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philbravery

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Q: The Wrigley's test ....would your students pass?

Q.What is the Wrigley's test you ask.
A. To see if a person can walk and chew gum at the same time.
The other day we had a young Kiwi guy at work.
We were a little sus about his ability to use logic so I put two shovels against the wall and told him to take the pick.....he just stood there confused.
So i draw a circle in the dirt around him and told him to stand in the corner. .....he looked around the circle looking for the corner.
Sadly this story is 100% not made up.
Have you any similar stories you can share?

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Gave him two shovels and asked him to take the pick. No pick to take, unless he thought you said 'pic', and chose to take a photo. We frequently run into similar situations regarding innovation versus creativity with our Chinese manufacturers. There have been many times then when I thought retroactive abortions are prudent.

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Besides its challenging and logic sides, it's art and poetic. I loved reading this post.

Creativity as a challenge , real life seeking solutions. The absurd proved reasonable.

I had no idea of such test. Thanks for posting it!

Aikidan:

One of my favorites in the USA, long ago, involved having someone sit on the floor and be covered with a bed sheet. They were then told to remove everything they didn't need. Lots of naked, embarrassed participants when they finally realized (or were told), they didn't need the bed sheet.

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Was he a young guy?

philbravery:

Mid 30s . He made me feel better about my lack of intelligence

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You know you're getting older when young people are getting older.

Young people are coddled and protected as children. They expect credit just for breathing.

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