Punchline!
"WELL, THAT WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED," Sauron said. Mouth raised an eyebrow.
"Better than expected?" he sputtered. "We angered the ghost of a troll! We have cursed body parts floating around our ceiling! The Rat Wraiths you tied to the front of the mountain to pull us along are now dangling by their harnesses, seven feet off the ground!"
"YES," the dark lord agreed. "BUT LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: WE JUST INVENTED THE HOVERCRAFT... OR THE ZEPPELIN; YOUR CHOICE."