Iron is a noun; ferrous is an adjective. Think a bit more.
And the answer is probably the second, but who gives a fuck? Even if it were intentionally the first, that's one of those Alanis-y versions that says more about those who claim it than about the actual event.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603|Jehovah]