The birth of the first baby of the year is usually a time for celebration. But according to cartoon contest winner Johnnie Martinelli of Quincy, wasting time in the hospital’s waiting room is putting a damper on this diaper-wearer’s party. See more finalists or submit your own for this week's contest.
Johnnie Martinelli of Quincy
Did I make it before the Fiscal Cliff?
Victor Ausilio, Billerica
I'm not the same person I was last year.
George Huber, La Verne, CA
Can you just bill my co-pay later? I kind of have to be somewhere.
Anthony Billingsley, Natick
Insurance card? I just got here.
Mario Hasz, Cromwell, CT
My insurance card must be in my other diaper.
Rich Culotta, Baldwin, NY
Fiscal cliffs? School shootings? Honey Boo Boo? Hey lady, any way they can put me back?
Maite Bengoa, Seattle, WA
Lady, I've got zero insurance. Sorry, I'm paying 'out of diaper.'
Greg Curtis, Danvers
Tell the Mayans I'm alive and well!
Brian Kingston, Natick
Man, it's ROUGH out there! ...I want my room back.
Greg Curtis, Danvers
Those Mayans scared the crap out of me.
Michael A. Fishman, Somers, CT
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