200. Ending 2008 With a Lesson?

This didactic fable has been attributed to the Sufis, Jainists, Buddhists, or Hindus, and has been used by all those groups. Buddha used it in Tittha sutta in Udana (Pali canon). The story is used to indicate that reality may be viewed differently depending upon one's perspective, suggesting that what seems an absolute truth may be relative due to the deceptive nature of half-truths. The version best-known in the West is the 19th Century poem by John Godfrey Saxe.

Which story?

199. Ready to pop the bubbly?

Which extremely popular Italian sparkling wine and peach puree based cocktail gets its name from the fact that its unique pink color, reminded one Giuseppe Cipriani of the hues of paintings of a 15th-century Venetian artist?



PS: Have a great New Year!

198. The Red Baron's uncle!

Ferdinand von Richthofen was an uncle of the World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen(best known as the "Red Baron”).

What was his contribution to the world of geography?

197. Natural Born Killers?

Identify movie from poster.