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A cat, a bass, a trombone and a naked mannequin

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Chris Vallance | 13:03 UK time, Thursday, 5 March 2009

Ever tried to get a double bass onto a train at rush hour? On the way to an interview yesterday I witnessed an unfortunate young musician attempt just that - I rather think she may have heard a few F# from people she'd made Bflat. So what's the oddest, largest thing you've ever seen taken on public transport?

We've had a few responses from people who follow us on Twitter - we'd like you to join in.

trolley and a cat

janecara: Once saw an elderly lady with a shopping trolley atop of which was a large plastic cake box with a cat in it on train to Devon.

mannequin

Fivve: A 'naked' female mannequin on a 20-block bus ride down 5th avenue NYC. No one batted an eyelid.

trombone

bdaily_ed: A double bass and a trombone, at the same time.

double bass

bizarretrillian: Once saw two guys with an over stuffed armchair on the northern line. Cue handy seating jokes!

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  • 1. At 6:23pm on 12 Sep 2009, elleintimates wrote:

    Saw a woman standing in a bus with skirt stuck in her panty. Eye candy for the guys.
    IntimatesBras.com

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  • 2. At 10:36am on 26 Nov 2009, rosepoet wrote:

    I once travelled with 18 bin-liners full of party food and two children. The latter consumed as much of the former as possible as we travelled cross-country, so easing our transit a little.
    Also travelled with a bin-liner full of Americana via Virgin Airways.The air hostesses were a tad frosty, but how else could I transport random items?

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  • 3. At 10:45am on 26 Nov 2009, rosepoet wrote:

    Also reminded of notorious 'trolley-holiday', camping trip when same intrepid threesome went camping in Brittany with tartan(rather than tesco)shopping trolleys. Carless family, tent,camping and cooking items,exasperatingly inverse ratio of comfort to convenience with lumpen camping equipment...we came back very fit, but my children resolutely declined to repeat the experiment.'Le camping sauvage'was accompanied with lots of French tut-tutting.

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