Dogtrousers
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Chris Rea is well known for his tireless work for charitable causes, but has admitted that as a child he used to put washers in the head of the little boy with a calliper on his leg outside the post office.
True Facts About Chris Rea
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Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
Chris Rea spent time in a mental hospital suffering from a delusion that he was Napoleon.
His 1985 song Josephine was written during this period.
His 1985 song Josephine was written during this period.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Chris Rea invented the maths of Bitcoin back in 1985. But had to wait for the technology to catch up to implement it.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Chris Rea rear fell out with Beaker from the muppets, when he turned up to the studio drunk one day and thought Beaker was Ant McPartlin.
Mr Celine
Discordian
- Location
- Waxing my moustache
The track Gone Fishing from the Auberge album inspired Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse to take up origami.
Seevio
Guru
- Location
- South Glos
Chris Rea briefly held the height and distance records for a space hopper bounce simultaneously
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
During the 1980s and 1990s Chris Rea worked as an occasional scriptwriter for The Archers. The episode when Eddie Grundy was sick in the piano at The Bull was his work.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
The recently unveiled Chris Rea sculpture at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium has been slammed by the supporters club.
In a statement, the club said, "It is bad enough that it looks like Gary Neville, let alone that it cost £1.7 million."
In a statement, the club said, "It is bad enough that it looks like Gary Neville, let alone that it cost £1.7 million."
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
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- Leafy Surrey
Chris Rea's greatest musical success was the theme to TC gameshow "Blockbusters".
The debut performance to a crowd of 250,000 at Knebworth was nearly derailed by a persistent wasp that invaded the stage.
Repeated attempts by Chris to flap the wasp away resulted in the inadvertent creation of the Blockbusters hand jive.
The debut performance to a crowd of 250,000 at Knebworth was nearly derailed by a persistent wasp that invaded the stage.
Repeated attempts by Chris to flap the wasp away resulted in the inadvertent creation of the Blockbusters hand jive.
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
It recently emerged that Chris Rea has been in a relationship with Ralf Schumacher.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Chris Rea won the milk race 5 years in a row. However when it was found he’d been using performance enhancing skimmed milk. He was struck from the records.
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Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Chris Rea was due to play the part of the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, but he refused to shave his goatee and wear a stunt beard so the part went to Alan Rickman.
