April 3, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• Let's just all hope that Loretta is referring to the similarity between the posing of Leroy and Rodin's "The Thinker" and not to the state of undress. Loretta's quality rank out however is once again all for naught due to the unfortunate absence of Leroy (who showed last week that the only kind of art he's into are ugly clown paintings that annoy Loretta). I can't blame Loretta for jumping the gun, sometimes when the inspiration hits, you just have to insult. Also, is that lady in the back admiring a side profile portrait of The Penguin? Push.
• I have to give it to Leroy, even while groggy and disheveled, with most likely a raging hangover from a night of hard drinking, he still manages to shoot off an insult to Loretta about her coffee. It's a good thing he got his barb off in time, since Loretta would have been right there to make fun of his slovenly state. Hopefully he is awake enough to quickly dodge the scalding hot pot of coffee Loretta is about to throw at his face. Leroy goes up 1-0.
• I'm not sure what good the ankle monitor will do at the party. Loretta doesn't have to track him over a wide area, they will probably be under the same roof for the whole night. Perhaps if there was some sort of electric shock collar situation keeping him from the open bar or roaming bimbos, it would make more sense. Still, there has to be something said for embarrassing your spouse at a party in front of all your friends by forcing him to wear an ankle monitor. Loretta ties it up 1-1.
• This really is a perplexing dig by Loretta. What exactly does "the call of the wild" have to do with Leroy being a slob in front of the TV? Is she implying that he has become so unkempt and uncivilized that he is being called out to nature? There were so many better ways Loretta could have have gone with this scene. She could have said it was opportunity calling and it was on hold or maybe that life was calling and it was passing him by. Heck, I would have preferred to have Loretta say the jerk store called and they were running out of Leroy. I'll still give her the point, but it's definitely not her finest moment. Loretta leads 2-1.
• Apparently the Lockhorns have one car that has survived Loretta's destructive driving habits to live up to the ripe old age of 180,000 miles. I suspect that this might be Leroy's personal car and that he has actually made numerous modifications to it inside and out, including rolling up the odometer, to make it as unappealing a ride as possible for Loretta to keep her at bay. It's sort of like that old SNL parody commercial about a luxury car that looks like a clunker to prevent theft. Of course it still won't stop Loretta from using it to mock Leroy. Loretta takes the final three points to cruise to a 3-1 victory.

Official Count:

Leroy - 36
Loretta - 31

Push - 26