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- The Lockhorns' long suffering marriage counselor, Pullman, may possibly be reaching his absolute limit with Leroy and Loretta's antagonistic antics. There was a brief scare last month when he suddenly walked out of a session only to warily return a week later. The fact that he has managed to even put up with these weekly assaults of frustration and futility for all these years is downright incredible. I can't imagine he needs the money that desperately. Perhaps he keeps seeing the Lockhorns because he has developed some sort of sadomasochistic complex over the years. It's a push.
- This may seem like just another lame "Lockhorns" panel where they waste their time making some laughably dated complaint about what they consider "modern living" (this time a scathing indictment of newfangled toasters with superfluous functions). However, since making toast in a toaster can technically be considered a form of cooking, I suspect Loretta is just such a poor cook that she cannot properly complete the simple task of loading slices of bread into a toaster without seeking technical support. Unfortunately for Leroy, he just lets this golden opportunity for an easy point slip right through his fingers. It's another push, as we continue to wait for the first point to be scored.
- I find Leroy's comments to Loretta to be particularly nasty. Well played, Leroy. Normally this panel would be a situation where Loretta would be racking up a point by making a snide remark concerning Leroy and the featured bimbo. Leroy manages to preempt Loretta and, instead of being chastised for his ogling, cruelly explains to Loretta how she is lacking compared to the glamorous bimbo. Leroy's choice of keeping what Loretta has "twice as much" of in comparison to the bimbo ambiguous was a nice touch; there are countless, terrible ways that can be construed. Leroy draws first blood, 1-0.
- A particularly idiotic train of logic stated by Leroy, but alas Loretta fails to make a move on it. Even if his insane argument was valid, it still wouldn't prevent him from getting a ticket. It would just mean that the police officer would also get a speeding ticket as well. I doubt that they would both cancel each other out. Then again I'm putting in far too much thought to such a meritless, stupid argument. The pointless panels keep on coming with another push. Leroy still leads 1-0. This is soccer-esque scoring.
- It's always a rare sight to have both Lockhorns looking happy in the same panel. Often times this is due to them making everyone else around them unhappy. This is sort of the case here in this rather bizarre final panel. For reasons unexplained, the Lockhorns find themselves sitting right in the middle of an orchestra. For some reason the normally concert-hating Leroy is happy to be right in the middle of a concert performance, while the equally delighted Loretta can only comment as to how great these inexplicable seats are. In a day full of strange but ultimately fruitless, pushes, this final bit of silliness is utterly proper. In one of the oddest Sunday Showdowns in memory, Leroy pulls off a rare 1-0 victory.
Official Count:
Leroy - 59
Loretta - 69
Push - 34
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