Fortunately, a nice man dressed all in black could easily take care of the cleaning in exchange for the Ring.

Unfortunately, Legolas did not have the Ring - Frodo did.

Fortunately, Frodo let him borrow it.

Unfortunately, Pippin was spying on them, and when he saw the Ring being passed over he immediately desired it.

Fortunately, as he reached out to grab it, he fell over and smacked his head, resulting in him forgetting seeing the Ring, though he did not pass out.

Unfortunately, Pippin also forgot what he was supposed to be doing, which is bringing Merry a pint of ale.

Fortunately, Merry remembered to fetch it himself.

Unfortunately, the guy Legolas had handed the Ring to was a Nazgul (surprise, surprise)

Fortunaely, Frodo was able to snatch the ring and run away before the Nazgul could catch him.

Unfortunately, he tripped over a tree root.

Fortunately, that "tree root" was actually Treebeard's leg, so Frodo got to meet Treebeard.

Unfortunately, Treebeard had developed a taste for Hobbit flesh.

Fortunately for Frodo, Treebeard had lost his blender
and so could not make a Hobbit Smoothie. :(

Unfortinately, Legolas was too self-concious of his nudity to step out from behinf the bush to save Frodo.

Fortunately, Frodo was quite comfortable with his own body
and had no trouble escaping Treebeard by swimming across
the Brandywine.

Unfortunately, Pippin tried to swim after Frodo, and started to drown in the river.

Fortunately Osse was swimming past and helpfully
tossed Pippin onto the west side of the Brandywine.

Unfortunately, everybody was paying attention to Pippin, so Legolas threw a temper tantrum.

Fortunately, Galadriel was passing by and slapped
Legolas silly for being a (hundreds of years old) baby
and gave him a timeout.

Unfortunately, Nenya caught Legolas near the jugular, causing an immediate need for rapid medical attention.

Fortunately, Ioreth was passing by and recommended a
long list of herbs she had heard had some medicinal
properties that were supposed to be beneficial for near
jugular wounds (though she explained that she was
dubious about their efficacy since they were but bits of
doggerel passed on to...are you listening to me, Leggy?
It's sooo rude of you to keep on bleeding when I'm
explaining things. Oh here, baby needs a bandage.

Unfortunately Ioreth's speech sent Legolas into a soporific stupor and his spirit was halfway to Mandos before ....

Fortunately, Aragorn bowled over everybody and patched Legolas up before he could bleed out, and held him in his lap singing an Elvish song until he was strong enough to rise.

Unfortunately, Legolas rose as a zombie and started eating Aragorn.

Fortunately, Elbereth took pity on them and healed Legolas, as well as drawing the Zombie poison from Aragorn so he didn't turn.

Unfortunately, Legolas made Aragorn cry when he
confessed his torrid , albeit bittersweet, love affair
with Aragorn's mum Gilraen.

(Which also explains why Legolas liked to hang out
in Rivendell so much).

Fortunately, Pippin managed to take Aragorn's mind off of it when he stripped off his wet clothes and ran around to dry in his birthday suit.

Unfortunately, this prompted Gandalf the Grey to uncloak.

Fortunately, he had robes on underneath, and wrapped his cloak around Pippin.

Unfortunately Rosie Cotton, bored waiting for Sam
to come back, had seen Peregrin Took uncloaked
and ran after him..

Fortunately, she realized Pippin had a "small one", even for a hobbit, and went back to pining over Sam.

Unfortunately, Merry passed by and seeing her
still restless, offered to take Rosie somewhere she'd
never been before...THE KITCHEN!
(Merry was known as the hobbit Henny Youngman).

Fortunately, at that moment, Legolas's affections transferred to Aragorn, and he gave him a hard passionate kiss, ignoring the amazed looks of the others.

Unfortunately Aragorn was NOT amused by the display and tried to kill Legolas with Narsil.

Fortunately, Legolas was not harmed by Narsil, as it was quite broken, and laughed as he pulled out his knife, declaring "The rules of dueling are quite simple. Pointy end goes in the other guy. Oh, wait, you don't have a pointy end, do you?"

Unfortunately for Legolas, Aragorn had used superglue to mend his broken blade. .. and the end was pointy too.

Fortunately for Aragorn, Legolas ran away crying like an orc
at being rejected by Isildur's Heir.

Unfortunately for Aragorn, Legolas ran straight through the pile of belongings, where they were planning to make camp for the night, thus scattering everything that everybody had brought.

Fortunately, the uncloaked Gandalf in the bushes cast a backwards spell and everything began to run backwards.

Fortunately, Gandalf still had his robes in and comforted the poor, heartbroken elf.