My favorite related anecode: when Alpher and Gamow released a paper about big bang photosynthesis Gamow added Bethe to the paper to make the author list "Alpher, Beth & Gamow" (ie Alpha Beta Gamma!)
Bethe went along with the joke when Gamow added his name to the paper. But the actual loser in the deal was Alpher because most scientists, upon reading the author's names simply assumed that Bethe and Gamow had come up with the main ideas.