--- jquery-1.1.3a.js	2007-05-24 17:51:09.000000000 +0200
+++ jquery-1.1.3a_fix1143.js	2007-05-24 17:57:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1666,28 +1666,28 @@ jQuery.extend({
 	 * @param Array second The second array to merge into the first, unaltered.
 	 * @cat JavaScript
 	 */
-	merge: function(first, second) {
+	merge: function(first, second, unique) {
 		// We have to loop this way because IE & Opera overwrite the length
 		// expando of getElementsByTagName
-		for ( var i = 0; second[i]; i++ )
+		for ( var i = 0; second[i]; i++ ) {
+			if ( unique ) second[i].$merge = true;
 			first.push(second[i]);
+		}
 		return first;
 	},
 
 	unique: function(first) {
-		var r = [], num = jQuery.mergeNum++;
+		var r = [];
 
 		for ( var i = 0, fl = first.length; i < fl; i++ )
-			if ( num != first[i].mergeNum ) {
-				first[i].mergeNum = num;
+			if ( first[i].$merge ) {
+				first[i].removeAttribute("$merge");
 				r.push(first[i]);
 			}
 
 		return r;
 	},
 
-	mergeNum: 0,
-
 	/**
 	 * Filter items out of an array, by using a filter function.
 	 *
@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 							if ( tag == "*" && ret[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == "object" )
 								tag = "param";
 
-							r = jQuery.merge( r, ret[i].getElementsByTagName( tag ));
+							r = jQuery.merge( r, ret[i].getElementsByTagName( tag ), true);
 						}
 
 						// It's faster to filter by class and be done with it