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HTML

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" id="mainmenu">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td valign="top" class="menu_sub">
                something
            </td>
            <td valign="top" class="menu_sub">
                something
            </td>
            <td valign="top" class="menu_sub">
                something
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

$('#mainmenu td:lt(2)').remove();