Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for April 06, 2010

Whoa!

I’m sure it’s not what it looks like and we’re going to get a silly, strange, or otherwise unique surprise on Friday.

Gregorio is going to try and pull a fast one. He’s probably one of those losers that scam older women.

I’m afriad Carmy sounds right to me. That smile of Gregorio’s bodes nothing good.

At least there’s a line between his uppers and lowers. unlike the Joker lookalikes in Annie

whoa, hold on a minute…..

is gregorio getting something from the jewelers for tia carmen, or is he getting it for someone else and wants tia’s opinion?

Hmm. Might be a good catch, bald.

I could be wrong, but I’m not expecting a con. The ring looks like it’ll set Gregorio back more than he’d get from scamming Carmen. I think we’ll probably see a sincere (if impetuous) proposal.

I know, I know, he might be putting down a deposit or buying a fake, but if he were a serial proposer-to of “wealthy” spinsters he’d probably have a convincing bit of glass already handy. Also, having so recently rerun the lottery scam story, it would seem like overkill to have Carmen play pigeon twice in such a short time.

(Again, though, I could be wrong.)

I just wonder how can Gregorio afford to buy an expensive ring at the jewelers for Tia Carmen or someone else? Does he have a lot of money to buy fancy and expensive ring? Wait and see about that.

Hijole! I’m not seeing what I think I’m seeing!

Joe, I’m a Tex-Mex and I’ve always thought Hijole to mean something like, holy cow or yikes. What you said does make sense, but it wouldn’t explain why I’ve heard some people say, Hijo de ~! and Hijole in the same sentence. That would just be like repeating themselves, you know?

What a sly, suave fox Gregorio is. Will Tía Carmen say “sí”?