July 12, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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• Loretta starts things off in fine form by taking aim once again at Leroy's issues with social drinking. You would immediately assume she would go with the obvious "Leroy's a drunk" insult, but she decides to shake things up by going with the "Leroy's an idiot" jab. Either route is perfectly appropriate during those parties where Leroy has too much to drink and humiliates himself...which is really every party. Loretta scores the point.
• I'm guessing this is some sort of dig at Leroy's lack of fashion sense? I know it's an insult but I really can't see the direct point here. The Lockhorns only wear about a handful of different outfits anyway. I'm really more distracted by the unhealthy amount of intimacy in the scene with Leroy and Loretta both in their undergarments. Despite the disturbing picutre and joke ambiguity, I'm still giving Loretta the point.
• It seems that Leroy's Bible quoting friend's advice about the importance of honesty proved to be quite ineffective against Loretta. One wonders what sort of shenanigans Leroy and his friend were up to that would raise Loretta's ire like that. Ogling giant bimbos? Drinking to excess? 18 rounds of marriage bashing at the golf course? Loretta's strong rejection would seem to indicate that, whatever it was, it must have had the potential of giving Leroy actual joy. Both Lockhorns appear unhappy but I think Loretta gets the edge here since she's extinguishing Leroy's fun. Three points for Loretta; this is turning into a blowout.
  
• Leroy's frustrated insults are not bound by gender nor species as he directs his vitriol at some random bird of prey. Meanwhile, you can tell by the cold, calculating look in Loretta's eyes that she had been contemplating how to make a Leroy's murder appear to be an accidental drowning since the start of the fising trip. It's a push.
• It looks like the newest victim in the Lockhorns' revolving carousel of biting social critiques are the ubiquitous pharmaceutical advertisements on TV. Leroy doesn't seem to find Loretta's cleverly worded request to reject the commerical and change the channel to be all that witty, but he still wearily complies. Take that billion dollar pharmaceutical advertising industry! With that push, Loretta ends the day with an emphatic 3-0 shutout victory; ending Leroy's three day winning streak and demonstrating her continued dominance of Sundays.

Official Count:

Leroy - 59
Loretta - 69
Push - 65