The Bug In IE With Image Maps And The Statas Bar Continues With <OPTION>

Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 (that's the version I am using) in Windows 2000 SP3:

In a html put this in:

<select type="select-one" id="oSel1">
<option value="1" onmouseover="javascript:window.status='Hello' return true;">Hello</option>
<option value="2" onmouseover="javascript:window.status='Bye' return true;">Bye</option>
<option value="3" onmouseover="javascript:window.status='Dammit' return true;">Dammit</option>
</select>

There is no reason to put a onmouseover event in here because it doesn't work. And it should. Any suggestions what I may be doing wrong?