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Originally Posted by MysticCat
From now on, you are to me SWTXBelle, Ph.D. -- Doctor of Phabulousness. 
I agree that being offered a bid is an honor and not a right. For many orgs, though, the pledge period is a time both for the pledge to learn about the org and demonstrate that he is worthy of the honor, and for the org to get to know the pledge better and satisfy itself that he is worthy of the honor. That's the sense in which I would use "earn."
And ditto on learning at GC a lot about how different groups approach things differently. Did you have to mention skinning a cat, though?!  |
No worries - the cat referenced in the idiomatic expression is actually a catFISH, so you needn't worry for your mystical black pelt!
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