Seven Funny News Stories You May Have Missed This Month

Summer is here, exams are over, and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to have some fun. Sure, you could spend your time reading the latest world university rankings, but let’s be honest, you just want something silly to share in the group chat.

Here are the headlines that kept us laughing all month.

Dressing Like Women to Beat the Heat

What do a group of schoolboys and a 20-year-old call center worker have in common? They both decided to wear women’s clothes to get around strict dress codes. A school in Devon, UK, told students that shorts were not part of the formal uniform, so a group of students joined forces and turned up to school in skirts instead.

Joey from the UK took things one step further when he was told he could not wear shorts to work at a call center. Do you think he pulled off the look?

pic.twitter.com/tIvA7UvDoN

— joey (@jBarge_) June 19, 2017

Saving Money by Any Means Necessary

If you live in the UK, you probably know exactly how expensive train tickets can be. Twenty-one-year-old Joe from Newcastle found a creative workaround: he flew from Newcastle to London via Menorca in Spain, a long detour that saved him more than £50. Joe even had a cheeky cocktail on the beach while he was abroad. Nice!

Newcastle to London train ticket £78.50, Newcastle to Menorca train ticket £15.99, Menorca to London train ticket £10.99, car rental £7.50, cheeky cocktail on the beach £4. I could spend a night on a Spanish island, rent a car, have a cocktail on the beach, and fly back to London with £40 left... or I could take the train? #VirginTrains #ThomasCook @Virgin @ThomasCook

Post shared by Joe Furness (@joethesailor) on June 23, 2017 at 1:52 PM

How to Delay Your Flight

Speaking of flying, maybe don’t do what one Chinese woman did this week. In an attempt to ensure good luck for her upcoming flight, an 80-year-old passenger threw coins into a plane engine. Unsurprisingly, that was not great for the engine. Other worried passengers reported it to the authorities. Although eight of the nine coins were recovered, the flight was deemed unsafe because the last one could not be found, so all 150 passengers were delayed for five hours. Luck seems to have been a little out of reach for her.

Strike a Pose

This one didn’t take much preparation. French President Emmanuel Macron posed for his official portrait this month, and it didn’t take long for everyone to lose their minds.

emmanuel macron's official portrait is full on "monsieur grey will see you now" pic.com/HxoWgfoawu

— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) June 29, 2017

Under the Sea

For some reason, this newly discovered sea worm has never appeared in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants or The Little Mermaid.

Peculiar group of sea creatures found in deep Australian abyss https://t.co/5WtQziRTCO pic.com/l66QwStKpA

— IBTimes UK (@IBTimesUK) June 17, 2017

We’re sure this has nothing to do with how it looks...

Suddenly I wanna go deep sea diving pic.com/nUKgSdwtge

— ㅤ (@festivating) June 17, 2017

A Naughty Queen

In the wake of a ridiculous UK general election, the Queen went to Parliament to deliver the Queen’s Speech for Theresa May’s minority Conservative government. While most people focused on how much her hat looked like the EU flag, one eagle-eyed onlooker was too busy sounding the alarm, reporting that the Queen wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

Glastonbury’s Must-See Act

We finish with the biggest highlight from this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Was it Radiohead, Foo Fighters, or Ed Sheeran that impressed attendees? Was it the unusually hot weather that made the weekend unforgettable? No, apparently not. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appeared at the festival and spoke from the Pyramid Stage to cheers from hundreds of thousands of people. He was so popular that nearly every set all weekend was interrupted by chants of “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn” to the tune of “Seven Nation Army.” Stormzy loved it so much that he even joined in...