jQuery get DOM element as string
<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;
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<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>
