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"The Moon is made of green cheese" is a statement referring to a fanciful belief that the Moon is composed of cheese. In its original formulation as a proverb and metaphor for credulity with roots in fable, this refers to the perception of a simpleton who sees a reflection of the Moon in water and mistakes it for a round cheese wheel.
The phrase "the Moon is made of green cheese" refers to the similarity in appearance of a typical round, green cheese and the full Moon. It is commonly misinterpreted to mean that the Moon is green, which isn't the case. (The surface of the Moon is quite dark and could be described as having the color of old, weathered black asphalt.) [2]
While deciding on where to go on their bank holiday, the cheese-loving inventor Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his dog, Gromit, find their fridge empty. Reasoning that the moon is made of cheese, they build a rocket and fly to the Moon. After landing, they set up a picnic and sample some of the moon's rock.
The huge indent, called the 'imbrue basin,' stretches across 750 miles.
'The Moon being made of cheese' was a recurrent trope in children's stories and folklore. People did not really believe in it, it was just a way of mocking a foolish belief. (Personally I think it kind of looks like Wensleydale cheese, but that might be just me.) However, until the 20th century there was no direct empirical evidence against ...
It was made of cheese, and scientists now say it’s the oldest cheese ever found. “Regular cheese is soft. This is not. It has now become really dry, dense and hard dust,” said Fu Qiaomei, a ...
A disused stone cheese-press at the farm Auchabrack, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1546, The Proverbs of John Heywood claimed "the moon is made of a greene cheese" (Greene referring to being new or unaged). [29] Variations on this sentiment were long repeated and NASA exploited this myth for an April Fools' Day spoof announcement in 2006. [30]
Sweet dreams about cheese? Excuse me while I kiss this guy? Who can forget the "Friends" episode when Phoebe thought the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" were "Hold me close, young Tony Danza"?