Some of those things were still going on until the mid 80's at our office. The folks who have been there at least 20-22 years remember Christmas parties that started at about 10am on a workday with alcohol, smoking, and other assorted debauchery. Apparently, the CEO came down to Marketing at about lunchtime, took one look at what was going on, and banned onsite office parties from then on. People were still smoking at their desks when I started in 1987.
I'm sorry I haven't answered you sooner. I would love to see you in March! I haven't been around this site too much, but if you send me a message on here, I'm sure I will see it.
There are stories about, ahem, goings-on at one of our Christmas thrashes within the last five or six years. I think there was a divorce somewhere down the line from that, but whether that was cause-and-effect I don't know.
(I should add, not at the office! We go out to eat.)
But y'see, would it be a Godless Canadian Black Squirrel?
I don't know if I could be convinced to draw such an uholy thing. I mean Cthulhu is one thing, but a canadian black squirrel? eek.
-I'm already going to hell for being a jew, I don't need to get singled out there for being an unpatriotic freaky-squirrel painter.
Dave