It was a difficult time for all.

But it proved especially difficult for the Nazgul.  The troubles began when they lost track of the Hobbit with the One Ring.  They continued when someone at the laundromat spilled bleach on their robes and turned them white.  Finally, adding insult to injury, to save money they were forced to wash their clothes with the elves, who accidentally put a red cloak in with their now white robes, turning them a lovely shade of pink, making it all the harder to strike fear into the hearts of men.  This left the Ringwraiths with but one option: they had to find the tattered, old robes they had thrown into the back of their closets and hope that there weren't too many tears and that the stitching would hold until the new robes arrived, because even though they were not in the greatest shape, they were at least black (or a still imposing, very dark gray).