h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My old friend Anto, known here as Chaiwallah, is staying the night with us. He and I started out in hootoo back in the early noughties. I can't just now find that helpful page that shows you how long you've been here, calculated from your researcher number; I just remember that I collaborated in the Marx Brothers entry and the entry Gnomon wrote on the Millennium Spire in Dublin . . . . . . and those were published in early 2003, so I am here about nine years.

Chaiwallah was a member of St Sepulchres in the seventies, then in the eighties he worked with me making musical instruments, before going back to his previous craft of pottery. He is one of Ireland's leading potters (not that I'm biased). He likes to make dishes and cups for use, more than purely visual items http://www.anthonyobrienart.com/

Shortly after joining me in hootoo, he launched into the epic project of Grimley Moer F19585?thread=283765 which can probably claim to be the longest nonsense ballad in the language.

He also joined me in http://www.oedilf.com and contributed over 200 limericks to that project.

He has since got sense, moved away from Dublin to the West of Ireland, and given up vain literary dabbling. He recently made a trip to Nigeria, filming village potters for a documentary. The cameraman on the project became ill and couldn't go, so Chaiwallah made the entire film on a pocket Flip camera. The result is amazing, and it will become public soon. if it gets posted on the web, I'll add a link here.

Regards to the old tea boy

Will pass those on. We were recalling the heady early days of Grimly Moer with affection, and the inspirational input from such as yourself, The Snockerty Friddle, Ekki, Lady in a tree (she came up with the wish-fish), Teasswill, Cheerful Dragon . . .

He says the film he made about African potters will be published online, so watch this space.

I'm horrified to find that you've been mojopojoing for a whole month and I hadn't realised. You'd somehow slipped off my friends list.

You can find out the exact date you joined h2g2 in the Brunel skin - it's at the top of your personal space: 8th November 2002.

The Eds actually have access to a more accurate figure - they know the time to within a minute that you joined the site. It was 17:44.

Chaiwallah joined on 21st April 2003.