October 18, 2009: Sunday Showdown!

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• The Lockhorns find themselves learning yet another tough lesson about their financial situation around the big old timey table. Today the Lockhorns realize that they are so delinquent in their debt obligations that their creditors are emphasizing their demand letters with exclamation points. If those debt collectors think this approach is going to intimidate Loretta into exercising even a modicum of fiscal responsibility, they are sadly mistaken. Push!
• Two of Leroy's most distinguishing character traits, his propensity towards making groan inducing puns and his ridiculous cheapness, serendipitously come together in his suggestion of purchasing an insultingly inexpensive "gift" of a furnace filter that would literally aid in warming the house of the poor individual who made the mistake of extending a housewarming invitation to the Lockhorns. Weatherstripping would also work in this situation, but I think it's slightly more expensive than a furnace filter. Yet another push.
• Another carefully planned romantic wedding ruined by the Lockhorns' presence. At the most important moment of the day, when the bride and groom are finally joined in eternal matrimony, Loretta is suddenly compelled to remind the blue haired stranger sitting next to her about how terrible her own wedding was. Loretta proves once again that there is never an inappropriate time to insult Leroy. Loretta finally gets on the board.
• There are many ways to read Leroy's ambiguous comparison of Loretta's unappetizing meatloaf to CSI. Could he be comparing it to a similar meatloaf featured in a particular episode involving poisoning? Could be he likening the look and color of the meatloaf to be reminiscent of an autopsy scene? Perhaps he's implying that the food is as inedible as a tv show prop? Or maybe something about the meatloaf's consistency reminds him of Laurence Fishburne's face? I think it's open to every reader to draw their own conclusions. Leroy ties it up.
• Another swinging cocktail party finds Leroy falling completely off the wagon and into the eager waiting arms of a fun loving monstrous bimbo. Say what you want about Leroy's homeliness , advanced age, poor health, lack of personality, and substandard personal hygiene; he somehow always manages to attract those gigantic busty Amazons wherever he goes. Loretta is more than eager to give her comments about the situation by comparing Leroy to a child. Of course children aren't usually found drinking that much liquor. Loretta wins the point and the day 2-1.

Official Count:

Leroy - 91
Loretta - 112
Push - 88