February 13, 2010

The sight of Leroy picking up a Valentine's Day box of chocolate for Loretta from the chocolatier while on his way home from work is ostensibly a shocking scene. However one has to understand that for a cold-hearted, terminally loveless couple like the Lockhorns, any traditional Valentine's Day activity is done out of pure irony. Not just superficial "hipsters wearing trucker hats" irony but the deep complex overarching irony that Kierkegaard was referring to when he described irony as "infinite, absolute negativity", deconstructing and ultimately destroying the symbol itself. Also, he's likely trying to get Loretta to break her diet and feel helplessly guilty about it. Push.

Official Count:

Leroy - 9
Loretta - 17
Push - 18