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June 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - British people sleep for seven hours 21 minutes per night – and the Germans sleep for eight minutes less
- Typical work start time is 8.50am in Britain – compared with 8.20am in Germany
By
Rob Cooper
02:52 EST, 12 June 2012
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19:12 EST, 12 June 2012
Many a British holidaymaker has rubbed the sleep from their eyes to gaze in bewilderment at the rows of sunloungers requisitioned long before breakfast.
Now research may have solved the mystery of how German tourists always get their towels there first.
According to a major study of sleeping habits, they spend less time asleep – and get out of bed more quickly when the alarm goes.
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Towels down: Germans have a natural advantage getting to the sunloungers first because they sleep less, a study has found
While Britons sleep for an average of
seven hours and 21 minutes each night, our counterparts in Germany get
by with eight minutes fewer. And while we take advantage of the snooze
button to get an average of 20 more minutes in bed, they are up and
about after just 15.
Professor Russell Foster, a
neuroscientist at Oxford University, looked at the sleeping habits of
more than 10,000 participants from both countries.
He said his findings may be down to the fact that Germans begin to work earlier.
They usually get to the office at 8.20am, while we are typically at our desks by 8.50am.
The Carling Black Label advert shows a British holidaymaker expertly throwing his towel onto the sun lounger, beating the German tourists to reserving the first sunbed
Early start: Many Germans start work at 8am – giving them a natural advantage when it comes to getting up first on holiday
But while our later starts might cost us a comfortable poolside lounger, there is good news too.
Our sleeping habits are more in tune
with our natural body clock, according to Professor Till Roenneberg,
head of the Munich Centre for Chronobiology, who contributed to the
study.
He said that we have lower levels of
‘social jetlag’ – the difference between our actual sleeping habits and
our natural sleep cycle – because our habits ‘better suit our sleep
needs’. Professor Foster said: ‘The fact Britons are sleeping more and
have less social jetlag would promote more creativity. In terms of
quality wake time at work, this is good news.’
And without casting aspersions on the
ability of the Germans to enjoy a joke, sleeping longer may also account
for the famous British sense of humour.
Professor Foster said: ‘Sleeping
longer is known to help us with memory but also language skills and
creativity. That includes our sense of humour – our ability to look at
the world and laugh is very much influenced by sleep.’
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We decided one year to go to Ibiza , all 5 of us (one elderly). My mum needed to be kept in the shade so after witnessing the Germans lay their towels out we thought we would do the same so that mum could sit under the tree, we awoke the next morning to find all the towels (not just ours) in the swimming pool !!! Seems the Germans didn’t like us playing them at their own game. They got reported for doing it and they didn’t try it again! Rude and selfish isn’t the word for them.
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Unfortunately the British are amongst the worst abroad. We often act like pigs and make unnecessary messes and then expect people to clean up after us.
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Oh and also going home to a beautiful partner who pours me a fresh beer as soon as I walk in from work. She wears a Dirndl too at times, typically Bavarian and gorgeous.Pete, Rosenheim, Germany, 12/6/2012 16:28 Your with a Bavarian, no wonder that you think Germans have no sense of humour! That said, your partner must have one if she thinks pouring a beer and wearing a dirndl is the norm. By the way, the Munich fest is in October, not September.
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sleeping longer helps with language skills?..so why do only a very small percent in the uk speak read and write another language..lol..I have lived in Germany for half of my life and the Germans do have a sense of humour,plus, the early bird catches the worm 😉
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I agree that the brits can be very rude but we are polite when doing it.
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Who the heck sets an alarm when they go on holiday? Here was I thinking that a holiday is for relaxing,not waking up to a screeching mechanical monster that should have been left at home !
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The writer should also report at the same time on the separate habits of so called “West Germans” and “East Germans”. Everyone who lived or grew up in Germany knows that there is a pronounced cultural difference between the Ossis (East Germans) and Wessis (West Germans).
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@- Jade, Miami, 13/6/2012 02:47 ….germans rude?your very rude yourself jade…talk of ugly person!
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so funny to hear. Germans are rude….as are most Europeans in the US, they stick out like sore thumbs and the Brits are the worst, because there are so many of them. Talk of ugly tourists…
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Just make friends with some Germans the next time you’re on holiday and get them to stick a towel out for you as well!
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