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Jason R Mastaler <jason@mastaler.com> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > Quassia Gnus                _    _                    In a cloud bones of steel
> 
> What does "In a cloud bones of steel" refer to?  I must have missed
> that somewhere along the line.

It's the Gnus motto.  It says so in the manual, so it must be true.
(It's in the "Compatibility" section.)

It's the poem _The Bridge_ by Charles Reznikoff -- in full.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen