True Facts About Chris Rea

[Paulus]

Chris Rea played the lead bagpipe in the 1970's hit by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards , Amazing Grace.

 

[Wixsteman]

Chris Rea’s favourite mode of transport is the wheelbarrow

 

[Dogtrousers]

The toilet roll shortage during the pandemic was triggered by a photograph of Chris Rea driving an articulated lorry towing an Andrex trailer. He claimed it was all a misunderstanding, but the damage was done.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea taught the old Duke of Edinburgh to drive.

 

[Wixsteman]

A team of independent fact checkers have found that around 85 % of these Chris Rea posts are true

 

[Grant Fondo]

well…Chris Rea did Co-write “Under Pressure” with Queen.

That's why they allowed keen cyclist Chris to open all his shows with 'Bicycle Race'.

 

[Grant Fondo]

It's odd how other CC threads are linked to Chris Rea?
In fact, Chris's christmas gift of a box of penny whistles to the Middlesbrough constabulary in 1976 started a nationwide trend in the police force.

 

[teeonethousand]

ReaFactus is a medical condition where sufferers are obsessed with little known facts about Chris Rea.

 

[PeteXXX]

Due to having 3 extra front teeth, Chris Rea can't whistle.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea has a superfluous 3rd nipple, and his nickname at boarding school was Scaramanga.

 

[rogerzilla]

There is a statue of Chris Rea in North Korea that is visible from space.

 

[scragend]

Chris favours 80psi front/85psi rear when he's on the road to hell.

well…Chris Rea did Co-write “Under Pressure” with Queen.

With the modern trend for lower pressures in tyres, they are re-releasing it under the new title "Over Pressure".

 

[Dogtrousers]

Chris Rea uses ley lines for shoelaces

 

[Drago]

The character of Zaphod Beeblebrox was based upon Chris Rea.

 

[PeteXXX]

Chris Rea was one of the lesser known characters in Hergé's Adventures of Tintin