Well, in his defense, I have a teenage daughter living at home going to college. As near as I can tell, she never shuts up. If she has female friends over, it sounds like crickets chirping at any distance beyond her door. I don’t even think they’re communicating, but just making noise together.
"...two hundred female tongues, released as though by a spring, burst into high, clamorous speech..."
Cheers! (...my ears!)
...oh, and Merry Christmas!