When I took the hat off my head, I lifted it by the fuzz ball. The fuzz ball remained in my hand as the hat fell to the floor, broken.
It wasn't intentional, but the shocked look on everyone's face was, well, one of those things for which you just had to be there.
I'm pretty sure that ZGF was in eyesight of it. Also, I think SASR and antipop were right there, as well, since I borrowed the hat from them to get that second pic taken. rumby might have been there as well; I know I spoke (and drank) with him there that day.