[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Gad Horowitz]

hey joy you should have kept them guessing


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joy Vriens" <joy.vriens at nerim.net>
To: "Buddhist discussion forum" <buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat


> Dear Stephen,
>
> > Aha !  All this time, because of your first name, I had been thinking
> > you were female !
>
> I am working hard at achieving a perfect balance of yin and yang (with
> just that bit of extra yang to keep the missus happy), but the road to
> the primeval androgyn is long and winding. My name, the name of my
> grandfather, is actually a diminutive in Dutch dialect (Brabants) of
> "Janus", but don't ask me how they managed to transform that into "Joy"
> (pronounced "yoy").
>
> >  Just goes to show how we are influenced by our
> > cultural preconceptions.  I wonder how many other subscribers will find
> > this a revelation....
>
> I will let you know if more people start responding to my postings (gros
> bisous, Joanna)... ;-)
>
> Joy
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