January 23, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• The sight of Loretta's euphoric expression as she fondles what appears to be her right foot (or possibly a large ear of corn) is a bit too close to a scene from a foot fetish video for my liking. Judging by Leroy's completely disgusted reaction, he wholeheartedly agrees. Although the TSA's passenger screening methods have come under heavy criticism as of late, I think the security official's suspicion here is quite justified. Can you imagine the amount of explosive materials that could be smuggled in via the Lockhorns' massive clodhoppers? Scary. Loretta gets the point for grossing everybody out.
• Poor Leroy really can't catch a break. Going by his angry, hurried appearance, it seems he has gotten the Lockhorns kicked out of another party; but this time over some sort of misunderstanding involving children and spelling. We all normally expect Leroy to have been abruptly booted from a shindig for insulting others or getting into heated exchanges or making a drunken ass of himself, but getting punted for pulling a Dan Quayle seems pretty weak. I'm going to assume he got into a stubborn argument with the kid and punched him/her. Loretta take advantage of the situation, like she always does, and finds herself up 2-0.
• I'm not totally sure about the joke in this panel. I think the punchline is that Loretta's terrible cooking left such a foul impression on the resort the previous time that now they want a double deposit by the Lockhorns. There is also the possibility that Leroy is over exaggerating to mock Loretta's cooking. Either way I'm pretty sure Loretta is the victim here, so I'm going to give the point to Leroy. Loretta is still ahead 2-1.
• I would have also accepted a response by Leroy stating Loretta is living increasingly "foot to mouth". Leroy's clever jab at Loretta's excessive hand phone use may take a far darker turn if the Lockhorns' mounting debts (mostly accumulated by Loretta) begin to really overwhelm them and they are actually forced to live an increasingly "hand to mouth" existence. Another amazing Sunday comeback by Leroy ties it at 2, but can he finally finish one out?
• To Leroy's defense it's hard not too come off as a constantly leering creep when your height always puts you at boob level with all the bimbos of the world. Speaking of boobs, the fact that Leroy's nose is about as big as our featured buxom bimbo's entire chest is quite disturbing; even more disturbing than her freakishly thin ankles that thin out to the point of nothingness. Of course where there's bimbo ogling there is an angry Loretta with a point, and she manages to end this Sunday Showdown happily ever after with another close 3-2 win.

Official Count:

Leroy - 8
Loretta - 8
Push - 7