hyena64:but certainly seems it would be simple enough to facilitate
It isn't and it's a pain to do it. The fastest way I have found to get this done is by going to your Profile, expanding your friends list, right click on an avatar and select the top option to open in a new window. Clicking the mouse wheel if you have one does the same thing. Open as many as you want and then go to that page, delete the friend and close the window. Next. Sometimes you don't get the Delete Friend button when you click on one of the open tabs-just refresh the page.