Van Gogh

Three men walk into the Met. One of them threatens the security guard with a gun, while the others take the most valuable paintings off the walls. They run outside, throw their multi-million-dollar haul into a waiting Econoline, and drive off.

They're caught three blocks away, having run out of fuel. Before sentencing them to a very long prison term, the judge asks why they let such a perfect crime fail with such an obvious mistake.

"Your Honor," says one of the robbers, "we didn't have the Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh."

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