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"A dead cat has topped the list of the weirdest shipping requests.  DeliveryQuoteCompare.com, a comparison site for delivery services in the UK, has compiled a list of the ten weirdest items that have been requested for shipping.  At the top of the list is a dead cat, which was requested by a couple who wanted their recently-deceased pet to be shipped to them while they were on holiday in France. They wanted to make sure that the feline reached them in &amp;quot;acceptable condition&amp;quot; and before decomposition set in. A garden pond features at number six, after a family relocating from Somerset to Essex inquired about having their entire pond shipped - including the water and fish. Their request was that the company did not disturb the fish too much. A mother from Manchester asked for her teenage daughter to be shipped as she was homesick while on a school trip to Newcastle. The mother wanted to see if they did human transportation as taxis were too expensive. Daniel Parry, spokesperson for the website, said: &amp;quot;We tend to see quite a few weird and wonderful enquiries coming in from customers, but these ten had to be the most unusual from the past 12 months; particularly the sometimes lengthy explanations customers feel they need to give us for these requests, which can be quite amusing! &amp;quot;Generally speaking, there is hardly anything that can&amp;#039;t be shipped. However, whilst we were able to help some of these customers, some of them had to be turned down; mostly for health and safety reasons or just because their request was logistically impossible. &amp;quot;However, it is worth enquiring, even if your transportation needs are quite unusual - there might be somebody out there who can help!&amp;quot; The full top ten list of strange shipping requests is below: 1. A dead cat 2. A &amp;#039;pristine&amp;#039; sex toy collection 3. A hot shepherd&amp;#039;s pie 4. A &amp;#039;time travel machine&amp;#039; 5. A (live) hamster 6. A complete garden pond 7. A collection of 500 Barbie dolls 8. A couple&amp;#039;s teenage daughter 9. A passport 10. A camper van  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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