thread (even if it was a bit of a guess - like the OP, I had heard of Einstein and Churchill supposedly being dyslexic, but wasn’t sure about the others - it seemed to fit, though). As for diagnosis, I was under the impression that dyslexia itself was only recognised as a disorder fairly recently (like within the last 20-30 years), so I doubt any of these people was ever formally diagnosed at the time - more like it is people looking at their life afterwards and mixing in a touch of speculation. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/36 "2010-11-17T19:35:10Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Bilateral symmetry? Trickster fan? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171/37 "2010-11-17T22:47:07Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Trickster fan? Snot the case at all. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-between-these-people-what-do-they-all-have-in-common/560171.md?page=1)