Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/03/13/the-strange-planet-where-it-ra.html
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I always imagined that a WASP planet would rain Martinis.
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Tungsten umbrellas? Surely a sufficiently large and strong portable magnetic field generator could create a safe haven beneath the steely rain?
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Is it irony if I comment on how metal this is?
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Particularly at 2:00
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Or guitar solos.
Iron loses it’s magnetism over a certain temp. Molten iron is not magnetic at all.
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Heavy Metal Planet!
Spoilsport! 
Punk (Metal) Planet?
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Only if — after making your comment – you visited that planet, only to discover that it didn’t rain iron. “Irony” should be a ‘bitch’.
Solar erosion, shiny. I wonder if there are iron sand dunes around the twilight zone on this planet.
Mercury is also in a tidal locked orbit with our Sun but not a 1:1 ratio like the moon and Earth. Also it is close enough to the Sun to be very rich in metals because of solar destruction of the less sturdy stuff.
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Cloudy with a chance of ingots.
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Am I the only one that instantly thought of Mega City Four?
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How long has this been going on?
I don’t know, but it’s sounds like an Ace place, eh?
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Did I miss something?
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You did.
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Maybe shoulda bought an umbrella
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Refusing to link to any umbrella-related songs, maybe we need a parasol? (It IS a bit metallic-sounding, too.)
ETA
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