[memasa (OP)]

I have a friend who thinks she is yawning "too" often. [] What are the physiological reasons behind that?

[chris]

She's tired.

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[chris]

Seriously though, how many other people felt the intense desire to yawn when they read memasa's post ? It's certainly infectious.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[neilep]

*yawn*...what day is it ?........

Perhaps your friend Memasa is subconsciously in training for somemthing that requires her oral cavity to be open wide and often ![]

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[memasa (OP)]

Ok, maybe I'm just being boring... It is certainly infectious, yes. Maybe it's more a behaviORAL thing than anything else, is it? Also, it might naturally be connected to oxygen uptake, or the (relative) lack of it...

[neilep]

....actually...I was genuinely tired...always am during the day !!....I know we have discussed yawning here before but in the meantime check out this site of animal yawns...scroll down to enter the site.

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[memasa (OP)]

...And here's another link: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/yawning.html

*yawn*

[memasa (OP)]

Today I realized that whenever I'm interviewing an applicant for a job I seem to be yawning more than usual.
I doubt the applicants even notice this because they don't even know me. And I think that my yawning probably isn't so common that it bothers the interviewee. And it certainly is not caused by me being tired or bored.
My experience just seems to prove the "stretching" theory and/or the evolutionary theory right.

Any other opinions?

[neilep]

....actually..(again !)..we have discussed yawining before...I'll seaka it out and post the link here.....I think it might have been one of my questions.....

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[neilep]

...well.. I don't know if these will help but it may make you yawn even more when you read them:[]

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=645

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=254

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1512

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[memasa (OP)]

Hey! Thanks, Neil!

Something makes me hope it's something... s... I can't say it... *giggle* ..."too" shy... *giggle*

[neilep]

quote:Originally posted by memasa

Hey! Thanks, Neil!

Something makes me hope it's something... s... I can't say it... *giggle* ..."too" shy... *giggle*

Oh go on !..you can say what it is !..it's only you and me here ![]

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[memasa (OP)]

...Sincerely, I don't like the new topic.

If she kicks my a*s, you'll be the first to know. [] According to my latest knowledge she's not a sheep, unless someone just shot her with a sheepanator.