Seeing Faramir clinging to the chandlier(sp), his body guards had the bright idea of placing a pile of sticks to break his fall. Yeah, it broke something, alright.
Guards: "Hurry! We need more sticks!"
Pippin: "Uh, guys? I think he already fell."
Guards: *ignore Pippin and continue to pile sticks*
OR
Faramir made a bad choice of where to take a nap.
OR
I believe this groups collective IQ is about 12. Right, not 120; 12. Just look at them playing hide-and-seek. They just can't seem to find Faramir anywhere.