The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has issued a press release outlining some of the bizarre requests that diplomats have had to deal with. Highlights include:

• A woman asked consular staff in Tel Aviv to force her husband to get fit so that they could have children.
• Consulates have often been asked for information about the best locations to watch football.
• In a bid to settle a £1,000 wager staff in Montreal were asked for information about the colour of a British passport.
• A man wanted to run a tattoo by a representative in Rome to have it translated and ensure that it said what he thought it did.

Read more of some of the fascinating requests over here.

Source: Foreign Policy