Guy's Jail Attire: T-Shirt With His Own Mugshot

Says 'sponsored by Bud Light' after DUI
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 19, 2014 12:01 PM CDT
Guy's Jail Attire: T-Shirt With His Own Mugshot
This Aug. 8, 2014 booking photo released by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department shows Robert Burt, of Pittsfield, Maine, as he reported to serve jail time in Madison, Maine.   (AP Photo/ Uncredited)

A 19-year-old managed to turn his two-day stint in jail into a comedy routine. Bobby Burt, who was arrested for drunk driving in Maine in June, arrived to serve his sentence earlier this month wearing a shirt featuring his own mugshot, the AP reports The shirt's text, per the Smoking Gun: "Sponsored by Bud Light and Somerset County Sheriff," along with "Burt Family Reunion 8/8-8/10/2014," a joke reportedly based on having a relative in prison. According to Burt's Facebook page, corrections officials made sure the T-shirt was visible in the photo, the Smoking Gun notes. "They laughed (their) asses off," he wrote. (More strange stuff stories.)

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