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How to waste time

A true definition of a committee is a group of people who save minutes but waste hours
The Times
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Sir, When I retired I was involved with 22 committees, boards and working parties. Whatever their size, they all conformed to the true definition of a committee, namely a group of people who save minutes, but waste hours.

Professor John Murrell, MBE,
Emeritus Fellow,
Homerton College, Cambridge