rmurphey-contest-response-09.js

var thingerDom = [], gizmoDom = [],
    tpl = '<p><span class="%s">i am %s %i</span></p>',
    tplFn = function(str, i) {
      return tpl.replace(/%s/g, str).replace(/%i/g, i);
    },
    i;

for (i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
  thingerDom.push(tplFn('thinger', i));
  gizmoDom.push(tplFn('gizmo', i));
}

$('#thinger').append(thingerDom.join(''));
$('#gizmo').append(gizmoDom.join(''));