# Hey, we made FARK yesterday... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648 "2005-09-08T13:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/1 "2005-09-08T13:46:06Z")
and nobody but me noticed? Can this be true? Of course, it had to be the classic fart column that made it. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/2 "2005-09-08T15:51:41Z")
My immediate panicked thought upon reading that headline: _Oh no…Fark doesn’t link to **threads** , do they?_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/3 "2005-09-08T15:58:03Z")
Work won’t let me access Fark. A summary, please? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/4 "2005-09-08T16:08:28Z")
The summary is “Does suppressing the urge to toot endanger one’s health?” and it links to [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_385.html) classic column. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/5 "2005-09-08T16:52:25Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > My immediate panicked thought upon reading that headline: _Oh no…Fark doesn’t link to **threads** , do they?_ Aw, Hal, relax, that’s all blown over by now. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/6 "2005-09-08T16:53:27Z")
Yeah, set up a joke and forget the stupid punchline. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/7 "2005-09-08T17:15:24Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Aw, Hal, relax, that’s all blown over by now. He just feels like a little lost lamb when you bring that possibility up… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/8 "2005-09-08T17:39:56Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > My immediate panicked thought upon reading that headline: _Oh no…Fark doesn’t link to **threads** , do they?_ Don’t worry, **Hal**. That’s what they’re going to link to _tomorrow_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/9 "2005-09-08T17:42:26Z")
Darn, I was hoping they’d picked up on that alternate-author Lord of the Rings megathread. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/10 "2005-09-08T17:51:46Z")
I know there’s been at least one instance where Fark has linked to a thread rather than a Cecil column. I don’t remember which thread, but I did make a mental note of it when I saw it. Perhaps when my head clears I’ll be able to remember. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/11 "2005-09-08T18:05:56Z")
Um, doesn’t Fark link to us fairly often? Like, a few times a week or so? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/12 "2005-09-08T18:07:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Um, doesn’t Fark link to us fairly often? Like, a few times a week or so? This is the first time I’ve ever noticed a direct link to us, and I’m usually on Fark just about every day. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-we-made-fark-yesterday/320648/13 "2005-09-08T18:15:31Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Darn, I was hoping they’d picked up on that alternate-author Lord of the Rings megathread. Please no. When Slashdot hit that it killed the boards for a week.