Creativity at work

Creating hypotheses for unlikely situations

“One evening when I was on the bus there were two men sitting near me. I saw that one of the men was wearing white socks and the other was wearing black socks but then they suddenly took off one of their shoes and exchanged one of their socks so they got off the bus both wearing one white sock and one black sock.”

Possible answers:  

 ü  They might be going to a party where they have to wear black and white clothes.

 ü  They could be brothers who have done this just to catch some attention.

 ü  They could be complete strangers who have done this in order to have some fun.

 ü  They might live in a country where there was a special day on which they need to wear black and white clothing.

 ü  There might be a strange tradition where if they meet someone who was wearing black socks and the other person was wearing white ones, they have to exchange them.

 ü  They must have done this in order to do as they had bet before.
      



   Julieta (17), Nicolás (16)