Council bans brainstorming

July 18, 2008 6:45 pm

From The Telegraph (and many others)

Meaningless jargon and trendy buzzwords should be banned from town halls, it was claimed, after one council introduced the term “thought showers” to replace “brainstorming”.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent ordered the change because they feared epilepsy sufferers may be offended by the term used to describe idea-generating sessions.

But charities representing epileptics said the ban was taking political correctness too far.

Once again, The Now Show have it nicely covered:

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