People born before 1985 with no life insurance are in for a really big surprise

[noblegiraffe]

Apparently having no life insurance is really really aging.

Look at this guy. He’s only 40 years old. Should’ve bought life insurance.

Is it just me that thinks this every time that sodding ad pops up?

[Skittlesandbeer]

My 98yo granny looks younger than him.

[Antonin]

The shock he’s going to get is that the insurance premium is going to be so high he’ll have to sell his home and live on the streets where he will die of exposure and the insurance company will pay out half the sum needed for a paupers funeral.
Give up old man, it’s too late for life insurance. Let the Local Authority collect you with the recycling. If by any chance your corpse is spotted in the dump by a bulldozer driver you’ll make it onto Silent Witless or the Unbegotten.

[drspouse]

Phew, I was born before 1985 but I have life insurance! That must be why I look so youthful!

[Mummyoflittledragon]

Yes it really pisses me off too. Really old white guy is going to get life insurance now. Hmmmm. He makes Prince Philip look young. I think he is probably so pissed off because he drives a lamborghini and has just had his licence revoked. Or maybe this is him 3 weeks later living on the street in despair of at no longer being allowed to drive. Totally Mumsnet demographic.

[nettie434]

Thanks noblegiraffe

[EndoplasmicReticulum]

Yes I thought that, I'm born before 1985 but I don't look THAT old. Do I?

I'd rather look at him than the giant foot with the tennis ball though, that one makes me cringe.

[SoundofSilence]

I'm just relieved that the woman with the battered face because I wouldn't BELIEVE what happened on Dragon's Den isn't in my sidebar today. I'm generally quite relaxed about adverts because I know they pay the bills, but that one really needed a Fuck Off button.

[Katterinaballerina]

That’s what happens if I let my skincare routine slip for a few days ...

[Sproutsandall]

@spinabifidamom 1996???? Surely you should still be in nappies?

Anyway, I’m quite looking forward to my surprise. I like surprises. I hope it’s a party with all my friends.

[Springwalk]

Or the funeral care - that’s always encouraging

[NunoGoncalves]

That's how old you have to be to not know of and use adblock.

[AGnu]

Is this some sort of 35+ teddy bears' picnic? I don't remember there being any age restrictions for the big surprise mentioned in the song. The only criteria was that you had to be able to go down to the woods today. Was there another verse I didn't learn about life insurance?

For every bear that ever there was
Will gather there for certain because
Today's the day the teddy bears sell insuuuuuuurance.

[TheTitOfTheIceberg]

I wouldn't bother mate, that black widow June is just waiting for you to take out a policy before she pushes you off a cliff and claims it was a tragic birdwatching accident. Only the binoculars you got as your free gift for enquiring will survive.

[Katterinaballerina]

I really hope the surprise isn’t a free carriage clock or fountain pen. I’d take a best of the 90s CD and a Body Shop Dewberry spray.

[noblegiraffe]

That's how old you have to be to not know of and use adblock.

Ouch! And yet despite your adblock you’ll have still enjoyed this advert due to my photo in the OP.
You’re welcome.

[NunoGoncalves]

Hmmm. "Enjoyed" is quite a strong word in this context

[CockleburIck]

I think you should have put “lighthearted” in the title, OP, as some people seem to have missed the fun of this thread, even if they are clever enough to used ad blockers.
Sheesh!

[Tinty]

I'm old, how do you use adblock?

Can I block the bloody annoying videos at the right hand side of mumsnet, that everytime I move my arrow past them they start playing?

Its for Microwave Mac and Cheese at the moment, I hate Mac and Cheese. Normally they are telling me how to conceive or how I will feel when I am pregnant. I think they have the wrong target audience. I am nearly to old for all that malarky.

[StealthPolarBear]

I was just about to say I was born in 79 and I'm not 40 yet I don't think!

[NunoGoncalves]

I think you should have put “lighthearted” in the title, OP, as some people seem to have missed the fun of this thread, even if they are clever enough to used ad blockers

Maybe I should have put "lighthearted" in my post about adblockers, as some people seem to have missed the fun of the post, even if they are clever enough to know the OP was lighthearted ;)

[NunoGoncalves]

I'm old, how do you use adblock?

It depends on your browser but just google "adblock plus addon for [browser]" and install it. I couldn't live without it!

Can I block the bloody annoying videos at the right hand side of mumsnet, that everytime I move my arrow past them they start playing

Depends, are they adverts, or mumsnet videos? I still see the mumsnet videos (right now it's a morning sickness remedies video) but they don't autoplay for me.

[NothingOnTellyAgain]

I have life insurance and was born in the 70s,

I look 23.

It's amazing how it works.

Don't tell anyone.

[DisrespectfulAdultFemale]

I haven't seen the advert but the comments on this thread are great.

[CockleburIck]

Aww damn, you got me Nuno I can only detect so much lightheartedness on the one thread! When there are two jovially sparring lightheartednesses, the relevant part of my brain overheats.

You can probably tell I was born well before 1985.

[Tinty]

Darn they are mumsnet videos!

They autoplay for me, but only seemingly when I am on an important call. If I am on my own and it is quiet they never autoplay.