If you never open them, how do you know the pages look weird? Or did you mean to write "They all contain weird-looking links to pages which, of course, I never open"?

Anyway, I believe many of those work on a slightly different principle: not downloading an EXE but simply asking you to enter your MSN/hotmail password to be able to see the embarrassing pics in question... and then mailing /IM'ing themselves on.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I already looked for it in the browser history but couldn't find it. Don't have the time to retype at the moment... next time, I'll write up the description in a text editor and copy-paste into the browser window. Frankly, I've had similar stuff happen before in a browser and should've learned this lesson already. Oh well.

The reason for this comment is the misspelled 'barbecue'. If you really want to spell it with a "q", then spell it 'barbequeue' to get the right pronunciation (just kidding, just kidding).

As to my vote: You insensitive clod!, because this poll seems aimed at US readers exclusively. In Holland, the first of May is not an official holiday but is observed by some.

The Wikipedia article on Labor day targets the U.S. holiday, whereas the article on Labour day discusses the general phenomenon (and references May Day and International Workers' Day).

By the way, on 7 September I'll probably go sailing, for the last time this year.