This must be a Farnell thing, because Digikey/Mouser you can get 0805 resistors for less than 3 cents each for quantity of 50. I can't find anything close to that in through hole unless I get into the 5000 quantity range. Maybe Farnell has a huge backlog of through hole they want to get rid of.
...and yes, ordering in big quantities is where the SMD parts get really cheap in comparison. Not that that helps us much. I don't really need 5000 22k Ohm resistors.