February 15, 2009; Sunday Showdown!

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• It is just another day at the marriage counselor's office for our favorite fractured couple. Leroy raises the age old complaint of many a disgruntled husbands: "my wife won't shut up." I guess the state of the union speech is a good comparison to make. I would have also accepted "filibuster." Point to Leroy.
• Another classic complaint is demonstrated here; this time it's the wife's age old gripe that: "my husband is incapable of saying 'I love you'." However, instead of Loretta bringing it up and using it against Leroy, he preemptively co-opts it and throws it back at her. Leroy's middle name must be Parkay because he's on a roll.
• Loretta accomplishes the rarest of Lockhorn insults, the one without any words. Loretta's uncontrollable shopaholism is a tricky double edged sword. On one hand it may be a source of ridicule by Leroy, but at the same time it can also be a means for her to get back at him. This is definately the latter. Loretta gains the point.
• Oh Loretta, don't you realize your entire marriage itself is the real prison? A prison from which there is no escape? Atleast she didn't make any references to conjucal visits. Loretta still gets the final say, so it's still her point.
• It appears to be another case of Leroy's outragously bad sense of directions. While the flaws of both Lockhorns are somewhat exagerrated for comic effect, Leroy's inept sense of direction has been consistently shown to go beyond mere hyperbole into the surreal and absurd. Equally bizarre is Loretta's ability to still manage to zing Leroy, despite the insanity. Loretta completes a furious comeback to take this Sunday 3 to 2, extending her lead to a season high five.
  

Official Count:

Leroy - 13
Loretta - 18
Push - 15