August 18, 2013

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• It was a borderline call but I'm going to have to rule that Leroy comes out on top in this panel. Loretta's the one criticizing Leroy but it certainly hasn't gotten to him. In fact Loretta's comments are more like a confirmation of Leroy's victory. All Loretta can do is complain as Leroy somehow gets away with being extra lazy. Maybe if Loretta had a vacuum or a bag of trash to be taken out in her other hand there might be enough of threat of immediate action to credit her a point. However, here there is nothing to indicate that Leroy won't continue to just be a lazy sack for the rest of the day. Leroy wins and takes 1-0 lead.
• Leroy follows up his close win in the previous panel with a two for one insult special on Loretta and her mom. While Leroy has insulted Loretta's cooking in front of dinner guests many times before, this is the first time I recall where the guest was Loretta's mother. Clearly she does not agree with Leroy's evaluation of her daughter's cooking. I have to assume Loretta's mom's cooking is just as terrible . Leroy earns the point and surges to a 2-0 lead.
• There goes my appetite for the upcoming week. There have been plenty of prior scenes with the Lockhorns on the bathroom scale, why does this particular scene need to feature Leroy in his underwear? I should be grateful I guess, he might have been wearing even less. Oddly enough though, Leroy still has his socks on. Perhaps he has some image issues with his feet? I know I do. Loretta picks the easy fruit and earns herself a point with a quick fat joke. Leroy still leads 2-1.
• Loretta's dropping some deep insights into issues of presence, identity, and alienation in the age of social media. I struggled as to whether to categorize this as an insult to Leroy or a mere push. In the end I can't really give Loretta the points here. She's ostensibly criticizing the internet's affect on social interactions. There are plenty of ways she should have attacked Leroy (I for one would have made a comment about how he resembles an orangutan in this scene) but she laid off. It's a push. The score remains 2-1 in favor of Leroy.
• That teal car isn't supposed to be a Porsche, right? It doesn't even look like a sports car, more like an affordable two door sedan. Leroy's friend seems to think it's quite dreamy. Leroy's comments about his marriage counselor bills fits with my long time view that their counselor Pullman only puts up with the Lockhorns for the steady financial rewards. Now the question is, why do the Lockhorns keep blowing good money on him? It's another push as Leroy wins a highly contentious Sunday victory 2-1.

Official Count:

Leroy - 77

Loretta - 100

Push - 53

Sunday Showdown Count:

Leroy - 9

Loretta - 14

Push - 10