I've got a friend who was studying in London. First week there, he heads over to a gym to do his normal lifting routine. A hugely muscled guy offers to spot him, and asks him how much he wanted on the bar... "180" was his response. The guy looked at him funny, but put the plates on... Except that he forgot that they use kilograms, not pounds, and that 180 was really about 400 pounds. He said the noise of his breath bursting out of his lungs when the bar crashed onto his chest was louder than any noise he could have voluntarily made. He sent pictures to several of us of the huge red line across his chest he sported for several weeks. Luckily nothing really hurt though. Made for a funny story though... And he didn't ever go back to that gym
