One of the blessings in the morning prayer has two separate versions depending on the reader's gender: supplicants thank God either for "not making me a woman" or "for making me according to God's will." Yeah, sometimes the liturgy's a bit of a challenge, especially for we women.
A friend sent me this poster, and the sentiment seems SO over the top that I can't help but think it's satire, based on something real, but ultimately not itself meant to be taken seriously. I did a Google search for the company, Frumposters, and got nothing. Which could mean either that the company doesn't exist, or that it exists and doesn't have a website because the internet is evil and has no place in a Torah household.
What do you think? Is this poster an invention made to get the blogosphere buzzing in righteous indignation, or is it really a poster that someone would feel good about hanging in a home?
Oh God, I believe this is fake, but the distance between it and a "real" poster is probably about 10 minutes of editing. Just remove the text at the bottom, and replace the X-ed out pictures with more good examples.
Posted by: Elliot | March 19, 2009 at 04:13 AM
It's clever and pretty subtle. I've seen this poster for the blessing of "asher yatzar", which includes the 200 seconds, the stop and the yield signs, the introduction at the top, quotes. But this is a funny fake.
Posted by: MRG | March 19, 2009 at 06:36 AM
If there was any doubt, the quotes at the bottom give away its satirical nature. My favorite part is the "No Horseback-Riding" graphic. Absurd.
Posted by: Rebecca Honig Friedman | March 19, 2009 at 07:21 AM
The poster was invented as a joke by YU students for a Purim issue of the Hamevasser. (cf)
Posted by: Drew Kaplan | March 19, 2009 at 08:01 AM