Also called Kermit Sipping Tea · Kermit Drinking Tea · None of My Business Kermit
Kermit sips his tea while making an observation he claims is none of his business. Add the pointed comment above and the casual disclaimer below.
The speaker has clearly noticed a contradiction, then pretends to stay out of it. The quiet sip makes the comment feel even more pointed.
Use an observable mismatch: a “quick” meeting with forty slides, an empty snack box, or someone arriving late after lecturing everyone about punctuality.
Lipton’s 2014 “Be More Tea” campaign featured Kermit staying calm in a city filled with versions of Animal. The campaign launched in February, with a television airing during the Academy Awards in March. [1]
That June, Instagram users paired Kermit with the none-of-my-business phrase. Know Your Meme records a June 17 post from @kermitbelike and a June 22 Tumblr post using the tea-drinking image. [2]
Write a brief observation across the top. Put the none-of-my-business line below the cup, leaving Kermit’s face and the tea visible.
The first line should supply the joke. The disclaimer works because the speaker has already made the observation everyone was avoiding.
Original captions to try with this template.
The size of the presentation contradicts the promise of a quick question.
The speaker notices the missing snacks while pretending not to investigate.
The observation lets the contradiction speak for itself.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Contemporary coverage describes the Muppets advertisement and its February 2014 launch.
Documents the June 2014 phrase and tea-image posts.
