moon substance

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Tue Mar 8 23:10:41 UTC 2011


The long esses show that the date is probably more or less correct.

"Green cheese" is the only version I'm faniliar with.

JL

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Garson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Sorry, that link will probably be chopped during transport. These
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> You would make be believe the moon is made of cream cheese.
> To make one believe the moon is made of green cheese.
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> A Dictionary of English and Spanish and Spanish and English
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> http://books.google.com/books?id=KWn1OHPnJnsC&q=%22moon+is%22#v=snippet&
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> http://goo.gl/b4Hbo
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> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > _All Things Considered_ mentions that people think the "moon is made of
> > cream cheese."
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> > JL
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