Flight fright
A flight in China was delayed after an elderly passenger boarding the China Southern Airlines flight from Shanghai to Guangzhou threw nine coins into the aircraft's engine for good luck. Fellow passengers alerted airline staff and it prompted a full examination of the engine, which delayed the flight for five hours.
Scrum chums
"Every single bloke in a red rugby shirt looks EXACTLY the same and I'm honestly quite concerned about how they're going to keep track of each other. But I'm also imagining some adorable situations where, like, they're in the kebab shop and Barry's, like, 'Hang on, where's Gaz? Who's this geezer then?' and the guy's, like, 'I'm Bert, sorry, I thought you were my friend, Dougal, this entire time' and there's a tense moment of silence and then Bert starts singing the chorus to Angels by Robbie Williams, waveringly at first but then they all join in and hug rapturously and wipe their tears on each other's stubbly chins and leave the kebab shop as best mates while roaring 'LADS, LADS, LADS, LADS! C'MON MY SON'..." (Via @HungryandFrozen)
