# Old Board link in Easter bunny column

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-board-link-in-easter-bunny-column/254228>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 9, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-board-link-in-easter-bunny-column/254228 "2004-07-09T03:46:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-board-link-in-easter-bunny-column/254228/1 "2004-07-09T03:46:18Z")

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In today’s classic [What’s the connection between Easter and rabbits?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_009.html) the link to the Message Boards is given as the very old [http://www.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi](http://www.straightdope.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi)

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-board-link-in-easter-bunny-column/254228/2 "2004-07-09T03:54:55Z")

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And the funny part is, it still works that way 🙂

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-board-link-in-easter-bunny-column/254228/3 "2004-07-09T05:18:28Z")

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Ah, I guess the Board was a bit slow in coming up and I jumped to the wrong conclusion. Normally I suppose it would redirect so quickly I wouldn’t see the old address.