Rant: Masuda Method

Ok, I'm honestly beginning to think that this is just an awful prank on me.  Some 300 eggs* later and still no shiny Charmander.

*This may be an exaggeration

For those who don't know; the Masuda method is a means of increasing the chance that any hatched egg will be a shiny pokemon.  Normally, any given pokemon (unless some other coding precludes this, such as pokemon downloaded from WiFi, Zekrom, Reshiram, and Victini) has a 1:8,192 chance of being shiny.  This obviously does not apply to me, as I have encountered 3 so far in the course of White (some 2,000 encounters into the game).

To use the Masuda method, you need to (obviously) have 2 pokemon; neither pokemon may have come from the same language version of the game (so German/French on an English cart will work; however, Japanese/Japanese on an English cart will not work). When breeding these two pokemon, the chance that the offspring will be shiny is increased to 1:2,048 in Generation IV, and 1:1,366 in Generation V.

Why do I say this is a terrible prank (other than seeing more while wandering around)?  Eggs take a lot of time to hatch, and you can only hatch 5 at a time.  A pokemon with Flame Body or Magma Armor ability will cut this time in half, so Slugma may actually have a use (although I prefer Volcarona for this).

Over time, I have encountered/obtained the following shinies; and I have hatched a good number of eggs using Masuda's method:

Shinx: Chaining in Generation IV (more on that some other time)
Ekans: Random encounter
Paras: Masuda Method (not trying for it)
Claydol: Trade from Japan

Petilil: Random encounter
Krabby: Random encounter
Drifblim: Random double battle (Exploded on the first turn, no chance to catch)
Rapidash: Trade from Japan
Fearow: Trade from America

So 5/9 were encountered; 3/9 were traded; and 1/9 was obtained via Masuda.  Clearly I need to wander around in tall grass more.

Anyone have any painful or happy hatching stories?  Feel free to share them.