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To want to smash my telly up during ad breaks on Nick Jr?

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Minimoog · 06/04/2013 03:02

DS likes Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly, (DH & I do too Blush ) so I put Nick Jr on at times throughout the day. Apart from Dora The Explorer (AAAGH) I don't have a problem with the programmes, just the sodding adverts!! The ones I find particularly bile-inducing are the ones advertising naff plastic toot toys for little girls that have the nauseating women singing shite over the top of it all! You know the ones, the ads for Barbies (that all do the same thing, hair changes colour but they market them in different outfits to make it look like they're different dolls), etc. Especially La La Loopsies ads. (They're freaky, they all look like Coraline anyway, and that sodding colour change mermaid. KILL IT WITH FIRE).

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Hawkmoon269 · 06/04/2013 11:31

Sacrifice Peppa Pig for your sanity?! My dc (6 and 1) only watch cbeebies. Or dvd's. My dsd (6) watches all the advert channels at her Mum's house but we have never had them on (and never will). She's never asked for them to be on either!

LovesBeingWokenEveryNight · 06/04/2013 09:29

Oops birthday even asked if she wanted one and she didn't.

LovesBeingWokenEveryNight · 06/04/2013 09:28

I want an inkoo has just been said by dd, even though when it was her b

SuzySheepSmellsNice · 06/04/2013 09:13

YANBU... I record them on series link and usually ffwd through the adverts, but I also really hate La la fucking loopsy and her little sisters... and those bloody Lelly Kelly adverts, stupid american tat Angry

HamAlive · 06/04/2013 09:11

I hate the fact that the ad breaks are 10 minutes long so I get 10 minutes of "peppa? Yes please! More peppa. Peppa please. PEPPAAAAAAAAAA!"

AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 06/04/2013 09:09

No no-it's Moxie girl Dutty Angry

VIX1980 · 06/04/2013 09:08

Its the lelli kelli ones i hate with a passion.

and also soccer boppers

"soccer bobbers, soc all day, bop all night" Hmm My 9 month old could write better lyrics than that!

AndFanjoWasHisNameO · 06/04/2013 09:08

Dutty it sounds like bastard la la la loopsy :-( the evil doll.
Other hate figures for me are bastard Lelli Kelly, stompeez (ridiculous, certain to fracture legs through hideous stair falling, slippers) and bastard pillow pets.
And breathe......

DuttyWine · 06/04/2013 08:53

What's the advert that goes 'hey hey hey la la la (something) girls?" I often find it stuck in my head even though I leave the tv on for dcs while I potter about doing bits of housework rather than sit and watch it!

KatyTheCleaningLady · 06/04/2013 08:48

Anybody else seen the ad for Poopsy Pets? Grin

EggsMichelle · 06/04/2013 08:22

DH had left citv on Hmm which is a banned channel in my house due to adverts, I was horrified by the advert shown (and a program about a girls inspiration to be a footballers wife!)

London2013 · 06/04/2013 08:12

I set up series record on Virgin and then ff through the adverts. It's avoided a lot of requests for tat.

anonymosity · 06/04/2013 04:12

There is a mute button on your remote for a reason. That's the only way I get through it...

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Minimoog · 06/04/2013 03:30

Sounds a good idea Wanderingcloud! Grin
Haha Flossy! I can't make that work on DH with a bar of galaxy, so I've no chance with DS! The lifelike Zapf (!) dolls are a pain in the hole. The BabyBorn swimming doll can bloody do one too!

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flossymuldoon · 06/04/2013 03:18

I wonder if i'm the only one who says this but i love the doll adverts (I find myself singing the La La Loopsy song at various times) and have told DS who's 3 and only just grasped the idea of money that he needs to save his pennies and buy me a La La Loopsy doll Grin.

The adverts i do hate are the ones for those shite backpacks and the mini pets. You know, the dogs that walk etc. Also hate the lifelife dolls that pee and drive around on scoooters. YANBU to want to smash the telly up when those adverts come on. I get the same urge.

wanderingcloud · 06/04/2013 03:15

Get a lovefilm subscription, as much peppa pig and Ben and Holly as you want, whenever you want and no adverts!