HTML:
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li id="current"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
 <li><a href="#">Services</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Subitem 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Subitem 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Subitem 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#">Support</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About Us </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact Us </a></li>
</ul>
</div>

CSS:
#nav { width:100%; float:left; }
#nav ul { margin:0; list-style:none; padding: 0; }
#nav a, #nav strong, #nav span { float:left; display:block; color:#fff; padding: 7px 20px 4px 10px; background: #C43219 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 100% 0px; text-decoration:none; font-weight: bold; }
#nav a { float:none; }
#nav li { float:left; color: #FFF; background: #C43219 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px; margin:0; padding:0 0 0 9px;}
#nav li ul { float:left; color: #FFF; background: #C43219 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px; margin:0; padding:0 0 0 9px; display:none;}
#nav li ul li:hover { display: block; }<-- tried everything as you can see even the wish full thinking :)
#nav #current { background: #1995C2 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 0 -41px; color: #FFF; }
#nav #current a { background: #1995C2 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 100% -41px; padding:7px 20px 4px 11px; color:#FFF; }
#nav a:hover { color:#BFE1ED; background: #C43219 url(../images/nav.gif) no-repeat 100% 0px; }