Stupid Time Wasters: The Appleby* Method - Take a short, well-known quote and rephrase it into the most verbose form you can think of.
Example: "Based on my most recent observations, it is my decided opinion that in order to fulfill the stated goal of our expedition, our team will require the use of a much larger conveyance as the base of our operation." = "We're gonna need a bigger boat."
* Named after Sir Humphrey Appleby.....
Sir Humphrey Appleby: The identity of the official whose alleged responsibility for this hypothetical oversight has been the subject of recent discussion is not shrouded in quite such impenetrable obscurity as certain previous disclosures may have led you to assume, but, not to put too fine a point on it, the individual in question is, it may surprise you to learn, one whom your present interlocutor is in the habit of defining by means of the perpendicular pronoun.
James Hacker: I beg your pardon?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: It was... I.
"Yes, Minister: The Skeleton in the Cupboard" S03E03