ragging the puck

from the dictionary of rookie (all rights reserved)
ragging the puck

some sports contests are time constrained, others are not
when a team attains the lead in a game (for instance, hockey) and is not trying to run up the score, they will "rag the puck", or play keep away and not let the other team have a chance to score
this term is mainly heard in canada, altho i personally had never heard it said until a few days ago
american football calls the practice, "running out the clock"
stalling
causing a delay by deliberately engaging in time-wasting activities

i conflated this action with the writing habits of a few general forum denizens who waste each other's, and, indeed, everyone's time

and now you know what "ragging the puck" means to me

and, for edification, vietnam produces more coffee than indonesia

@rookie54

Anyone visiting these forums has plenty of time to waste or they just don't care about wasting the time they have.

@rookie54 said
from the dictionary of rookie (all rights reserved)
ragging the puck

some sports contests are time constrained, others are not
when a team attains the lead in a game (for instance, hockey) and is not trying to run up the score, they will "rag the puck", or play keep away and not let the other team have a chance to score
this term is mainly heard in canada ...[text shortened]... "ragging the puck" means to me

and, for edification, vietnam produces more coffee than indonesia

@divegeester said
Oh dear, it’s looks as though Very Rusty has chosen to use one of his highly limited and precious alerts on this post by you.

@divegeester said
All alerted posts remain.

@very-rusty said
must have been your posts.

@very-rusty said
You seem to be the only one concerned about this