# origin of moon cheese

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214 "2002-03-26T18:37:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![sirRM2501](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sirRM2501](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirRM2501)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214/1 "2002-03-26T18:37:33Z")

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where did the concept of the moon being made out of cheese come from. I know where the blue moon phraise came from, and that in 1546 green ment new, but who and when called the moon a wheel of cheese? Cecil answered this question Jul 23 1999 but his answer dosn’t make since, nor does it answer the question fully.😕

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214/2 "2002-03-26T19:12:20Z")

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Blessed be Cecil, who bathes us in the light of his knowledge:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990723a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990723a.html)

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**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214/3 "2002-03-26T19:38:33Z")

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C’mon **Beeble** , at least read the guys post before sending him on.

If I may be so bold as to interperet Cecil, He meant that the phrase originated in a manner similar to such phrases as “…and monkeys might fly out of my butt” or “as if…”

In other words, a witty comeback to one who claims the fantastic.

YMMV

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**Author:** ![Bromley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Bromley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bromley)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214/4 "2002-03-26T19:49:27Z")

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Well, I too thought Cecil was uncharacteristically unclear with that one (is that a double negative?).

[Here’s](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=1992Sep25.070554.522%40echo.philips.nl&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmoon%2Bcheese%2Borigin%2Bgreen) a usenet post that notes the “underripe” meaning of green. It also explains what that means (well, more than Cecil does).

[This](http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=507nq3%24o95%40synthemesc.insync.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmoon%2Bcheese%2Borigin%26meta%3D) thread has a personal opinion that it’s derived from the French “grenue” (granulous) and some talk of a Germanic old woman, with no working clarification (broken link).

So, it seems that it’s probably lost in the mists of time.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-moon-cheese/100214/5 "2002-03-26T19:52:47Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Beelzebubba \*  
> **C’mon Beeble, at least read the guys post before sending him on.**

Oh jeez, my bad. Please accept my apologies, Mr. McCuan.