function $() {
  var results = [], element;
  for (var i =  0 ; i < arguments.length; i++) {
    element = arguments[i];
    if (typeof element == 'string')
      element = document.getElementById(element);
    results[results.length] = element;
  }
  return results.length <  2  ? results[ 0 ] : results;
}

function $A(iterable) {
  if (!iterable) return [];
  if (iterable.toArray) {
    return iterable.toArray();
  } else {
    var results = [];
    for (var i =  0 ; i < iterable.length; i++)
      results.push(iterable[i]);
    return results;
  }
}

function fnBind() {
  var args = $A(arguments), __method = args.shift(), object = args.shift();
  var retval = function() {
    return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
  }
  retval.__method = __method;
  return retval;
}

return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));