Slog - Comments on Boobies Offensive to the Insane http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane Ad Age reports that "The Resistance"--a self-identified "Christian group" whose web site is sort of a delightfully nutty road map to pretty much every conspiracy theory ever conceived (VeriChip, we're told, is "the Pandora's Box of the mark of the Beast")--is launching a boycott of Starbucks because its new logo features "a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute." Not to get all fact-y on the Resistance or anything, but actually, that logo's of a mermaid with a split tail, not legs--which, as Annie Wagner points out, is an image from Hans Christian Anderson's original Little... Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 12:27:00 -0800 Sat, 10 May 2008 07:21:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf 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.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021305 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 12:43:54 -0800 Comment by Rebecca I thought that was their original logo, returned after the initial bout of corporatism banished it.

]]> Rebecca http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021311 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021311 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 12:46:39 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty I like great tits better. But as birds go, boobies are OK too.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021316 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 12:49:09 -0800 Comment by jewritto 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.

]]> jewritto http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021329 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 12:58:24 -0800 Comment by elenchos 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.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021333 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:20 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER 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!

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021338 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:04:36 -0800 Comment by Slip Mahoney Rebecca @2 is correct.

]]> Slip Mahoney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021348 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:13:23 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Just cut a hole in the bottom of your cup, and you're good to go, U. B.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021349 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:13:30 -0800 Comment by city kitty 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!

]]> city kitty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021357 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:18:46 -0800 Comment by leek 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.")


]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021358 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:19:09 -0800 Comment by hey! Speaking of boobies, hot amirite?

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

]]> hey! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021367 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:25:35 -0800 Comment by city kitty @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.

]]> city kitty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021368 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021368 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:25:40 -0800 Comment by Drew Actually, I think the crazy people are right.

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

]]> Drew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021370 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:27:26 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways 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?

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021374 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:28:56 -0800 Comment by leek 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.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021384 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:32:26 -0800 Comment by mj 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 : )

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021390 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021390 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:38:39 -0800 Comment by Duh Pot, meet kettle:
http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/huh

]]> Duh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021405 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:54:08 -0800 Comment by elenchos @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.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021411 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 13:57:43 -0800 Comment by bronkitis I prefer to think she has her legs spread like a gloriously limber, scaly Romanian mermaid gymnast. What vulgar minds Christians have.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021435 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 14:19:25 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski The new logo is better stylized. But the old logo has tits. What we need is a stylized logo with tits.

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021443 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021443 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 14:25:16 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens 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.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021446 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 14:26:44 -0800 Comment by yuioip @2 -- yeah, that's their old logo. http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/2005/06/the_evolution_o.html

]]> yuioip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021447 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 14:27:11 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Any religious group that calls for a boycott on Starbuck's doesn't understand Starbuck's business, or typical customer, at all.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021492 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:25 -0800 Comment by paulette "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.

]]> paulette http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021512 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021512 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 15:16:45 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Rumor has it: one of those breasts dispenses soy milk.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021523 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 15:28:48 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Jesus doesn't want me for a soy latte.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021597 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 16:32:37 -0800 Comment by MarkyMark 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.

]]> MarkyMark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021653 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:26 -0800 Comment by feom @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.

]]> feom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021782 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 20:34:16 -0800 Comment by Big Sven 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.

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021795 Retail Fri, 09 May 2008 20:53:29 -0800 Comment by Greg Bring on the boobies, I say! The more, the better.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021871 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/boobies_offensive_to_the_insane#c1021871 Retail Sat, 10 May 2008 07:21:45 -0800