moon substance

[Jonathan Lighter]

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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