--- BeautifulSoup.py.orig	2009-01-06 22:10:49.000000000 +0100
+++ BeautifulSoup.py.patched-RM	2010-02-18 04:37:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -141,13 +141,21 @@
         self.extract()
         oldParent.insert(myIndex, replaceWith)
 
+    def indexInParent(self):
+        index = 0
+        while index < len(self.parent.contents):
+            if self.parent.contents[index] is self:
+                return index
+            index = index + 1
+        # if this happens, something is really wrong with the data structure:
+        return None
+
     def extract(self):
         """Destructively rips this element out of the tree."""
         if self.parent:
-            try:
-                self.parent.contents.remove(self)
-            except ValueError:
-                pass
+            index = self.indexInParent()
+            if index != None:
+              del self.parent.contents[index]
 
         #Find the two elements that would be next to each other if
         #this element (and any children) hadn't been parsed. Connect