August 9, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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• Leroy's usual mocking of Loretta's inedible cooking is given an extra dash of vitriol with the inclusion of the poor dinner guest as an audience member. I suspect that the unfortunate diner is Leroy's boss from work, whom he is attempting to impress in his completely outdated style by inviting him over and having a home cooked meal. This may explain Leroy's low salary and lack of promotion at work. There is also the possibility that he's trying to kill him as well. In either case, Leroy gets the point.
• Loretta finds herself in an uncharacteristic moment of vulnerability after losing her train of thought mid nag. Leroy takes full advantage of this rare moment of hesitation by turning what would have been a standard Loretta nag session into a swift victory for Leroy. Is this a sign of the usually dominant Loretta slipping or just a forgettable random lapse? For Leroy to pick up ground, he needs to capitalize on all these opportunities. Leroy goes up by two.
• Not only has Loretta humbled Leroy by giving him the personally emasculating task of washing the dishes of the horrible dinner she just cooked, but while he toils away at the sink she mentions how she continually steals every meager bit of money that he leaves in his clothes. Feminists would cheer at Loretta's manipulation of traditional domestic gender roles. Loretta gets the point.
• Loretta's sixth sense for Leroy's ogling isn't all that impressive when you figure Leroy's decrepit physique causes quite a few noises when he makes any movement in general. Hopefully Leroy won't injure his neck or back with all his relentless, wide eyed, crooked smile, staring. It seems that it's "Freakish Bimbo Day" over at the beach. While it may not be all that effective, Loretta still gets the point for her cock blocking attempts.
• I'm slightly confused about what ruinous personal finance analogy she is making here. Is she saying their investments are as worthless as dirt? Is she saying their investments have been wildly fluctuating much like the peaks and valleys of these dunes? Or maybe she's referring to how their portfolio's value has gone off a cliff? Obviously it's bad, but bad in what way? Unfortunately this ambiguous push fails to resolve this Sunday's showdown; thus leaving us with another push overall.
  

Official Count:

Leroy - 67
Loretta - 81
Push - 73