Ask David, I don't why you shouldn't have one, as far as I'm concerned you well qualify for one, unlike some who already have them already, go for it, Dan the man!!
No of course it's not rude, David doesn't mind, I asked him, of course, it doesn't mean they'd get it, it depends on how they've conducted theirselves, I believe he looks through their posts to see
Why? It is breaking the rules to double post, as you can see here:
And if you weren't a mod I would have already gone ahead and merged those posts. You can actually do it yourself so why wont you? I see no reason to keep the double posts.