title: jQuery get DOM element as string
body: <p>Say I have</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(":input[type=text]:first")
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  <p>How do I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;input type="text" value="" size="28" maxlength="140" tabindex="1" placeholder="search" class="textbox" name="q" autocomplete="off"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Assuming I run this on SO?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update</strong> I don't want to call <code>.parent()</code> since I have lots of other stuff in the parent element.</p>