Aside from being the definition above, it is also a sign of mutiny on a ship. The crew would sign their names on either side, and for some reason you couldn't tell who signed it. I guess something about it messed it up. But if you're ever captain of a ship and you find a signed round robin... watch your back!
Seven years late, I know, but I just looked it up. It's not that you can't tell who signed it, it's that you can't tell who the leader is. Everyone signs their names in a circle and the person/people leading the motion just sign in a random spot along the circle, that way no name stands out above the rest.
I was also trying to think of a British model who represented SUVs. Didn't know if it was a female model or a male model, but could not come up with the name. Sigh
Richard Rodgers, American composure and half the famed Rodgers & Hammerstein duo. Ralph Richardson, wonderful British actor. Rut-ro, famous quote from Scooby-Doo.
Didn't know about Rabble Rouser... I tried Rebel Rouser on a whim, to no avail. Damn you, Forrest Gump soundtrack! Also, shouldn't Relay Run work, for the baton clue?
It's also used to describe the pointless house arrest that some large school districts, which have decided to take a teacher out of the classroom while investigating disciplinary charges against him or her but still don't have enough evidence to press charges, impose on those teachers. They are required to come to District HQ to sit around for eight hours with nothing to do. Imagine being trapped at the DMV for day after day with no prospect of escape--it could have been a basis for a Twilight Zone™ episode.