# F\*ckin' Farah Fawcett **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592 "2009-05-16T00:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/1 "2009-05-16T00:03:04Z")
I’ve been bombarded with promos for her upcoming special about her “heroic” struggle with cancer. WTF knows, maybe it is heroic, but but the promo is just one long whine. “All I want is to LIVE! … It’s time for a MIRACLE!” Jeez, I would probably say the same shit myself, but I wouldn’t package all my self-pity into a network special. I wish her luck, though she is on my Death Pool list. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/2 "2009-05-16T00:27:09Z")
_…The Lee Majors Story_ ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/3 "2009-05-16T00:59:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’ve been bombarded with promos for her upcoming special about her “heroic” struggle with cancer. > > WTF knows, maybe it is heroic, but but the promo is just one long whine. “All I want is to LIVE! … It’s time for a MIRACLE!” Jeez, I would probably say the same shit myself, but I wouldn’t package all my self-pity into a network special. > > I wish her luck, though she is on my Death Pool list. How many points is she worth? I have her too. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/4 "2009-05-16T01:03:34Z")
The nerve of her! Who does she think she is some kind of B List celebrity? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/5 "2009-05-16T02:01:57Z")
Doesn’t she understand that her whinefest is taking valuable air time from possible breaking developments in the impending divorce of Jon and Kate? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/6 "2009-05-16T02:04:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Doesn’t she understand that her whinefest is taking valuable air time from possible breaking developments in the impending divorce of Jon and Kate? :mad: Free Jon! Free Jon! Free Jon! Free Jon! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/7 "2009-05-16T03:39:00Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > The nerve of her! Who does she think she is some kind of B List celebrity? Go Farrah - anything that takes attention away from Jenny McCarthy has got to be good. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/8 "2009-05-16T04:03:47Z")
“Heroic” or “hero” is becoming such a ridiculously overused word these days. I’d say a good 90%+ of what people would call heroism is just self preservation. How in the world could it possibly be heroic to survive cancer? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/9 "2009-05-16T04:10:59Z")
Jesus Christ, y’all? How am I supposed to react to this? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/10 "2009-05-16T04:33:58Z")
I think maybe we like Quasimodem more than Farrah right now… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/11 "2009-05-16T04:42:48Z")
_Whew_! Had me worried there for a second! 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/12 "2009-05-16T04:42:58Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Jesus Christ, y’all? How am I supposed to react to this? Are you a narcissistic, washed up celebrity whose big claim to fame is a poster?\* We like you fine and don’t want you to stop. Farrah needs to dial it down a bit. \*Ok, she did make that burning bed movie and did ok in it… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/13 "2009-05-16T04:58:58Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Jesus Christ, y’all? How am I supposed to react to this? Make a whiny TV show about your problem and I’ll Pit you too. I didn’t even know her show was tonight when I started this thread, but I saw it listed on the channel guide. So I hope we’re mostly done. I have a Google alert set for her and all my other death pool listees, so I will learn in fairly short oder when she kicks it. I have a whole bunch of cancer- and tumor-ridden celebs. Farrah, Bob Novak, Patrick Swayze, and Ted Kennedy – it might be a banner year for me. Plus Ariel Sharon and Fidel, who’ve both been circling the drain for a long time now. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/14 "2009-05-16T05:01:34Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Are you a narcissistic, washed up celebrity whose big claim to fame is a poster?\* HEY! **Quasi** is one of my favorite posters! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/15 "2009-05-16T05:22:43Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Doesn’t she understand that her whinefest is taking valuable air time from possible breaking developments in the impending divorce of Jon and Kate? :mad: Who? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/16 "2009-05-16T05:25:31Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Who? [Patrick Swayze/] Ditto. {cough} [/Patrick Swayze] ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/17 "2009-05-16T05:31:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Go Farrah - anything that takes attention away from Jenny McCarthy has got to be good. Jenny McCarthy has attention? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/18 "2009-05-16T05:34:24Z")
So, what celebrity (recent) died with dignity? Robert Urich? I think maybe **he** didn’t make a big deal out of it. Chris Reeve? Michael Landon? I **do** see your point, though, **BJ**. Why all the hoopla and fanfare? Just go with your loved ones at your bedside. But then I think about my blog, and I’m suddenly not so sure. Maybe I’m doing the same thing on a smaller scale? Or maybe **y’all** are my “loved ones”? Want me to shit the fuck up, already? ;):D:smack: Q ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/19 "2009-05-16T05:38:23Z")
Is it fair to blame Farrah for all of this? As far as I can tell, she’s not the one who insisted on this TV special. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592/20 "2009-05-16T05:55:43Z")
Good point, **JT**. I don’t know too much about how the whole thing was “set up”, but one might argue that she _did_ have the option of declining? I’m getting out of here before I get in trouble (again)! 😉 I’ll just read, okay? Q [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-ckin-farah-fawcett/496592.md?page=2)