haha @ the output comment, i had the same question

I came up with a VERY similar solution that was just structured differently but could not pass all the tests.
I think I see how jpryciak was able to make it work but I threw out the idea and came up with another solution.
If this works under more extensive testing then I'd be surprised.

I didn't think that I had to return the long strings but did think they were to be printed. I would've come up with a different solution if the instructions clarified this.