When we were 12 or something, we tried to make some 5 year old kids believe that moon is made of cheese, and all of the cheese in the world is exported from there, which is why the moon gradually gets smaller. However, I don't think we came up with a credible explanation for why it gets big again.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 16 October 2006 17:34 (seventeen years ago) link