The hosts play 'Secular or Solomon', dubbed 'America's fastest growing internet game show': proverbs are read aloud and players (including the guest and game participant Nick Harris) must say whether each is a secular proverb with a country of origin or a Bible proverb. Rounds include: the spoon/soup wisdom (secular), 'whoever is slothful will not roast his game' (Solomon, Proverbs 12), 'whoever oppresses a poor man insults his maker' (Solomon, Proverbs 14), the Mary Malone curse (secular Ireland), 'a bribe is like a magic stone' (Solomon, Proverbs 17), 'the man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot' (secular), 'one gives freely yet grows all the richer' (Solomon, Proverbs 11), 'who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast' (secular), and the finale 'you become wise when you begin to run out of money' (secular).
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