durr al-jabal wrote:
>
> If clothes make the man, and danglies make a peer, then "by the power
> vested in me <whack!> thou art an officer and gentleman."
Have you ever heard the song from Kylson's Songbook?
"My awards, go jingle, jangle, jingle.
As I go strutting pompously along.
Oh, I see, you've only got a single.
If you think that I'll talk to you, you're wrong..."
> "Well, I've been in the SCA for a year now, so where's my AOA?" If you are
> trying to set a standard for peerage qualities, then any statement about
> "earning a peerage" may undo any plan for using peerages as "exemplars."
OOOoooooohhhhh..... I *hate* it when people suggest the Pelican as a
lifetime membership award. Sigh. <G>
>
> My "associates" wear a belt with my badge on it. It is their reminder of
> my promises. Perhaps if you abandon the color-scheme and concentrate on
> the significance of teaching your "associates (Squires, et al)" and any
> promises made in the relationship, that will be enough to dispell the false
> impression of ranks.
That's the way I'd do it.
Edward of Effingham, PelMan
From: Anthony Bryant <shogun@bloomington.in.us>
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