Show 0 0 my W we e do DO 0 by hy al K H THOMSON ph D 0 WHY WE STALL E everyone knows what it la is to L stall NN V e do ft it at times because we h hate ate to give lo 10 and admit defeat or else we are putting off the evil moment me 1 t in the h hope ope of finding a wa way y out of the difficulty without admitting defeat also we are sometimes caught unawares and are so flabbergasted that we do not know what else to do but to hem and haw we stall in or der to catch our breath to regain oar our poise A recent writer refers to the following passage PaIR sage in Prop lury an ancient greek author who Is describing a religious ceremony called ox mur murder der they choose some girls as water carriers who bring water for sharpening ax and knife when the ax has been sharpened one hands it another hits the ox another slaughters him others flay him and all till partake of him A trial Is held about the murder and each person passes the blame for the deed to another the water carriers accuse those who sharpened tha the knife the sharpeners sharp eners blame those who handled it he be pisses on the guilt to him who struck the striker blames the slauO slaughterer the slaughterer blimes the knife itself and the knife as it cannot answer Is found guilty and Is thrown into the sea this shows that stalling and pass ing the bock buck are ancient pastimes pastimes we coin coln new words and phrases hut but the human motives of conduct do not change precept ably in the course of a few thousand years there are any tiny number of ways to etall stall and various occasions for doing so bu the chief r purpose Is always the same we wel stall in paying a dinner check in the hope that we can out fumble our friend in pulling out the coin coln and paying the bill lne e stall in order to save ourselves from ridicule loss lom punishment pain it Is a way of tiding over an awkward situation in the hope of coming out at the ton loarf end of the deal A by mcclure newspaper syndicate |