February 14, 2010: Sunday Showdown!

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Clockwise from the bottom left:

• Loretta drops a devastating dose of hard, cold reality on a completely delusional Leroy by reminding of the laughable futility of his attempts at covering up his baldness. While probably not in such a cruel and callous manner, Leroy really did need to get this sobering wake up call. How self-deluded is he to think that he can give any sort of illusion of more hair by combing his two strands over his wide barren mesa of a head? As humiliated as Leroy is at the moment, Loretta may be saving him further humiliation in the long run. In addition, Loretta gets the point.
• In his endless struggle to avoid any housework or responsibilities, Leroy breaks out the fancy legalese. Leroy no doubt consulted his personal lawyer, Ted Sklar (who is quite the expert on using technically inapplicable legal concepts to get out of doing things), during his last will changing. Leroy may have gotten the best of Loretta here with his slick legal maneuvering, but it's obvious she'll have her terrible revenge soon enough when she serves dinner. Leroy still gets the point though, 1-1.
• It looks like even the Lockhorns have caught a bit of the Winter Olympic fever. Unfortunately for Loretta, her hopes of an exciting day on the slopes and the always wonderful prospect of Leroy getting into an accident and ending up in traction at the hospital are dashed when Leroy changes their plans at the last minute to go to the bowling alley. I'm pretty sure this was Leroy's plans from the start; to build up Loretta's expectations only to sadistically tear them down at the end. Well played, Leroy. Well played. Leroy goes up 2-1.
• Couldn't Leroy just turn into another lane and let the police car go by? This isn't Soviet Russia or anything but after 15 miles, you have to assume that the police car is intentionally tailing you. Perhaps the state highway patrol, after countless fatalities and untold amounts of public destruction, have finally decided to place a permanent tail on the Lockhorns so they can immediately arrest them after their latest violation. It looks likes it's working so far. Push.
• I don't know why but I found this scene to be particularly funny. Leroy's breaking out of the special McDonald's Flintstones cups can be taken numerous ways. They can be an indictment of Leroy's lack of class and sophistication. It can be another example of Leroy's outrageous cheapness. It can also show that Leroy has the developmental capacity of an 8 year old. Whatever the case may be, Loretta is definitely getting a quality burn out of it. To Leroy's defense, those 1993 McDonald's Flintstones cups are sort of a pricey collectors item and do look pretty sweet. However, Loretta gets the point and forces the 2-2 push.

Official Count:

Leroy - 9
Loretta - 17
Push - 19