On the SD front page, there’s a link to:
Why did author William Faulkner change the spelling of his name?
And a link to a story about swallowing cigarettes; the second link takes me to the Faulkner article, which says nothing about cigarettes.
I was wondering the same thing.
Just found the link a few threads down.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_305.html
Here ya go.
appears fixed now.