I don't know exactly what your are talking about, Monkey, I don't display those. It's not that much of a hassle for me to edit the code.
But I did find this interesting thing you could do with it. A 'clickable' thumbnail image.
This is just some walkway in Charleston that I liked.
I think most people enjoy seeing pictures rather than clicking on links to go see the picture. Of course I understand dialup lines are difficult, been there done that, but...there must be a way to keep images from displaying.