How to remove icons from the menu bar

Hi,
      I've read all the other ideas on how to remove or re-arange them ( CMD - drag off etc ), well none of this works for me !!
I have a Macbook Pro running 10.6.7. So does anyone have any ideas please
Steve

Usually the apps belonging to these icons have an option that allows you to hide the Menu Bar icon by allowing them to run as an app in the dock. However, certain applications like Caffeine must show their icons as otherwise you wouldn't be able to access them.
For example, Dropbox doesn't allow you to remove its menu bar icon:

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