Laydee in red... dancing with me... cheek to cheek... Etc
With these immortal words Chrisde assured his presence at every wedding afters, debs, slow set and other cheesy muzak opportunity throughout the globe for all of time.
But listen closely. For there is a truth embedded in his lyrics apparently. When you thought he was just being a sexist twit who barely knew the laydee by his side - although she was his wife of many years - it turns out he was just giving voice to a biologically determined male trait.
Which is not noticing a woman as attractive until she wears red. Silly Mrs de Burgh. All she needed to do was simply wear a red dress early and often and Chrisde woulda never strayed.
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Boffins believe that red may be the colour of romance because, like other apes, men are just responding to biological cues from evolutionary history.
Some gems discovered:
The men were asked, "Imagine that you are going on a date with this person and have $100 in your wallet. How much money would you be willing to spend on your date?" When she was clad in red, the men said they would spend more money on her.
The survey finished thus: "Gay men and colour blind men were excluded from the study."
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