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br> Re: Peter Hannaford's Continent's End : br> I enjoyed Mr. Hannaford's article describing the idiosyncrasies of San Francisco. However, I thought there might be a mention of the City's acceptance of eccentric political proclamations. No, I don't mean Al Gore, I was thinking of Emperor Norton . br> -- Mary Van Buren br> Phoenix, AZ /p> p> As a talk show guy (and in other radio personality type gigs) I once took great joy in upsetting the proverbial apple-carts of the sanctimonious and fraudulent "pretenders" by always asking, "Oh, what city?" when some pompous individual spouted forth, or calling it "Frisco" -- and, to this day, I'm baffled as to those who think San Francisco "walks on water" -- or words to that effect. br> -- Jack Frost /p> p>
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