Disabling the Loupe

I don't know if it's just me but I find the loupe in Bridge pretty annoying. (I can see photographers with masses of photos enjoying it, but I know what's in my images).

Is there any way to disable it? Anytime I click on the preview up pops the loupe, and it's visually annoying. I haven't found anyway to get rid of the loupe other than going up a level and back and that's just silly.

Bridge help says:
To display the Loupe tool, click a selected image in the Preview panel.
To hide the Loupe tool, click it.

Click it? What, the loupe? Doesn't do anything.

Bridge help also gives the key command for activating it, but not to stop it.

I know it shouldn't be a big deal, but it bugs me floating around on my image.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Angus