In article ,
David Megginson wrote:

"Jay Honeck" writes:

Funny, I would have expected "nowhere" to be more in the middle of the
country, not San Francisco.

Hey -- watch it!

Actually San Francisco is closer -- remember Gertrude Stein's famous
description of Oakland: "there's no there, there".

Yes, and we Oaklanders have taken it to heart -- a currently popular
semi-official flag that flies on buildings all over the city has the
word "There" superimposed across an oak in the background.

It's a pity that the real dirt on her quote was that she was just
bemoaning the fact that where she'd grown up was no longer there
(meaning it had been demolished, rather than there was nothing in
Oaktown), but hey, that really spoils a nice story :-).

Hamish