Can I get a little Pomp and Circumstance?
Boys and squirrels of the Class of 2021….
Today marks a huge a milestone in your sciurine lives. For the past 18 weeks, you’ve climbed the ranks from kindergarten to high school… and for much of that time you probably wondered what practical use any of those lessons would have in your adult lives.
No doubt, you found algebra to be a bore…. yet its mathematical foundation will help you 
know when your cache of acorns has been pilfered from.
Squirrel History probably didn’t excite you very much… yet knowing how to avoid our enemies like humans and hawks will keep you from repeating the mistakes of your ancestors.
You may not have been very interested in physical education… yet that training will save your life the first time you need to make a midair jump from 150 feet off the ground.
Those language arts lessons you despised will come in handy when you need to alert your comrades that there’s a dog in the vicinity.
Those mind-numbing physics equations will keep you from starving during the winter when the only available food is in a lofty birdfeeder that the humans think you can’t access.
I could go on and on, but you get the point. The time you spent in school when you’d have rather been out chasing your friends all over the street will be the key to your success as adult squirrels. I am so very proud of all each and every one of you in the 2021 Class of Saturday Squirrels….
Now…. go out there and grab life by the nuts!!!!!
HOORAY!!!!
And have a great weekend everyone!
Evil Squirrel's Nest 
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A very moving ceremony……The Keynut Speaker did a fine job indeed – did they each get a diploma printed out on the back of an empty McDonald’s fries container????
Pam
Only if there weren’t any discarded napkins laying around…
That was a very moving, yet nutty speech. I’m so glad I was here for it, lol. He/ she is a graceful speaker indeed, not to mention cute as a button!
Most people don’t like to listen to what squirrels have to say…. but this guy definitely demands your attention with his stately appearance!
What a great picture! So proud, and giving a good speech, too. Where does the Speaker go from here? Nutbridge College?
Probably to the after party first! All the beer nuts you can eat…
What is the percentage of students going on to further education? Maybe they’ll get a Masters in Nutology.
Squirrels are too ADHD to go into graduate studies. Some have trouble even getting out of preschool….
Ha! Love it. And grab life by the nuts is perfect.
I made a design of that slogan for my Cafepress shop a decade ago. Nobody ever bought anything with it!
A mystery, that.
We just discovered that the little cheeks had found their way into the cupboard where I’d hidden the bag of peanuts. I don’t begrudge it a bit–they’re all looking lovely and plump right now:-) I’ll just call it a ‘graduation present\!
See! Already getting practice on their world takeover…
Inspiring! I shall leap foreword and nutify. 🙂
LOL! That sounds wonderfully dirty!
And here was me thinking it was all instinct and taught by the squirrels parents…
Nah… squirrel parents have apparently gotten as lazy as the human parents. Squirrels gotta learn it in school, or on the streets (or in the trees, I’d guess)….
I’ll be humming that “Pomp and Circumstance” song all day now. 🎓