October 23, 2011: Sunday Showdown!

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• To be fair, bacon fragrances have made great progress into the mainstream and there is clearly a wider audience of bacon scent enthusiasts out there outside of just the lazy slobbish Leroy types. I do caution Loretta however about dabbling in any food related perfumes, lest she actually wants a display of genuine attraction and possible physical interest from Leroy. The man has been denied the tastes and scents of edible food for so long there is no telling what his sudden reaction would be. It's a push.
• Once again I sort of have to come to Leroy's defense. He is clearly guilty of his usual shameless ogling but can you really blame the man? What kind of library is this anyway? There is nothing on the Levittown Public Library website to indicate that it is staffed by towering sexy librarian fetish models (seriously, she must be 8 feet tall with that massive beehive). I think any patron, male or female, would find such a sight working the circulation desk to be unavoidably distracting. Still, Loretta is entitled to a point for calling Leroy out. The score stands 1-0.
• It appears Leroy still hasn't grasped the concept of a wireless phone. He doesn't have to stand next to the receiver like that while he's on hold. I always dislike Lockhorn panels involving telephone problems. The only thing worse than Leroy complaining about long waits on the line is when he makes outdated complaints about telemarketers interrupting dinners. It's a shame that they had to use the big prime central panel for this tired non-joke. What a waste. It's another push, Loretta leads 1-0.
• Given his hellish home situation, it is surprising that we don't get more scenes of Leroy avoiding Loretta and drinking his troubles away at Arthur's (really what is the difference between Leroy and fellow sad sack, wife hating, alcoholic Norm from Cheers?). I smell a spin off series here: a daily panel involving Leroy and his fellow degenerate barflies, swilling beer, bantering with the oddly shaped bartender (you know he's got a story to tell), and making sardonic observations about their unhappy lives. Yet another push, Loretta is still holding onto that 1-0 lead.
• I enjoyed Loretta's twist on the old axiom about clothes making the man. It's also quite true. Often times Leroy will be pretty sharply dressed while making an obnoxious ass of himself at a soon to be ex-acquaintance's cocktail party. Judging by the glazed look on his face and his sedated posture he is well on his way to either getting into a random fistfight or grinding up on some unsuspecting bimbo party guest. Proactive Loretta didn't even bother waiting for those slam dunk opportunities before slamming him. This is one of the reasons why she is comfortably ahead in the yearly standing and has locked down another Sunday Showdown 2-0.

Official Count:

Leroy - 98
Loretta - 118

Push - 80