Ah, lucky to have a totem pole to dance around. We have to settle for a glass waste box. ;-)
Now there is a freeper who appreciates a little humor.
(Perhaps very little, but its late and I haven't shaved.)
Yes, when we're feeling especially exuberant we set off a few blasts from the fire extinguishers as well. Drives the poor Safety people nuts having to replace them all the time.
Speaking of science, religion, and rituals in scientific contexts, a friend told me that there used to be in his research group a rather interesting character. One day one of their students was particularly plagued by bad luck in her synthesis. This guy decided that her fume hood was possessed, and went to exorcise it. He used a wash bottle of acetone to spray a cross in the hood and then lit it on fire, I suppose simultaneously chanting the appropriate rite.
I don't know if it worked. Might be worth a try tomorrow, though.