diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ebbea1b..36d2b75 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Event.fire/Element#fire now returns the newly-fired event instead of the event's target element.  [sam]
+
 * Restrict Event.DOMEvents to include only events that can be supported in all browsers.  [sam]
 
 * Fix a failing test in base.html in Safari 2.  [Tobie Langel]
diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 81ed165..21ddd03 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ Object.extend(Event, (function() {
       } else {
         element.attachEvent("on" + name, wrapper);
       }
+      
+      return element;
     },
   
     stopObserving: function(element, eventName, handler) {
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ Object.extend(Event, (function() {
       }
       
       destroyWrapper(id, eventName, handler);
+      
+      return element;
     },
   
     fire: function(element, eventName, memo) {
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ Object.extend(Event, (function() {
         element.fireEvent(event.eventType, event);
       }
 
-      return element;
+      return event;
     }
   };
 })());
@@ -236,20 +240,9 @@ Object.extend(Event, (function() {
 Object.extend(Event, Event.Methods);
 
 Element.addMethods({
-  fire: function() {
-    Event.fire.apply(Event, arguments);
-    return $A(arguments).first();
-  },
-  
-  observe: function() {
-    Event.observe.apply(Event, arguments);
-    return $A(arguments).first();
-  },
-  
-  stopObserving: function() {
-    Event.stopObserving.apply(Event, arguments);
-    return $A(arguments).first();
-  }
+  fire:          Event.fire,
+  observe:       Event.observe,
+  stopObserving: Event.stopObserving
 });
 
 Object.extend(document, {
@@ -281,12 +274,14 @@ Object.extend(document, {
       Event.observe(window, "load", fireContentLoadedEvent);
       
     } else {
-      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", fireContentLoadedEvent, false);
+      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", 
+        fireContentLoadedEvent, false);
     }
     
   } else {
-    var dummy = location.protocol == "https:" ? "https://javascript:void(0)" : "javascript:void(0)";
-    document.write("<script id=__onDOMContentLoaded defer src='" + dummy + "'><\/script>");
+    document.write("<script id=__onDOMContentLoaded defer " +
+      "src='://javascript:void(0)'><\/script>");
+      
     $("__onDOMContentLoaded").onreadystatechange = function() { 
       if (this.readyState == "complete") {
         this.onreadystatechange = null; 
diff --git a/test/unit/event.html b/test/unit/event.html
index 049495c..a8aba77 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.html
+++ b/test/unit/event.html
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@
     }},
     
     testEventObjectIsExtended: function() { with(this) { 
-      var span = $("span"), event, observer = function(e) { event = e };
+      var span = $("span"), event, observedEvent, observer = function(e) { observedEvent = e };
       span.observe("somethingHappened", observer);
-      span.fire("somethingHappened");
+      event = span.fire("somethingHappened");
+      assertEqual(event, observedEvent);
       assertEqual(Event.Methods.stop.methodize(), event.stop);
       span.stopObserving("somethingHappened", observer);
     }},