Fortunately, he died because the sock's stench was too overpowering. (it was a sweaty gym sock)

Unfortunately, the Sock passed to his heir.

Fortunately, his heir was the Witch-King, who was currently driving Mount Zoom.

(Wait, how is it fortunate that the Witch-King now has the Sock of Power?)

Unfortunately for the Witch King the SoP slipped
off and fell into Galadriels washing day clothes.

Fortunately, the SoP came through the wash without bleeding.

Edit: 100th Post! :)

Unfortunately, the sweat from the SoP got on Celeborn's undies.

Fortunately, some of the power got passed on too.

Unfortunately, the sock itself disappeared in the laundry and went wherever socks go once they disappear in the laundry.

Fortunately, that place is the Shire.

Unfortunately, the Great Eater of the Socks appeared! :eek:

Fortunately, he disappeared before he managed to eat any socks. ;)

Unfortunately, the Greater Eater of Socks left behind a Great Glut of Socks.

Fortunately, the socks were made of GOLD!

Unfortunately, they were members of a Sock Cult.

Fortunately, the Sock Cult was completely harmless.

Unfortunately, the pack of giant rats charging down the hill wasn't.

Fortunately, they were distracted by some well-placed lembas bread.

Unfortunately, the lembas bread gave them much strength and energy.

Fortunately, the lembas gave them the strength and
energy to become good rats who saved much of
Fangorn from Saruman by scrawling "SOME TREE" on their trunks.

Unfortunately, Saruman interpreted "SOME TREE" as "Get some really high-quality wood here!", motivating him to cut it down even more.

Fortunately for Fangorn, female spiders stick
together, and when Shelob heard of Charlotte's
motto being disrespected she got really
ticked off!:mad:

Unfortunately, Sam came in with a super-duper bottle of Ungoliant-spawn Raid.

Fortunately, the bottle explodes quite easily when shaken, and being jostled around by Sam while on Bill the Pony...well... *BOOM*

Unfortunately for Shelob, this incident goes far to
explain Sam and Frodo's getting by Shelob in
her lair.

Fortunately, Frodo stopped screaming.

Unfortunately, this was because the bear had finished eating him.

Fortunately Frodo was only mostly dead, not
all dead, so he took a really big pill,
waited an hour, got better and ate the bear.

Unfortunately, the bear tasted bad.

Fortunately Stephen Colbert was happy to
serve the BEAR! up for a secular humanist holiday feast.

Unfortunately, the bear wasn't happy to be served up for a secular humanist holiday feast.

Fortunately, the secular humanists preferred the turkey and left the bear to battle Colbert.

Unfortunately, for the bear, the end came quick via Colbert's lightsaber.

Fortunately, since bears are brutal killing machines, everyone else was relieved.

Unfortunately, PETA was not amused.

Fortunately, PETA was ignored.

Unfortunately, Radagast was also not amused.

edit: Hey! Hey! I was first!

Fortunately no one saw the shadow lurking in the trees with glowing eyes.

;)

Unfortunately, everyone heard it. :p

Fortunately, upon realizing he had been heard by everyone, the shadow revealed itself.

Unfortunately, it was Sauron.