Chris Rea is the man behind all the knitted post box toppers.
As he such a philanthropist though he has an army of little old ladies up and down the country who he passes them to so that they can take the credit.
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In order to deflect attention from his releasing 2 Lynx in the Scottish Highlands, Chris Rea used the Time Transit to assist in capturing them again, armed with cries of here kitty, kitty, several bags of Dreamies and a selection of plant pots with catnip, he successfully lured them into the back of the Time Transit, before dropping them off at the Highland Wildlife Park for a spot of R&R, once again he gets away with it by the skin of his teeth
Chris Rea's collection of action men includes every single version in mint boxed condition.
And he only needs a frogman outfit to complete his uniform collection.
This is the source of the rift between Chris Rea and Richard Madeley.
Madeley possesses two pristine frogman outfits but has refused all requests from Rea for a trade. This has led Rea to dismiss Madeley as a "dabbler" and "not a proper collector".
Chris Rea has the UK’s largest captive spider, a Scaridus lookatthatun or Ecuadorian helping spider, with a body length of 6.5 cm and leg span of 25cm. In its wild habitat it helps primates such as squirrel monkeys by passing to them fruit and other food that is out of the monkeys’ reach, this stops the monkeys from eating the spiders. Chris Rea keeps his specimen in the downstairs toilet, where it satisfies its helpful instincts by living in the toilet roll tube and passing sheets of toilet paper to the toilet users.
Chris Rea’s spider, sadly has died. He is planning to replace it with a Turkmenistan useful scorpion, Screechus letmeoutus, which is helpful in two ways, firstly, it actually jumps across with tissue in its claws and wipes the toilet user’s bottom, secondly, the screams and shrieks from within let the other house occupants know the toilet is about to become vacant.