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HTML

<p id='a-para' class='a-class'>some text <a id='a-link'>and a link</a></p>

JavaScript

jQuery.fn.addEvent = function(type, handler) {
    this.bind(type, {'selector': this.selector}, handler);
};

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('p#a-para').find('#a-link').addEvent('click', function(event) {
        alert(event.data.selector);
    });
});