# Melt in the rain: sugar or witch?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896 "2017-07-10T04:40:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/21 "2017-07-10T19:22:00Z")

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The truth is that neither salt nor sugar melts in the rain. Their melting points are 801 and 186 degrees Celsius, respectively. They will dissolve, however.

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**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/22 "2017-07-10T19:26:22Z")

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True dat. But a sugar \*cube \*would \*appear \*to \*melt \*if left out in the rain. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/23 "2017-07-10T19:30:09Z")

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Sugar - funnily enough it’s used in Finland as well. Haven’t heard it lately but I’m pretty sure my grandfather used to say it.

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**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/24 "2017-07-11T00:08:09Z")

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Hello, I have come by with a tiny, slight hijack. There is a lovely installation now at the San Jose Museum of Art: raw sugar masks molded from a sugar beet worker’s face. Several of these masks are resting on little platforms along a wall of a gallery. These faces are melting, with puddles of “molasses” underneath. They symbolize the insignificance of the sugar beet workers. Etc.

I enjoyed it and thought it was interesting. That is all. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/25 "2017-07-11T00:23:06Z")

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Never heard either. Mostly Southern New England (MA, CT, RI).

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melt-in-the-rain-sugar-or-witch/790896/26 "2017-07-11T00:39:12Z")

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Sugar. MI as a kid, IL as a teenager; raised by a mother from FL.

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