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Your all time most HATED television advert.

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howdidthishappenthen · 15/11/2010 20:46

I'll start. The tampon one from a few years ago where man & woman are sitting in an outside cafe, and she drops a pink wrapped min-tampon from her purse, and he hands it back to her thinking it's a sweet. FFS. If he doesn't yet know she menstruates, he's prob not ready for a sexual relationship.

Your turn..

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TrillianAstra · 15/11/2010 22:38

'What about dads/single people/childless couples etc etc??!!!'

It's only Mums who have been lobotomised by sleep deprivation who think that Iceland stuff might be nice.

(the ones in the households where dads never get up with the baby - which are also the households where men never do the grocery shopping)

Arseface · 15/11/2010 22:33

The car one with the woman imprisoned/stalked by twisted puppets.

Vauxhall Corsa I think, truly grim.

Coke zero/Pepsi max tricking woman into bed horror.

Also hearty second to all the guilt ads: splats of raw chicken strewn around your kitchen? Small children? Buy Dettol. Grrrr

ParanoidAtChristmasTime · 15/11/2010 22:25

This is an interesting thread- sexist adverts have always bugged me for as long as I can remember! When I was about 14 we could choose to do any kind of sociology-related study we wanted- I did a survey of ads, concluding that 60-odd% (at least, IIRC) were sexist in some way.

It's the Iceland ones that set my teeth on edge- inside I'm screaming 'What about dads/single people/childless couples etc etc??!!!'

WanderingSheep · 15/11/2010 22:23

The Dulcoease (sp?) advert! As if you'd go to lunch with your mates and talk about your bowel habits, FGS!

WastingAway · 15/11/2010 22:13

That dance has some serious dv motifs in it too I think.

notquitenormal · 15/11/2010 22:08

There's a new car advert I've seen in the past couple of days. It has a couple dancing a high tempo tango with a west-side-story latino type vibe.

I like the dancing and I think it's a good hook. I'm not sure why, with this film of a pair of powerful talented dancers, there needs to be gratuitous tit and arse shots of the woman.

That and the potato advert with the woman from desperate housewives. WTF is that all about? Confused

WastingAway · 15/11/2010 22:03

Basically entire advert breaks on Sky Sports.

booyhoo · 15/11/2010 22:03

sorry that was for my iceland ad post.

booyhoo · 15/11/2010 22:02

if only for the fact that it says 'mums' rather than just 'people'.

SpringHeeledJack · 15/11/2010 22:01

ooh! ooh! ooh!

that fucking Strongbow (??) one. With all them noble hardworking blokes at the award ceremony

(even dp gets annoyed by that one and he's about as testy as a seahorse)

overmydeadbody · 15/11/2010 22:00

ANY adverts that show the woman in the kitchen or doing some other domestic task and then a 'man' or 'product made by a man' comes along and helps her. Like the gravy adverts.

BonniePrinceBilly · 15/11/2010 21:59

Diet Coke posters..theres some near me I might have to take a bucket of paint to. The ones with the horrific bratz style anorexic puppets. "The best cure for a heavy heart is a heavy shopping bag" et al....makes me fucking sick.

booyhoo · 15/11/2010 21:58

the new iceland one with jason donovan and all those women yehaa-ing and thigh slapping.

ISNT · 15/11/2010 21:57

Damn posted too late Grin

ISNT · 15/11/2010 21:57

Totally agree that the "soap dispenser germs" ad is shit. Really shit. Grin

spiderlight · 15/11/2010 21:55

Oops - I didn't realise I was in Feminism either... Blush

spiderlight · 15/11/2010 21:54

The 'OMG your soap dispenser might have GERMS on it!!!!' one winds me up - FFS you're only touching the damn thing because yo're about to wash your hands! I'm finding the 'festive' John Lewis ad with the poor dog in the kennel out in the snow a bit upsetting as well :(

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howdidthishappenthen · 15/11/2010 21:54

Ah - now, the Yorkie ads I'm OK with. It's the ones that try to sell me things by insulting me that make me want to punch the TV.

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MrsColumbo · 15/11/2010 21:51

Absolutely hated the ad (was it for air freshener or loo cleaner or something) where a woman has just had a baby and her 'friends' turn up to coo, but end up getting all judgemental about the smell in her house. She's just had a baby, ffs.
Oh,and the Herbal Essences advert - I refuse to buy it on the basis of those vile ads (and the fact that I hate the smell).

ISNT · 15/11/2010 21:51

teehee @ feminism meets dieting

SpringHeeledJack · 15/11/2010 21:49

no, it just means Double Fairtrade Wink

wukter · 15/11/2010 21:46

Banned confectionary - where feminism meets dieting.

SpringHeeledJack · 15/11/2010 21:45

me and my sis used to get Yorkies when they came out- and chop each chunk into 8 equal parts to make 'em last longer

(honest, we did. You should have seen what we did with a slice of Battenburg)

never again, mind. They are on the banned confectionery list, right up there with Nestles

Pogleswood · 15/11/2010 21:41

Oh,how could I forget the Yorkie adverts.I haven't bought a Yorkie bar for years because of that slogan. (well,ok,I'm only human and have a very occasional lapse,but it was my favorite chocolate once and I bought it a lot...)

hogshead · 15/11/2010 21:32

Yorkie adverts with the slogan `its not for girls'.

Its a chocolate bar ffs.