Saw this in one of my Dilbert books. This has to be one of the smartest ideas I've ever heard. Every company needs these...

To shorten business meetings, I would authorize the invention of special chairs that heat up ten degrees for every minute the occupant talks. If you can make your point in one minute, you can get a nicely warmed chair. But if you ramble on for forty minutes, you'll burst into flames to the delight and applause of the other attendees. - Scott Adams