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- In today's panel Loretta literally reaches new heights of terrible driving. Really where does one even begin to put the pieces together? Did Loretta somehow mange to parallel park her way up the house? Did she get someone to place the car up there so she could practice her parallel parking on the roof? Maybe she suddenly got airborne while practicing in the street? Perplexing questions aside, I actually do enjoy these occasional, abrupt descents by the Lockhorns into the bizarre and surreal. At least, Leroy can count himself fortunate that Loretta didn't drive the car into the house this time. Loretta goes up 1-0.
- Loretta proves once again that nobody ever does anything unambiguously nice for anybody in the miserable world of "The Lockhorns". In a triumph of laziness over cheapness we learn here that Leroy would rather go through the added cost and hassle of taking Loretta out to a restaurant than face his dish washing duties. Then again, given what we know of Loretta's horrifying cooking, washing one of her dishes after a meal would likely be a far more difficult ordeal. Loretta scores another point and jumps out to a quick 2-0 lead.
- A bit of positive news in the Lockhorns' house? Loretta is definitely justified in recording this rare shinning moment! In all the time I've been covering the Lockhorns, it is the first time either one of them have ever been happy on a bathroom scale. This is a double victory for Loretta; not only did she actually lose weight on her diet, her success is a deliciously spiteful victory over Leroy, who is no doubt green with envy. Loretta continues to roll on, 3-0. Now that the win is clinched, perhaps she can go for the sweep!
- It appears that this Sunday Showdown isn't the only place where Loretta is on a total roll. Whether it was through devious hustling or just by pure dumb beginner's luck, Loretta has managed to clean out Leroy and his poker buddies, thoroughly ruining the game for everyone. It looks like another wild shopping spree is in store. Anytime Loretta can terminally poison an activity that Leroy enjoys is an all around win for her. The blowout continues with, Loretta picking up an impressive fourth point and dominating the day 4-0.
- Leroy manages to salvage a small shred of his dignity by finally stepping up in the last panel, thus preventing the shut out and depriving Loretta of an unprecedented 5-0 victory. Perhaps it was hubris or just an unfortunate lapse in judgement, but Loretta took a huge risk in going for the live singing and piano performance at the party. Unsurprisingly, Leroy took advantage of this easy target. Overall though we shouldn't dwell too much on this small blemish in an otherwise historic performance. Loretta takes the day 4-1.
Official Count:
Leroy - 27
Loretta - 37
Push - 14
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