May 17, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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Clockwise from the bottom left:

• Once again Loretta's plan to poison Leroy has been discovered. It seems that her efforts are just getting cruder and sloppier with every failed attempt. She doesn't even seem to bother anymore with trying to subtly mix in the poison or foreign substance. She's now just straight up throwing in things like rope and fabric in the hopes that Leroy chokes on it or it causes from sort of fatal damage to his internal organs. Leroy continues to live and scores the point.
• Leroy scores another point with a deft cutting comment about Loretta's "nagging" cough. I think the whole thing genuinely caught Loretta off guard. Little did she expect that her persistent coughing would be setting her up for a classic fall. Of course, she's been in this relationship long enough to know that the best time for an insult is always when the other is sick and vulnerable. Leroy goes up two.
• I'm not really sure what modern day ill this scene is supposed to be commenting on. Are contemporary book stores constantly lying to us about the truthfulness of their books? I just hope that the Lockhorns are at least in the non-fiction area of the bookstore, otherwise I'd be even more confused. Push.
• Loretta's uncontrollable shopping dementia has reached such monstrous dimensions that she's willing to run over and kill a traffic officer in cold blood just so she can get to her store destination faster. Fortunately for our mustachioed officer, Loretta is not actually driving this time. Otherwise we'd basically be looking at a combination "Loretta's a shopaholic/Loretta can't drive" scenario involving vehicular homicide. I'm going to have to rule this one a push.
• Loretta manages a subtle snipe at Leroy while maintaining a holding pattern around him at the cocktail party. It's evident from the disinterested look on the face of that slightly evil looking mustachioed bald man that Leroy has no ideas worth humoring. No doubt that, shortly after this scene, Leroy will get the whole couple kicked out after inciting another argument. Loretta gets the point, but it's too little too late as Leroy takes the day 2-1.

Official Count:
Leroy - 36
Loretta - 50
Push - 51