Dyslexics have a sense of humour

am sure mosy dyslexics have a very good sense of humour, but you wouldn't think so from the Dyslexic Foundation. NZPA reports:

Posters the New Zealand Comedy Festival have been withdrawn after sponsor Cadbury received complaints that its dig at dyslexics wasn't funny.

Posters for the festival in Wellington and Auckland reading: “10 out of 9 dyslexics prefer Crunchie” had drawn the ire of the Dyslexic Foundation, The reported.

“You certainly wouldn't make comments like that about other groups who have a disability,” foundation spokesman Guy Pope-Mayell said.

The posters were insensitive to people living with dyslexia, and misrepresented the condition as not all dyslexics transposed numbers and letters.

Cadbury had immediately withdrawn the posters from Auckland and bus stops, and apologised for any offence, company spokesman Daniel Ellis said.

One day all humour will be exterminated.

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