Secular vs. Solomon: final rounds and game wrap-up
The game continues: "Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth" is Solomon, Proverbs 12:27; "A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise" is Solomon, Proverbs 15:12; "When you go to a donkey's house, don't talk about ears" is secular Jamaica; "Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind" is secular Bulgaria; "A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised" is Solomon, Proverbs 12; "Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true" is secular Poland. Ben wraps with a plug for the show's archive of game episodes, urges listeners to read one proverb a day, and jokes about artists who asked him to take their early appearances off the internet, prompting Kirk's "parable of the shoe" riff.
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