Pop-ups are irritating but you can click that little 'x' to get rid of them.
Just that sometimes, it's part of the site and you can't do much about it ....
Who the fuck came up with this idea of noisy smilies ???
If you use photobucket, you should have seen these little bastards and you would know how noisy they can be if your cursor goes over them.
I'd so like to prick you little yellow balloons with a needle and watch you burst and scream.
(Of course, to hear them .. you need to be at the photobucket site ...)