I have just realized that the answer I accepted for [my previous question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5139356/how-do-i-center-a-list/5139418#5139418) was not quite correct - or, rather, I did not express the question correctly.

Given the list items 

```
* item 1 is boring
* item 2 is a very long item indeed, oh yes it is
* item 3 is almost as boring as item 1

```

I would like 1) the left sides (bullets) of the list items to align vertically and 2) have the center character of the longest line be in the cerntre of the page. In this case, that would be approx the space between "item" and "indeed" in item 2.

Bad ascii art follows 

```
---------------------------------------
|         * abc                        |
|         * qwertyuiopabcdef           |
|         * abc                        |
----------------------------------------

```

and not 

```
---------------------------------------
|                 * abc                |
|                 * qwertyuiopabcdef   |
|                 * abc                |
----------------------------------------

```