“I saw someone pickpocket a dwarf. I don’t know how anyone could stoop so low”

The expression “stoop so low” usually is not meant literally, but there are jokes. “I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed How could anyone stoop so low?” was posted on the newsgroup uk.rec.humour on October 2, 2008.
 
“I saw someone pickpocket a midget today. I can’t believe anyone would stoop so low” was posted on Twitter by ǝʞıɯlǝʇɹɐɔ on April 22, 2009. “There’s a gang of pickpockets targeting midgets in my town…honestly, how could they stoop so low” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on June 15, 2015.
   
     
Google Groups: uk.rec.humour
Jesus Loves Doug Stanhope
dick pumper
10/2/08
(...)
I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed.
 
How could anyone stoop so low?
     
Google Groups: Horrog
Fwd: distasteful jokes to pass some time…... 😊
Kuba Granicki
1/22/09
(...)
I was reading in the paper today about this dwarf that got pickpocketed.
How could anyone stoop so low?
   
Twitter
ǝʞıɯlǝʇɹɐɔ
@cartelmike
I saw someone pickpocket a midget today. I can’t believe anyone would stoop so low
4:39 PM - 22 Apr 2009
   
Twitter
Greg smith
@gwegory
just seen a man pickpocket a midget - wondered how anyone could stoop so low….
9:43 AM - 24 Apr 2009
   
Twitter
Nedu Ijita
@DatIgboboi
Reading in d papers on how a pickpocket got a dwarf. How cld som1 stoop so low? Lmao
12:17 PM - 26 Oct 2010
   
Twitter
PUNS
@omgthatspunny
I saw a guy pick pocket a midget today. How could someone stoop so low? #punny
3:50 PM - 11 Mar 2012
 
Reddit—Jokes
there’s a gang of pickpockets targeting midgets in my town…
submitted June 15, 2015 by spday
honestly, how could they stoop so low
     
Reddit—Jokes
I saw on the news today that a dwarf got pickpocketed. I don’t know how anyone could stoop so low!
submitted September 23, 2015 by bitchesshlick2me
   
Facebook
Dad Joke of the Day
October 29, 2015 ·
I just saw on the news that Peter Dinklage was the victim of a pickpocket
How could anyone stoop so low?
 
Reddit—Clean Jokes
I was walking through town the other day when I saw someone pickpocket a dwarf… (self.cleanjokes)
submitted September 27, 2018 by madazzahatter Quality “Ugh” Contributor
I don’t know how anyone could stoop so low…