Timber!

Big Cat just crashed the scratching post -- one of those ceiling-high things with multiple platforms and everything. Fortunately he did it while I was sitting right next to it and could do instant damage control, i.e. hold the two parts together until Big Cat had safely found his way down, and then lower the whole mess gently to the floor without smashing the window, the cats, the plants or the computer.

Big Cat is in for a hard time now, because the scratching post used to be his "You suck. Leave me alone."-place.

Also, I might have to call garbage removal because there is no way I can shove the remains into the garbage container and leave enough space that the neighbors won't cry bloody murder. Oh well, at least I can get rid of those three-and-a-half legged IKEA chairs at the same time.