January 20, 2013: Sunday Showdown!

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• I enjoyed Loretta's mean little dig at Leroy's weight gain (or perhaps a recent misguided affinity towards buying overly slim fitting shirts?). It almost made up for being shown the distressing sight of Loretta in her intimates. Loretta may also be having problems fitting into her clothes as well. It must be quite difficult for the Lockhorns to find clothes that perfectly match their freakish proportions. We all know that shoes are an all together different nightmare. If the Lockhorns didn't despise each other so much, their would likely be sympathetic to each other's wardrobe issues. Loretta gets the point and takes the 1-0 lead.
• There is an admirable simple elegance to Leroy's concluding statement to his argument. Since neither Lockhorn will ever genuinely acknowledge that the other is right, getting the last word in and abandoning the conflict like this is about as close as one Lockhorn can get to winning an argument. There are some broad parallels to the Cold War doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), it is preferable not to attempt total victory by engaging in full scale combat. Interestingly enough, the Lockhorns' simmering conflict of a marriage has long outlasted the actual Cold War. Leroy scores a point and ties things up 1-1.
• Leave it to the Lockhorns to be patrons of one of the few remaining video rental stores in Nassau County. I find it a little surprising that they've moved on up to DVDs (I suppose they could possibly be Blu-ray discs as well, but come on this is "The Lockhorns"). Loretta brought this insult upon herself for even thinking that Leroy would give anything but a negative response to her suggestion of a romantic comedy. She might as well have asked Leroy if he wanted to wear a dress she picked out. Leroy earns the point and pulls ahead 2-1.
• Loretta has made a lot of ridiculous and dangerous assumptions about driving laws over the years but I am sort of in the boat with her on this one. While it is unambiguously illegal to pass a red light, I think most of us will agree that there is some leeway given for those passing right as the red comes on. Of course knowing Loretta, her idea of grace period is probably a lot more generous. Also, you don't actually go out and explain to the cop that there is a grace period. It's a push.
• Leroy, in quite un-Leroy-like fashion, comes through on the last panel to seal the deal. Once again some misguided couple has invited to Lockhorns to their wedding to inject their toxic views on marriage into the ceremony. I'm sure Leroy had some wise words of advice for the groom that Loretta could have made comments about had she gotten the timing right. Leroy takes the final point and wins the Sunday in rare dominating fashion 3-1.

Official Count:

Leroy - 9

Loretta - 11

Push - 0

Sunday Showdown Count:

Leroy - 1

Loretta - 2

Push - 0