March 20, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• In Leroy's defense, I hardly know much more about the equinox. I know it's a day that comes twice a year where there is supposedly and equal amount of night and day or something like that. Frankly I didn't even know it was today until I read the panel. Leroy probably isn't as clueless as Loretta claims and likely has some personal pet name for the equinox and understands it as a concept. On the other hand Loretta is actually being somewhat generous to Leroy in implying that he can actually read a dictionary. Loretta gets the point.
• You'd think that with all the early round March Madness play going on this weekend that Leroy would be annoying Loretta with his NCAA basketball watching rather than NBA; but I guess Leroy just prefers the higher quality product of the pro game. Judging by the crude image of the bald player in white, it would appear that Leroy is watching Heat backup center Zydrunas "Big Z" Ilgauskas in a Miami home game. Regardless, Loretta is none too pleased (then again everybody hates the Heat). Leroy ties things up at 1.
• We see the Lockhorns angrily walking out of yet another fruitful session at the marriage counselor's office. We didn't get to see the actual carnage of the session but based on Loretta's complaint to Leroy about his creation of the clever portmanteau "nagathon", it was Leroy who got the best dig in. This is quite a refreshing change of pace for Leroy. Loretta is usually the expert wordsmith when it comes to insults. Perhaps he's growing as a competitor. Leroy goes up 2-1.
• I thought initially that Leroy's comment meant that all the generations were killed by the toxic nature of the recipe, but that would have meant they tried it. So I guess Leroy is saying that every generation got the recipe passed down but refused to unleash its horror upon the world. But then again if the recipe was so awful, why would it even be preserved for future generations? I think Leroy got a little too ambitious here, when a less convoluted put down of Loretta's cooking would have sufficed. As for their poor dinner guests, there's no question that they are going to die. Leroy clinches the day, 3-1.
• It's nice to see that good old fashioned, Tim Allen-style, jokes about tool loving husbands and their hardware averse wives are still quite alive and well in the world of the Lockhorns. Despite having shown time and time again that he is woefully inept at woodworking and home improvement, Leroy is still drawn to expensive power tool purchases like a moth to a flame; a fact that our smarmy salesman is all too eager to exploit. At least Loretta can take some comfort in the fact that Leroy will more than likely seriously injure himself with that huge saw. It's a push. Leroy breaks a long Sunday drought with a 3-1 win.

Official Count:

Leroy - 30
Loretta - 26

Push - 23