jQuery.fn.comments = function( blnDeep ){
	var blnDeep = (blnDeep || false);
	var jComments = $( [] );

	// Loop over each node to search its children for
	// comment nodes and element nodes (if deep search).
	this.each(
		function( intI, objNode ){
			var objChildNode = objNode.firstChild;
			var strParentID = $( this ).attr( "id" );

			// Keep looping over the top-level children
			// while we have a node to examine.
			while (objChildNode){

				// Check to see if this node is a comment.
				if (objChildNode.nodeType === 8){

					// We found a comment node. Add it to
					// the nodes collection wrapped in a
					// DIV (as we may have HTML).
					jComments = jComments.add(
						"<div rel='" + strParentID + "'>" +
						objChildNode.nodeValue +
						"</div>"
						);

				} else if (
					blnDeep &&
					(objChildNode.nodeType === 1)
					) {

					// Traverse this node deeply.
					jComments = jComments.add(
						$( objChildNode ).comments( true )
						);

				}

				// Move to the next sibling.
				objChildNode = objChildNode.nextSibling;

			}

		}
		);

	// Return the jQuery comments collection.
	return( jComments );
}