Do you think Rose Nylund from THE GOLDEN GIRLS would be considered an Aspie?

For one, she's very literal, e.g. DOROTHY: (entering the house, shaking off her drenched raincoat) "Whew! It's really coming down!" ROSE: "What's coming down?" DOROTHY: "The Liberace marquee at Caesar's Palace!" Also, DOROTHY: "I single-handedly ruined a man's life." ROSE: "Which hand?" DOROTHY: "This hand!"

She has problems with inference and abstraction, e.g. BLANCHE: "[My sister] asked me for a kidney?" ROSE: "Why would she need a kidney?" DOROTHY: "To feed the cat, Rose!" Also, BLANCHE: "Have you ever head of something called 'dirty dancing'?" DOROTHY: Of course, Blanche, they did it in that movie. ROSE: "What movie?" DOROTHY: "Lawrence of Arabia, Rose!"

She can be infantile: Loves stuffed animals, e.g. owns teddy bears named Fernando and Mr. Longfellow and gets depressed for days when Fernando 'disappears' and almost has a fit when the others nearly sell Longfellow at the garage sale. Furthermore, she loves to play under the bed and re-enact PETER PAN scenes in her bedroom and celebrate birthdays at children-themed restaurant chains.

She talks a lot about a favorite subject, e.g. St. Olaf stories, and is oblivious to other people's protests regarding said stories.

She doesn't understand sarcasm, e.g. DOROTHY: "Do you think it's gonna be that easy getting rid of me?" ROSE: (about to answer) DOROTHY: "It's a rhetorical question, Rose."

She can be tenacious, e.g. when Roger from work doens't want to be friends, she doesn't understand why or won't accept it and goes out of her way to befriend him to disastrous results.

She can be honest to a fault and stickler about rules, e.g. when the girls go grocery shopping for the first time, Rose keeps pointing out the correct price to the cashier who'd put it in wrong, which annoys the other girls. Also, when BLanche wanted to install a hot tub without a permit, Rose called the city inspector on her.