The Future of the Downs

[the phantom]

"Is the forum losing members?"

"When the movies are done coming out, will we still get new members?"

"Will we eventually cover every possible topic having anything to do with Middle Earth?"

I've seen these type of questions asked before, and I imagine they are not going to stop any time soon. It seems everyone is interested in what the future holds for The Barrow-Downs and its members.

So, here is a place to post your predictions.

You prediction can be serious- I believe that BW is going to retire next year and leave the site to Sharku.

Your prediction can be silly- I think that the members of this site will eventually get together and form their own little island nation.

You can make predictions about members, threads, and anything else you want (related to Tolkien or the forum, that is).

Have fun!

the phantom predicts-
- burrahobbit receives 1000 rep points for a three word post
- Sophia the Thunder Mistress gets struck by lightning
- Tigerlily Gamgee is cast as Eowyn in the broadway production of Lord of the Rings
- after complaining about Eowyn's limited stage time, Tig is demoted to Orc #43
- the 1000th Balrog Wing thread started by Newbie91
- BW, who has been growing more vicious over the years, tracks down Newbie91 and eats him
- The Saucepan Man realizes he is a better reader now than when he was five
- Bethberry learns how to put aside her baggage and rereads LOTR, she enjoys it more than ever, Davem says "I told you so"
- Bethberry kills Davem
- Lalwende makes Bethberry into Bethberry Pie
- Mark12_30 arrested for an act of extreme debauchery
- Lush joins a convent, says she's always been a puritan sort of person at heart
- Eomer of the Rohirrim slain by a warg rider
- the phantom becomes more arrogant
- Gil-Galad walks into an open manhole, investigators say he didn't see it due to the cape over his face
- Fea wins international acclaim for her life-size Statue of Liberty replica, constructed entirely out of pop cans
- true to his name, Mister Underhill is buried beneath a landslide
- Esty begins demanding that her family call her "Fiona", insists she is part ogre, put into an institution
- the guy who be short's doctor informs him that his screen name is stunting his growth
- the first manned expedition to Mars discovers life on the red planet- hobbits!
- Steven Spielberg directs a blockbuster hit about a doomed colony on Mars that is attacked and eaten by hobbits, Tolkien purists cry foul
- thanks to breakthroughs in chiropractic knowledge, the stiff necks of the elves and dwarves are cured
- littlemanpoet is killed by a werewolf
- the phrase "Doing an HI" becomes entrenched in modern business lingo as a term for reviving old projects
- the phantom is overwhelmed with reps and pms praising his idea for this thread as well as his immensely enjoyable first post
- after a brief period of popularity, BW is forced to close the thread down, mainly because of pointless off-topic posts written primarily by Ainaserkewen, Dancing Spawn, and perplexingly- Mister Underhill