August 14, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• I don't think our sour-faced, cats-eye glasses wearing librarian is in any position to look down upon the Lockhorns for being old fashioned. She looks like a stock character from a 30's era screwball comedy. If she looked anymore conspicuously anachronistic she'd be Loretta's mother. With that being said, asking for a telephone directory at a public library is just about one of the most dated things you could possibly do, there are so many obsolete elements involved from using the directory, to not using the internet, to even remembering actual phone numbers (even using the phrase telephone directory instead of phone books sounds antiquated). Would we expect anything less from the Lockhorns? Push.
• Leroy puts up a pretty flimsy excuse for not going out enough with Loretta, but to his credit gas prices are pretty high. Also, Loretta is obviously exaggerating for the marriage counselor since every other day the Lockhorns are out and about complaining about restaurant service, ruining theater performances, and arguing at art exhibits. When they're feeling particularly extravagant, they'll even splurge for a miserable plane trip abroad complete with humiliating security search. The Lockhorns certainly get around. Leroy gets the point.
• Loretta might actually be helping Leroy out by not revealing the true cost of her out of control shopping addiction. If Leroy really knew the horrifying truth of the size of his debt, it would either sink him into an even more hopeless depression (if that's even physically possible at this point) or simply kill him with a shock heart attack (actually that may be beneficial for both parties involved). Loretta might also not be revealing her spending figures because even she can't accurately calculate the total staggering cost of her binges. Loretta ties Leroy 1-1.
• Speaking of Loretta's mother, what's a Sunday Showdown without everyone's favorite turn of the century schoolmarm making a visit to the Lockhorn homestead? Leroy wastes no time in making a comment at her expense to his adjacent friend. One can either read Leroy's crack about Loretta's mother's frequent escapes from her gated community as either implying that she is some sort of animal in a zoo or a hardened criminal in prison. Loretta and her mom are too busy playing some kind of crude mimic game to notice Leroy's comments. I'm leaning more towards animal. Leroy goes up 2-1.
• Say what you will about Leroy, he is definitely bold and fearless when it comes to ogling and pursuing giant bimbos. With no regard for his safety or others, he brazenly approaches the towering bimbo companion of an equally massive, but furious party goer. Maybe it's just due to depth perception but Leroy looks to be about half the height of the angry, freakishly long faced man. He'll be lucky if he can leave the party tonight with just another black eye. Loretta of course can only watch Leroy enter certain peril and crack an out of character technology referencing joke about Leroy's "browsing". I wonder if she is also implying that Leroy, like a browser without any security software, is also filled with many viruses. Leroy fails to seal the showdown, Loretta manages to salvage with a 2-2 push.

Official Count:

Leroy - 84
Loretta - 87

Push - 55