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HTML

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<div class='amazingmenu' id='menupull'>
    <img src='images/down.png' width=20 height=20 align='right'/>
    <div id='menupullhideme'>click the arrow to read the rest!<br /></div>
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</div>

JavaScript

$('#menupull>*:not(a)').click(function(event) {
    alert('pullmenu clicked');
});