# sad yawns **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 1999, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714 "1999-06-29T04:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 1999, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/1 "1999-06-29T04:47:00Z")
Does anyone else out there get tears in their eyes when they yawn. This happens to me everytime, no exceptions. (I suppose I could go on about it for a while but I think you get the idea so I’ll just leave it at that until I get some replies) * * * Formerly known as Nec3f on the AOL SDMB ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/2 "1999-07-01T01:33:00Z")
This happens to me, too. I use it to my advantage – if my eyes get dry from my contacts, or if I need to look like I’m crying (for acting purposes), I just yawn. * * * The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. – Henry David Thoreau ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/3 "1999-07-01T01:55:00Z")
I’ve heard that this is also true of Crocodiles…the “tears” they cry are the result of opening their mouths widely. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/4 "1999-07-01T04:26:00Z")
I cry too when I yawn, but then again I’m a sensitive man of the 90s. Here’s a weirder thing: every so often when I yawn, I shoot out a multi-pronged spray of saliva at distances approaching a meter. I guess the smooth muscle surrounding my salivary glands decides to contract when I open my big mouth to yawn. Or something. It’s damn amusing to whoever’s around to see it. Does this happen to anyone else? Alphagene ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/5 "1999-07-01T06:12:00Z")
I also use those tears for rewetting my contacs, works pretty well too, as far as the water shooting out of your mouth, in my neighborhood, it’s called a gleek, I have a couple of friends who can do it on command (with out yawning) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 1999, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/6 "1999-07-01T22:39:00Z")
I gleek, but not from yawning. It happens when I’m hungry and I go to eat a potato chip. For some reason, I’ve only noticed it with potato chips. Wierd. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 1999, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-yawns/1714/7 "1999-07-02T02:00:00Z")
I cry when yawning, sometimes, especially when in bed. Anyone who came in then would think I was severely distraught.