True Facts About Chris Rea
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ExBrit
Über Member
- Location
- Southern California
Chris "Two Sheds" Rea only owns one shed. He has written several top 10 songs about it. The single "Looking in the window at my hedge trimmer" reached number four.
Seevio
Guru
- Location
- South Glos
Chris Rea is the most popular artist in Kyrgyzstan by an order of magnitude and nobody knows why.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Chris Rea was asked to write a theme song for fellow 'geordies' series 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet, when asked by fellow guitarist Mark Knopfler if this was true he replied "Why Aye Man"
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Asteroid REA56748 is named after Chris Rea.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Chris Rea’s real name is Christopher Reactor.
But he only gets called that by his mum, if he’s been naughty.
But he only gets called that by his mum, if he’s been naughty.
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
Chris Rea, in order to save his shoe soles from excessive wear, brachiates whenever possible, which is why he has taken over from Louis Armstrong as “King of the swingers”.
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
Chris Rea has a part time job as theatre critic for Amateur Gardener .
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
Chris Rea has a hobby of collecting old nuclear reactors.
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
Chris Rea has an aversion to toilet paper.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Excellent! We're getting there. Wouldn't it be awesome if the guest man himself got wind of this and popped in?
Chris Rea actually invented Google in 1981. It was originally a mechanical device to search his house for his missing beard comb and was steam driven with parts from a Mamod, hence he called it a search engine.
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Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Oh dear, so I hear, it’s clear, Chris Rea, came here, to peer at cycling gear and sneer.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Chris Rea holds the world record for smoking the longest cigar. In 1978 he smoked a specially prepared 23 metre long Havana for charity, and that is what bestowed upon him his distinctive husky voice.
