I have been living in my New York apartment for just over 3 months now, but somehow I didn't realize that the place I call home is in fact the nexus of the universe. Says who? Well, none other than Kramer himself. Examine, if you will, this exchange from the classic Seinfeld episode, "The Maid":
JERRY: Hello?
COMPUTER VOICE: You have a collect call from--
KRAMER: Hey, buddy, don't say no!
JERRY: I accept.
KRAMER: I went down to Madeline's. I told her, "You gotta move, or it's over."
JERRY: Well, what happened?
Elaine gets up and leaves.
KRAMER: I think it's over. We had a big fight, she threw me out, I started walkin', and now I'm lost downtown! I don't have any money. I don't recognize anybody. I miss home... and I don't even know how to get there.
JERRY: What's around you?
KRAMER: I'm lookin' at Ray's Pizza. You know where that is?
JERRY: Is it Famous Ray's?
KRAMER: No. It's Original Ray's.
JERRY: Famous Original Ray's?
KRAMER: It's just Original, Jerry!
JERRY: Well, what street are you on?
KRAMER: Hey, I'm on first and first. How can the same street intersect with itself? I must be at the nexus of the universe.
JERRY: Just wait there. I'll pick you up, and, Kramer, stay alive no matter what occurs, I will find you!
KRAMER: Aah!
The odd thing is, there is no Ray's Pizza here. Not Original Ray's. Not Famous Ray's. Not Famous Original's Most Famous Ray's. None. There is a Ray's somewhat nearby, about 3 blocks away. But that one's on Ludlow and Houston (and about 2 streets down from that Ray's is yet another Ray's, but I digress).
But those streets are neither funny nor the nexus of the universe. So I guess I'll forgive that geographical transgression just this once.
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