March 24, 2013: Sunday Showdown!

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• Although the calender states that it is technically spring, as a fellow tri-state area resident Loretta would agree that the weather has yet to approach anything close to resembling that season. Still, this won't stop Loretta from using the season to mock Leroy in front of company. Although Leroy may not be conscious of his burn, Loretta still deserves the point for landing an insult on him within his presence. Unlike most of his other problems in life, Leroy cannot attempt to merely sleep through it. Loretta gets the first point and leads 1-0.
• Leroy doesn't appear drunk so I don't think that his dancing injury was sustained while cutting the rug with some random bimbo at a party. Are we to believe Leroy actually has a genuine love of dance beyond the tipsy party variety? Then again, given Leroy's less than stellar physical condition one of the moves Leroy was attempted to mimic from "Dancing With The Stars" could have been something as simple as getting up quickly from a sitting position. Regardless of how Leroy got hurt, Loretta is right there beside him to enhance his pain. Loretta earns another point and builds a 2-0 lead.
• I really hope Leroy is being literal when referring to knowing "where all the meatloaves are buried". Just going by the grim tone of his statement and the thousand yard stare he gives out the back sliding door, there might be a more disturbing meaning for "meatloaves". It seems more likely to me that all those "meatloaves" buried out back are former dinner guests who didn't survive a serving of Loretta's actual meatloaves. Perhaps Leroy has finally gotten sick of burying bodies and wants to turn Loretta and himself in. It's a push. Loretta still leads 2-0.
• Unfortunately for Leroy, merely acknowledging that you're being taken advantage of by Loretta doesn't count as an insult against her. Placed in a compromising situation, Leroy could have made the best of it by openly criticizing Loretta's shameful shopping addiction or perhaps cracked some line about how all those new clothes still won't make Loretta look attractive. Leroy's lines here could have easily been paraphrased by Loretta; the whole thing just comes off as a slam dunk for her. Loretta racks up another point as the domination continues, 3-0 Loretta.
• For the Lockhorns' marriage to be considered a romantic comedy, there has to be some sort of romance present. There's plenty of humor, albeit often more dark or absurd, but there is no love to be found anywhere. Perhaps in Leroy's mind he is starring in his own personal romantic comedy about an unhappy husband who finds himself falling for a gorgeous bimbo at a party and must find a way to win her over while escaping his shrill, miserable wife. There have been worse setups. As for the day, Loretta earns yet another point to complete an utterly one-sided 4-0 shutout victory over Leroy; the most lopsided Sunday victory I can recall.

Official Count:

Leroy - 31

Loretta - 36

Push - 16

Sunday Showdown Count:

Leroy - 2

Loretta - 6

Push - 4