A graduation message from O'Doul the Collie that doesn't involve a future in plastics

With commencement ceremonies in full swing, the Dog Denizens of Genesee Park (DDGP) solicited words of wisdom from Weather Prognosticator/Labor Spokesdog O'Doul the Collie.

However, Mount Baker resident Tony -- O'Doul's spokesperson -- said the chatty collie chose to address only the graduates of canine obedience classes.

"Only pay attention to what humans say when it's in your interest," O'Doul advised. "Reference NOAA (his friends at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) and not the guy on the boat."

According to Tony, O'Doul "isn't cynical, he's realistic. He's a college drop-out, a working-class intellectual." From which college did O'Doul withdraw? "The college of hard knocks," Tony predictably replied.

And as far you human graduates are concerned? Whether you graduated from Rainier Beach High School High School, Bellevue (Community) College, Culinary Arts Management program from the Seattle Art Institute, University of Washington at Bothell or, hell, the University of Phoenix online program... you folks are on your own.