Funny? Ehh..maybe. Irritating, definitely....
Level 18 monk, party broke right after I levelled. First job up, so it was subjob time. I had the Apron and Worm. A few people in my LS offered to take me to Gusgen. Went to Gusgen, and we got killed (~26 blm and mnk with me). I got my skull, but I lost my level in the process.

I regained my level off Easy's in Konschtat on my way back to Selbina....
My first run to Jeuno was with a lvl 1 rdm (when I was only 18mnk). This was when the December patch came that dropped the Chocobo riding level to 15 (once you had a license). I ran to Jeuno to prove you couldn't get your license at 15. Didn't die a single time that run. My second time, with 20whm (first job to 20+) to get my license, I died not 10 feet into Jugner.

Ironic how you can make it fine when it does you no good. But when you really need it, you die.... Oh well.
Maybe you'll get a good laugh at me and my former newbie-ness...
Ohhhhh I remember another. When my whm ding'd level 25, I learned Raise right away. Our next battle, the Thunder Elemental spawned right next to us in Qufim. Luckily, I stopped casting just in time. Our RDM was not so fortunate and got aggro'd by the elemental right away. I guess he was lucky it wasn't one battle earlier! (I also had to go Raise 4-5 others right after that, because the party beside ours aggro'd the elemental right after the RDM died. lol!)
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46whm / 23blm - 33brd / whm - Rank 5, San d'Oria - 61.3 Woodworking - 12.0 Alchemy
20bst, 18mnk, 11rdm, All Others Unlocked (Lv 10 or Less)
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/poster.html?user=322919 (WHM, BRD, RDM, and BST listed)