Aug 24, 2008 13:47
On Wikipedia today, researching info on sirens (as in singing maidens, not, like, on police cars).
To wit: a quote from one part of the page:"The term 'siren song' refers to an appeal that is hard to resist but that, if heeded, will lead to a bad result."
Then, from a lower part of the page:"The image remains popular and iconic in a woodcut rendition (reproduced as a logo) representing the global coffee company Starbucks."
Some of you may have put that together before me, but...dude. That just says it all.
And it's working! Even as they announce their sinister intentions right there on the logo!
Theirs is an ancient evil. I wouldn't be surprised if their stores are actually little franchised Hellmouths.