Been Done
I like the cleverness of a mermaid drinking coffee. The original logo of St*rbuck’s is quite nice (even though it’s a siren, not a mermaid, and there is no coffee being drunk). Meh… details.
I like the cleverness of a mermaid drinking coffee. The original logo of St*rbuck’s is quite nice (even though it’s a siren, not a mermaid, and there is no coffee being drunk). Meh… details.
What? No monster drinking a Monstir?
I remember back when I was in the Navy having a conversation with my ship’s Chaplain about whether I should feel guilty about listening to Christian rock because it was the heavy metal variety, with all the talk about comparisons to “satanic” music.
(bear in mind, this was a WHILE back, my views in general have shifted a bit since then)
I remember him quoting to me what someone else whose name I forget said – “why should the Devil have all the GOOD music?” His point being that just because something good resembles something bad doesn’t taint it by association – although it should give you pause for thought. As long as you consider the whole situation.
So for this – I say meh, so what if they took the mermaid already (though, as you point out, they use a siren not a mermaid, but I don’t think THEY even know that :D) you are just making it better!
Well, that is, as long as you stay far enough away their petulant legal staff can’t start flinging cease and desist letters at you … little jerks.
Joe… no Monsters drinking energy drinks here… just the Regular Jet fuel.
Grey… I have a dear ol’ pal, Audra… She loved metal… and she loved Christian meta… She had Stryper posters on her walls of her room… as well as Kiss among others. I credit her with my hearing loss… sorta. She got tickets to the Ratt/Poison concert at Irvine Meadows back when we was teens… 11th row… no ear protection. Blew out the ear drums on that concert.
In anycase… that has not a whole lot to do with what you said… Grey… but I just am rambling due to the fact that there was no Decaf in the house this morn… full rocket jet fuel today!
Such a cool sea serpent….and Julie Kavner as the mermaid?
if it’s to be a merman, would it be named ethel?
The mermaid was changed to a merman by a magic spell.
A case of Merman and Kantrip.
Heh – Starbuck’s knows full well where they got their emblem – a 16th century woodcut. 🙂 There is only one place where that original emblem is still found. (The one without the convenient hair covering the breasts is still at the original location.)
The Auld Grump
dada… ha… why not…. ? she could play a mermaid… What if Rhoda was a mermaid…?
firedome… ha ha! And timely… RIP Ethel.
Brad…
Grump… I like the 16th C. woodcut. They didn’t have to pay for an artist to design a logo or pay royalties to the dead artist who cut the wood. But that was eons ago before they sold and went mega-corp and took over the coffee industry…and the Starbucks Siren has come a long way from the original logo.
Plus, using an updated and stylized version of the image made it easier to trademark.
The Auld Grump