Secular vs Solomon: the game rounds
The full game plays out. Dan, prompted first, calls “a drowning man is not troubled by rain” secular and guesses Canada, specifically Niagara Falls (answer: secular, Iran). Rounds continue through “slack hand causes poverty” (Solomon, Proverbs 10:4), “whoever works in integrity walks securely” (Solomon, Proverbs 10:9), “a monkey never thinks her baby's ugly” (secular, Kenya), “with his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor” (Solomon, Proverbs 11:9), “the bear and the bear hunter have different opinions” (secular), “hunger is the best sauce” (secular), and “anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down” (Solomon, Proverbs 12:25). Comedy detours include the Bay of Pigs, Jesus creating the first bay of pigs with the demoniac's swine, and Dan's “contested regions” answers. The game closes with a plug for more rounds at the show's website.
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