Dark Side of the Moon

Ogr81 wrote: Right then! Who ordered the Ion Cannon!? I'm not paying for it! If it's in that stash on the dark side of the moon, I know about it! So fess up!
Ben wrote: There is no dark side of the moon. The far side of the moon actually gets more light than the near side.
Someone Else Wrote: Okay. So how come it is so dark then?
Pete wrote: What makes you think it is dark?
Ben wrote: I could mean....metaphysically
Ogr81 wrote: I could be a rubber duck, but I'm not. No one is even going to contest my claim of it getting more light so that I can be real snooty and explain it to them?
Ben wrote: But how do you know the moon isn't wearing a huge pair of sunglasses on the other side?
Ogr81 wrote: Because it doesn't have a nose, so they would keep slipping down