The articulated yawn, my dear fellow, is an affectation of those who are aspiring toward an upper class existence which forever lurks tantalizingly just out of their reach...or alternatively, those who are mired in it already but cannot quite decide what it's really all for. While such things can be annoying, one should learn to have compassion for one's fellow humans and just put up with it.

I personally find the loud "blathering at the bar" which monied gentlemen and their friends engage in whilst trying to impress one another far more irritating. There is a certain tolerance that should be extended toward the young, I feel, as they are finding their way in life and can be expected to make errors. Men past the age of 35, however, should have gained enough wisdom to demonstrate a little maturity, don't you think? In other words, for them it is well "past curfew".

* PR