November 20, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• It looks like Loretta's dirty little secret is out. Many of those wickedly sardonic glances and enraged dagger shooting looks of hers have been artificially enhanced all these years. Who knows what else she's been hiding from us? Perhaps that's not her natural hair color (or maybe even hair). Maybe she's been stuffing her shoes this whole time as well. I also question Loretta's excessive concern over the fate of her fake eyelashes. How much damage could Leroy possibly do to her fake eyelashes with a fly swatter. It's a wonderfully ridiculous scene. Leroy gets the early lead 1-0.
• Ah the vintage ice bag placed over the head, the universal symbol of someone not feeling unwell; although I don't think I've ever seen them being used outside of the Lockhorns and movies made before 1970. If I were a betting man, I'd wager the particular ailment Leroy is trying to recover from to be another raging hangover from a night of binge cocktail consumption. Of course Loretta is right to assume that a heavily hung over Leroy must feel unbearably old; but one can argue that, on a different level, Leroy might feel as youthful as a young college frat boy recovering from a night of hard partying. Still Loretta gets the point to tie things up 1-1.
• I had to give this panel much consideration before ruling it as push. The scene is going to two directions. On one had you have a frustrated Leroy, who had to miss one of his beloved football games to be subjected to the torture of the masterwork of the immortal bard (Loretta sure loves forcing him to see "Hamlet"). On the other hand, Loretta's unhappy expression would seem to indicate that Leroy has managed to spitefully ruin the play for her as well with his simmering negativity (the fellow unhappy audience member walking out in the back seems to share Loretta's disappointment. Given the conflicting scenario, I had to rule it a push; 1-1.
• I'm not sure if Leroy really knows what he's talking about when referencing apps. I suspect he might have just heard about these things called "apps" on the news or while conversing with a younger co-worker and decided to incorporate it somehow into his next rank out of Loretta. Unfortunately for the counselor, he got to be the initial audience for its first use. I do wonder what a Leroy replacing app would actually do. Frequently insult the user? Track nearby bimbos with GPS? Just sit around the dashboard and do nothing? Come to think of it, there's a rich mine of Leroy put downs associated with thinking up a Leroy app; Loretta really dropped the ball here. Leroy escapes with a point. He takes the lead 2-1.
• After decades of frustrating meetings, threatening letters, and a perpetual cycle of never ending audits it would appear from all the high fives and chest pounds that the IRS finally has enough evidence to once and for all put Leroy in prison. With Wesley Snipes scheduled for release in 2013 the IRS is eager to look for a new high profile tax cheat to make an example of. As for seizing any valuable assets to help make up the difference...well they might be in for a disappointment. Despite the prospect of federal prison time, the push ensures Leroy an exceedingly rare Sunday Showdown victory 2-1; and keeps his faint hopes alive for a late year comeback.

Official Count:

Leroy - 108
Loretta - 127

Push - 89