Oh really? Well, that is because it won't break the word for you. If you explicity state it's length (and restrict the use of <nobr>) then it will wrap on words. Eg.

<table width="2" border="2">
<tr><td>yeah I am dave and blah blah blah blah blha</td></tr></table>
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which produces.

yeah I am dave and blah blah blah blah blha

$_.=($=+(6<<1));print(chr(my$a=$_));$^H=$_+$_;$_=$^H;
print chr($_-39); # Easy but its ok.
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