The original two jokes are in the same league as the one where the diner in a Chinese restaurant says, "Waiter, this chicken is rubbery," and the waiter says, "Thank you belly much."

I saw a cartoon years ago (in Computer Weekly, I think): a man is standing outside a door marked "Dyslexics Association"; he wears a badge (button) that says "I [picture of a carrot] NY". Took me a while to figure out.

Even politically very incorrect UK comic Bernard Manning (like Roseanne Barr, but without the charm) doesn't do jokes about disabilities; but then he can offend everyone sufficiently without.

I've never ever had a problem with letter shapes/order when reading or writing, as long as I can remember; but if my reading/writing was like my typing, [this post has already been corrected!] I'd certainly have a problem. My fingers don't do things in the order I intend them to do (hence my awful guitar playing), and I think it gives me a bit of an insight into what dyslexia is like; I can certainly tell that it's not funny.

Steve