--- title: Meta Mugshot T Shirt Maine Man Bobby Burt Posed in for Booking Photo description: Too meta, or just meta enough? canonical: https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-19T16:20:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:34.179Z og:title: This Guy Posed for His Mugshot Wearing a T-Shirt Featuring His Previous Mugshot og:description: Too meta, or just meta enough? og:url: https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44fe909b708b5bd5/6986a008cd804d1f97ccc681/mug-shot-t-shirt_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Mug Shot T-Shirt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Guy Posed for His Mugshot Wearing a T-Shirt Featuring His Previous Mugshot twitter:description: Too meta, or just meta enough? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44fe909b708b5bd5/6986a008cd804d1f97ccc681/mug-shot-t-shirt_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Guy Posed for His Mugshot Wearing a T-Shirt Featuring His Previous Mugshot by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 19, 2014 4:20 PM UTC  This Aug. 8, 2014 booking photo released by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department shows Robert Burt, of Pittsfield, Maine. This Aug. 8, 2014 booking photo released by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department shows Robert Burt, of Pittsfield, Maine.Somerset County Sheriff’s Department—AP by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 19, 2014 4:20 PM UTC Back in June, 19-year-old Robert Burt was [charged](http://www.somersetcounty-me.org/SSC%5FNewsMedia/newsMedia/bookingreport.cfm?Checkdate=20140808) with driving under the influence. When the Pittsfield, Maine, resident showed up to begin his two-day jail sentence this month, he wore a shirt one of his co-workers had so generously made for him following the arrest. That shirt featured Burt’s original mugshot. Upon arrival, Burt had to pose for a booking photo, resulting in one marvelously meta moment. Sadly, the second mugshot does not show the entire shirt, which includes a second photo: We thought Macaulay Culkin was the [Meta T-Shirt King,](http://gawker.com/macaulay-culkin-has-a-t-shirt-of-ryan-gosling-wearing-a-1575194053) but Mr. Burt here is really giving him a run for his money. ([h/t The Smoking Gun](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/mug-shot-with-mug-shot-shirt-687543)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/"},"headline":"This Guy Posed for His Mugshot Wearing a T-Shirt Featuring His Previous Mugshot","datePublished":"2014-08-19T16:20:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:34.179Z","description":"Too meta, or just meta enough?","url":"https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Bizarre","Humor","Funny"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44fe909b708b5bd5/6986a008cd804d1f97ccc681/mug-shot-t-shirt_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44fe909b708b5bd5/6986a008cd804d1f97ccc681/mug-shot-t-shirt_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mug Shot T-Shirt","caption":"Mug Shot T-Shirt","creditText":"Somerset County Sheriff’s Department—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3144682/meta-mugshot-t-shirt/","name":"This Guy Posed for His Mugshot Wearing a T-Shirt Featuring His Previous Mugshot"}}]}] ```