I don't know if this was addressed by anybody else, but you can turn this off in your browser permanently. I have IE 7 and it is in tools/internet options/advanced/"play animations in webpages". Or, you can turn them off temporarily by hitting the red X (stop) near the URL.
Do you really want to be responsible for this?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0wY4WFUPM
"When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute.
But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute--and it's longer than any hour.
That's relativity." --Albert Einstein--
Poor little fellers. Allright den. . . mmmmmhhmmm
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