kay...................... don't think because you are causing us'all to ~yawn~ that you are boring us?
There's a good chance that your yawn will be contagious. In fact, before you even finish reading this, it is likely that you'll yawn at least once. Not that you're trying to bore us, but just reading about yawning will make you yawn.
Yawning doesn't always mean you are boring us.
As for why people yawn... good question. Nobody really knows why we yawn. For a while scientists believed that you yawned when there was too much carbon dioxide and not enough oxygen in your blood. Part of your brain realized this and triggered you to yawn. As your mouth stretches you inhale deeply, sending a shot of oxygen to the lungs and into the bloodstream. That theory went out the window because nobody can prove it.
The reason yawns are contagious? Power of suggestion perhaps. If you're out late with your friends after partyingl, you're probably tired. You're probably on the verge of a yawn, too, and seeing one person do it is enough to drive everyone to yawns.
Have I made you yawn yet? If I have, I hope it's not cuz you're bored, but simply by the power of suggestion.
A Few Cool Yawning Facts:
1) The average yawn lasts about six seconds.
2) 55 percent of people will yawn within five minutes of seeing someone else yawn.
3) Blind people yawn more after hearing an audio tape of people yawning.
4) Reading about yawning will make you yawn.
5) Olympic athletes often yawn before competition.
pandiculation ?.........................................
(is the act of stretching and yawning)
