[seqfan] "Zippy's Sequence" (A054244)

[Marc LeBrun]

 > I think that's in there too, as well as IOR, 'though I don't have time 
to run them all down right now...

Yow, how could I forget the IOR analog, A054244!  That sequence actually 
caused me to *laugh out loud* when I first saw it on the computer screen 
(that's probably only safe to admit to other seqfans!<;-).

It was so screwy looking--after seeing those thoroughly binary XOR 
partitions--that I was absolutely convinced that my numbral partition 
program *had to* be buggy:

   1,1,5,1,5,5,109,1,5,5,109,5,109,109,32297,1,5,5,109,5,109,...

Ever since, I have thought of it as "Zippy's Sequence" (it's in fact 
Michael Somos' serious A003465, "whipped in the spin cycle").


Which suggests the following: while there's probably not enough material to 
start an "OEIS jokes" thread, in the spirit of celebrating A100000, perhaps 
people might like to recount any similar experiences?  What was your most 
startling epiphany, or silliest wild goose chase?  Any personal 
OEIS-related stories you might be willing share? (it's OK, we're all geeks 
here...).