No, the Starbucks “barista” (or whatever you’re supposed to call them) hadn’t heard that question before.
And he didn’t know what a Rorschach ink blot was (it’s a random pattern that psychiatrists present to clients, and ask them what associations it conjures up).
But look at the pictures (above right and below) and tell me you don’t see a resemblance.
And no, while I’m no doubt a little sleep-deprived these days, I haven’t otherwise been seeing UFO’s, religious figures in cloud formations, etc.
**Since a Rorschach ink blot, by definition, is anything you want it to be . . . the answer would be “yes.”
P.S.: Apparently, Starbucks itself has had a little fun with this notion; the company put up the ad below on the side of Manhattan building in 2009.