Make a house out of marshmallows and spaghetti

[dyslexiauntied]

Was asked to do this yesterday at a job/employment seminar.
Can anyone tell me why??!!

[4getmenot]

they were hungry?

[dyslexiauntied]

4get, and I was sticky!!

[welshlibranr]

probably to see how inventive you are, and maybe to see how you worked as a team, and to find out who the natural leaders of the group would be.................

[pastafreak]

Was the spaghetti cooked or uncooked?
Maybe they wanted to see how you coped with such an unusual request,and if you can think on your feet......

[NoMercy]

To see what you could do with limited resources?

[dyslexiauntied]

Welsh, in which case why did Winston Churchill not build his walls at Chartwell with the same ingredients, instead of bricks? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Greedyfly]

Team work?

[dyslexiauntied]

Greedy, in which case my team got relegated!!

[annie0000]

When we did it, one team had ben given the instructions and we had to make it the tallest we could and still standing - sometimes they make you put a book on the top to see how strong it is - all about team building, communication skills and listening.

[dyslexiauntied]

Annie, you would not have been able to put a sheet of tissue paper on the structure we built without it toppling over!! Only thing keeping it upright was the stickiness of the mallows!!

[123everton]

http://www.rowett.ac....g_towers_instruct.pdf

[dyslexiauntied]

123 let me reassure you, our attempt looked nothing like those, ah well back to the job centre!!

[brenda]

What a waste of food.

[askyourgran]

Perhaps you get points for being resourceful. In times of famine you can boil up a panful of your roof (spaghetti), and have a small airbrick made of marshmallow for dessert.

All third world countries should be given these ingredients to build with.