stash-ish : a temporary place to put code I'm unsure about adding

stash

<script type="text/javascript">
    // 2012-09-21 : RWM
    (function(){

        var countrysortinator = function(){
        
            // Sort object
            var sortinator = {
                parse_countries : function($container){
                    var countries = [];
                    
                    _.each( $('input', $container), function(ckbox){
                        ckbox = $(ckbox);
                        countries.push({
                            input : ckbox,
                            label : ckbox.next('label')
                        });
                    });
                    
                    return countries;
                },
                group_countries : function(item, i, list){
                    var result, 
                        comparator = item.label.text();
                    // fuzzy matching for utf-8 characters
                    switch( comparator.charCodeAt(0) ){
                        case 196: result = 'A'; break; // Umulat - Ä
                        case 214: result = 'O'; break; // Umlaut - Ö
                        default : result = comparator.charAt(0); break;
                    }
                    // 'other' category should always be last
                    // [enlish, spanish, german, french]
                    var others = ['other','otro','andere','autre'];
                    if( _.include(others, comparator.toLowerCase()) ){
                        result = "%";
                    }
                    return result;
                },
                buildResults : function(groups){
                    var $result = $('<div/>'),
                        keys = _.chain(groups).keys().value().sort();
                        
                    // append to results based in order of sorted keys 
                    _.each(keys, function(key){
                        _.each(groups[key], function(country){
                            $result
                                .append(country.input)
                                .append(country.label);
                        });
                    });
                    
                    return $result.html();
                }
            };
        
        // --------------------------------------------------------- GO, GO, GO!
            var $container = $('#qDiv1', $('#panel1'))
                            .find('.questionContent')
                                .children('fieldset');
                                
            // Array of country objects parsed from the DOM
            // Exit the process if no countries are available
            var countries = sortinator.parse_countries( $wrap );
            if( countries.length < 1 ) return false;
            // Group by label text's first character
            var groups = _.groupBy( countries, sortinator.group_countries );
            // Build results and append to DOM
            $container.empty().html( sortinator.buildResults(groups) );
            
        return true;
        
        //init countrysortinator when DOM ready
        $(function(){ countrysortinator() });

    });
</script>