Split-tail is also Air Force slang for "female". Har, get it? Maybe these knobs are ex-military.

I always thought it was Cool Ranch Doritos chips that were the mark of the beast, personally.

I thought that was their original logo, returned after the initial bout of corporatism banished it.

I like great tits better. But as birds go, boobies are OK too.

When my Southern Grandmother was in town she got her very first latte with this logo emblazoned on it. Later on she asked if we could return for another "hot cup of smut" because they are tastier then the other cups of smut they serve in Dallas.

Oh for fuck's sake.

If some self-styled feminists had been the first to complain about this logo, ECB would be ready to march for the righteous cause. I mean, look how thin she is!

Nude women are forbidden (except when they're not), in the erratic world of the fake feminist.

Don't you people know the meaning of NSFW?!

Such a graphic depiction of voluptuous naughty bits makes me tingly in my bathing suit area!

Rebecca @2 is correct.

Just cut a hole in the bottom of your cup, and you're good to go, U. B.

In my former life as a corporate whore I once did some business with a bigwig at Starbucks HQ. He bristled when I referred to their mascot as a mermaid. He decided to politely correct me. Said the bigwig: She is a Siren, not a mermaid, and Sirens have two tails.

So no more mermaid crazy-talk! She's a two-tailed Siren!

Actually, I have a new Pike Place Roast restored-old-logo cup right here, and it's not exactly the same. The one in the post is the original logo; the one I've got here has some carefully sketched in hair tendrils over said boobies, with no visible nipples. (And it says "fresh roasted coffee" instead of "coffee and tea.")

Speaking of boobies, hot amirite?

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1028/1284642173_c93e33c9a8.jpg

@leek - I just came from a Starbucks and my friend who drinks the stuff got the same cup you did. Tendrils, and no visible boobies.

SIREN boobies.

Actually, I think the crazy people are right.

http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid

I'm offended and appalled by those knockers...when is Starbucks going to stop being homosexist and feature a logo with Queequeg's massive pecs and protruding brown berries?

Oh come on city kitty! Stop trying to duck the responsibility. SURE your friend is the Starbucks drinker.

*I* think Starbucks is being speciesist. Where's Moby Dick's, well, you know.

If that mermaid turns anybody on they might have some issues to deal with.
I was expecting to see some voluptuous boobs and legs but fish scale legs and boobs that look like they come out of her armpits are not exactly exciting!

@1 Cool Ranch Doritos are my favorite junk food! You are on a roll : )

Pot, meet kettle:
http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/huh

@11

Oh yeah sure, really hot. Hot that is, if you're turned on by women who are wrong about everything all the time. I'm sure that's exactly what a guy who wants who likes to be forever frustrated and exasperated by a woman who is impossible and stubborn and constantly finding fault with you. If you're into being belittled and you get a thrill from being tied up and forced to answer questions that will displease her not matter how you answer. Yeah, I mean if you think having someone who will spit your name in your face and like, insult you just for looking at her. Sure, if you're into that...

Ok, maybe I should stop now.

I prefer to think she has her legs spread like a gloriously limber, scaly Romanian mermaid gymnast. What vulgar minds Christians have.

The new logo is better stylized. But the old logo has tits. What we need is a stylized logo with tits.

Anyone here remember the old Kidd Valley logo? With the suspiciously sultry "girl" sitting on top of a giant hamburger? True actual quote, overheard by moi while riding the Metro past the KV on lower Queen Anne circa 1990 or so:

"She looks like a prostitute. I don't wanna eat a hamburger that a prostitute's been sitting on!"

True actual Old Seattle story.

@2 -- yeah, that's their old logo. http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/2005/06/the_evolution_o.html

Any religious group that calls for a boycott on Starbuck's doesn't understand Starbuck's business, or typical customer, at all.

"Mechanical hybrid Terminators are being manufactured by the Department of Defense. These hybrid 'living' computers will soon be more intelligent than humans. These systems include armed flying drones. "

Uhm, I think these people have watched Terminator a few too many times. Many they're just bitter about not getting to see Linda Hamilton's boobies no matter how many times they watched the movie.

Rumor has it: one of those breasts dispenses soy milk.

Jesus doesn't want me for a soy latte.

What you're seeing is the ORIGINAL pre-Schultz logo. After he bought Starbucks from its creators, the hair came down covering up the nipples, then the logo was completely redesigned into its current sexless troll-doll style.

@21: didn't B. J. Clement once try out and win Ms. KV or something? She even wrote a piece about it in The Stranger.

Read it @ the Wall-ford KV.

Waaaaay more on this subject than you ever bargained for.

Why do I know this link? Because I listen to Great Big Sea, and they have a song about this.

Bring on the boobies, I say! The more, the better.