March 15, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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Clockwise from the bottom left:

• There are two conclusions you can draw from this scene. The first would be that Loretta's natural addiction to shopping and being easily influenced by product commercials also includes ads for prescription medication. The other, more darker, conclusion would be that Loretta has both a shopping addiction and a pill addiction. In either case the "that's my stupid wife" expression of disbelief of Leroy's face says it all. The first point goes to Leroy.
• Oh Loretta, if only you knew how many untold thousands in hard currency Leroy has sunk into that wishing well, and various other wishing wells in the area over the years, you'd be able to figure out why Leroy always seems to bring home such a light pay check every month. Leroy goes up two to nothing.
• One can only dream of the endless possibilities of insulting "to do's" that Loretta has written up on the poster. For now, I guess we'll take the standard criticism of Leroy's earnings. I can't imagine there is even a single legitimate "to do" task written up there, just one sarcastic dig after another. Well done Loretta.
• Not only will the Lorckhorns ruin the evening for your restaurant by disruptively arguing all night and distracting the other patrons with their freakishly disproportionate physical appearance, the notoriously cheap Leroy will also stiff you on the tip. Loretta may be the winner here, but everyone else at the reaturant are the unfortuante losers.
• Some clever wordplay and apt use of football analogies by Leroy here. The "big risk" may apply both to the heightened risk of detection by Loretta or to her size as the risk as well. However, I think by the virtue of Loretta's expert cockblocking, she gets the point here. Loretta's glowing smile of supreme satisfaction is from her personal knowledge that she has snuffed out one of the few activities in life (flirting with other women) that brings any sort of relief to Leroy from his miserable existence. Another thrilling comback win for Loretta.

Official Count:

Leroy - 19
Loretta - 31
Push - 24