“It was so cold pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!” is a one-line saying about extremely cold weather that has been cited in print since at least 2004. The one-liner is frequently included with other “so cold” jokes.
14 January 2004, The Kent Island Bay Times (Stevensville, MD), “Two Cents Worth: How cold was it?” by Bill Evans, pg. 6, col. 5:
It was so cold pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!
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It was so cold . . .
pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!
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So Cold Jokes
John
1/16/07
It’s soooo cold…
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pickpockets are sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!
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By Dick Frank
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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Pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm.
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nonamedufus
@nonamedufus
It was so cold . . .
pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!
5:53 AM - 15 Jan 2009
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Recycled Humor - it’s so cold that….
PhoenixWench
2/20/09
IT WAS SO COLD THAT…..
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7. Pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers pockets just to keep them warm!
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It was so cold…(Part 1)
August 11, 2010 at 12:39am
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It was so cold… pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm!
Eyewitness News—WABC-TV (New York, NY)
‘It’s so cold that…’: Jokes to keep you warm in a polar vortex
ABC
January 8, 2014 3:56:24 AM PST
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It’s so cold that…
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”...pickpockets are sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets just to keep them warm.”
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Jaeden Genesee
@Safari_Street
It’s so cold pickpockets were sticking their hands in strangers’ pockets *just* to keep them warm!
9:47 PM - 27 Dec 2017
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