The hosts, the guest, and the players addressed by name in the audio (Mike, Dan Hudson, 'John Boova the third', and Chandra Knutson) play ten rounds: 'A light is still a light' (secular, Austria); 'God grant me a good sword and no use for it' (secular, Poland); 'Let a man meet a she bear robbed of her cubs' (Solomon, Proverbs 17:12); the honey proverb (Solomon, Proverbs 25:16); 'May you get to heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead' (secular, Ireland); 'The wise will inherit honor' (Solomon, Proverbs 3:35); 'The lazy man raises poor cabbage' (secular, Sweden); 'A decision made at night may be changed in the morning' (secular, Samoa, via a fictional Burma-Samoan secession gag); 'The blessing of the Lord makes rich' (Solomon, Proverbs 10:22); and the gazelle proverb (Solomon, Proverbs 6).
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