Miss Melissa's Dash-Your-Hopes Board

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<h1>Ms Melissa Says</h1>
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melissaSays = ["Your quarterly performance numbers",
"are pretty disappointing.",
"I've seen more thought", "and engagement",
"from a pine nut."];

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