why is yawning contagious?

[essjayisback]

ive just yawned at work, and then about 3 other people around me yawned.

anybody have any insight into this rather bizzare matter?

[Nemo]

holy shit, i yawned reading this post. not even the internets can stop the power of the yawn.

[phil]

It's contagious because its the longest reigning fad in existance. It's been around since the first humans appeared.

[CS]

So's blinking, your point?

[Aero]

its supposedly because your brain sees it as an opertunity to fit in by sharing in a group activity. this suggests that we might as well all conform now as even our own brains are against us, this goes double for emo fags and such the like.

[Big Bizang]

Fuck you CS, now I've become aware of my own blinking! I hate it when that happens. And now all of you reading this are too!

[Legendeath]

-5 Bizang's for CS.

[CS]

That's 25 Bizangs that I've had given and taken away in the past 24 hours, I must be on some kind of roll.

[The Don]

I say only old school members (Sal, Ming, Jitz, Iain, Myself and so on) should be allowed to give/take Bizangs.

+25 Bizangs to CS for keeping track.

-5 Bizangs to legendeath for being a douche.

[CS]

What about Big Bizang, didn't he like come up with the idea?

[Fozy]

+25 bizangs to bizang and any bizangs to me? I'm cool, right guys? I'm drunk and everything yet I still type very good!

[The Don]

+1 pity Bizang to Iain.

[Fozy]

Thanks, any more? I'm 1 up !

[Big Bizang]

I can't believe you're trying to take something with my name on it away from me. It was Jitz that came up with it after I stated how shit a 'karma' system would be.

I wish I'd kept a tally of how many bizangs we each had. I had one in my mind for Jitz, Thom and I but I lost count.

[Joe =/]

-8,000,000 bizangs from Don for being a fag and missing me out of his list. Who are you to make an old school list, you aren't OLD OLD SCHOOL, FUCKING DAMNIT, FUCK YOU. >:

[Fozy]

({)

[CanaMatt]

Yawning is contagious because it reminds your body that its getting a bit tired, and that sucking in all that fresh air from a yawn would be real good.

[phil]

Indeed, CanaMatt.

[FlashYorkHunt]

Iain if u can still type good then ur not DRUNK ENOUGH!!!!!SO GET ANOTHER 6 PACK AND GUSSLE IT DOWN!!!

Edited January 13, 2008 by D3stroy3r

[CS]

Die, just fucking go die.

[Fozy]

I wasn't drinking tonight. Sorry to let you all down. In fact, just for all of your enjoyment, I'll dedicate a night next week to alcohol and ST just to see me advance in my drunken state and STILL type very fucking well. Gramatically correct and everything, just obviously talking shite though.

I'm on a high tonight, I dunno why. I am talking to CS and not getting agitated.

[CS]

I know it's weird isn't it, truthfully I was just trying to keep up.