Best one I had was on my command check:
VERY dim dispatcher opened the flight deck door and asked:
"Got some explosives for the rear hold; that alright with you?"
I have transported human remains in the RAF and a civil airline.
I recall the RAF required a figure for 'Souls on Board' which included the dead infant in a tiny little coffin strapped to the floor of the cabin behind us.
A civil airline just carries HR as freight. Quite undignified really.