Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for June 04, 2009

Baldo, I like your style. Life is uncertain, so eat dessert first.

I can see the logic in that.

Is Carmen within earshot?

Because (given her “cooking”, which will spoil his appetite) it also happens to be a “diplomatic” response.

Better hurry up with that cake before Tia Carmen sees you.

hhmmm … .I ought to try that.

If you eat the dessert first before eat the supper, you will eventually have upside down nausea.

i tried that once… ice cream doesn’t go well before beef stew

I’m guessing that Baldo is trying the “instead of” (see my earlier point about Carmen’s cooking), doctortoon.