The Spanish and the Greeks tend to get a lot of 'lazy' flak in Europe. The origin of this has to do with the climate. Many countries view hard workers working

The Spanish and the Greeks tend to get a lot of 'lazy' flak in Europe. The origin of this has to do with the climate. Many countries view hard workers working through the daylight and having evenings / night to themselves. However in the hotter nations the middle of the day and afternoon is often taken off, and work restarts later going into the evening/night. Thus it often appears like these countries only work half days. The truth is now common knowledge around Europe however the traditional image of a Spaniard asleep in the middle of the day persists alongside the camp French snob and the Tea Toting and Tutting Brit. As I see it the joke is no more racist than joking that the US brings kilotons of freedom to the world or that Canadians are sorry.