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Weird cat advert anyone?

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Antibles · 06/04/2019 22:40

Whenever I'm on Mumsnet I'm getting a picture of a cat staring at me in an ad box on the right hand ad bar for days now. It's freaking me out and I'm fed up with seeing it. I don't even know what it's FOR. I'm not clicking on it. Anyone else? How do I get rid of it??

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Antibles · 06/04/2019 22:53

Oh god there are two now! How can I block them??

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dictionarycorners · 06/04/2019 22:56

I’m getting a cliched women on a tightrope with some work life balance caption 🙄. She’s distracting, bouncing up and down. I will never click on it because it is annoying. The cat sounds better!

Palominoo · 06/04/2019 22:58

You're paranoid. There are no cats.

Weird cat advert anyone?
Antibles · 06/04/2019 23:02

The cat was fine except it's been there for days now staring at me! It has a white beard.

No palomino, there are two, two I tell you!

I've literally just folded a piece of paper over my screen and hung it over the right hand banner. I kow the fucker(s) is/are there but I can't see it/them now. This is ridiculous.

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DontCallMeShitley · 06/04/2019 23:04

Ad Block is your friend. Although not all ads can be blocked, it might help. Would prefer your cats to the annoying Mumsnet ones that keep moving and playing havoc with my dodgy eyes.

dictionarycorners · 06/04/2019 23:04

Cat cat cat

Trying to summon the cat.

BlueEyedBengal · 06/04/2019 23:05

Where are these cats?

Weird cat advert anyone?
dictionarycorners · 06/04/2019 23:10

Still no cats for me. Got a gruffalo and now back to the stupid ad I will not mention.

Antibles · 06/04/2019 23:10

There's one on the top bar too now! Bastard. This is honestly beyond a joke. What is it even advertising?

You don't want them, dictionary. It's getting a bit spooky just there staring at me twice over with its weird Gandalf beard. Are there no proper companies that want to advertise to me? Pretty please??

OK, ad block, good idea. Where do I get one?

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dictionarycorners · 06/04/2019 23:13

Here kitty kitty...

HelenaDove · 06/04/2019 23:44

i thought this was going to be a thread about the creepy as fuck bloke in the new Dreamies ad.

dictionarycorners · 06/04/2019 23:46

I’ve still got the stupid woman.

Why? I don’t want a tightrope or whatever she is advertising.

Antibles · 06/04/2019 23:47

Why, what is he like? I daren't google the ad, I'm already suffering cat overload as it is.

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Antibles · 06/04/2019 23:49

I'll swap you the tightrope woman for the cat. Anything to make the cat-who-advertises-nothing go away. The weird thing is I'm getting no other ads. The cat has scared everything else away except the Mumsnet stuff.

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MarieVanGoethem · 07/04/2019 03:29

As Palominoo has said, There Are No Cats Here...

There is Weird Tightrope Woman mentioned by a PP, & I’m also getting some wonderfully ill-targeted ads. But no cats.

Weird cat advert anyone?
Shinesweetfreedom · 07/04/2019 04:12

Cats you say

Weird cat advert anyone?
Shinesweetfreedom · 07/04/2019 04:14

Wish I saw a bleedin cat

Weird cat advert anyone?
FiveLittlePigs · 07/04/2019 05:47

What cat?

Weird cat advert anyone?
cantfindname · 07/04/2019 06:08

The more you post the C-A-T word the more it will appear! (See how I am trying to avoid the same fate)

Cakeandmarshmallows · 07/04/2019 07:15

I'm getting a p-u-rp-l-e-x advert..would rather have cats!!!

MarieVanGoethem · 07/04/2019 08:20

Starting to think all this “is this a cat I see before me?” must be a weird hoax. As clearly no cats. At all.

Weird cat advert anyone?
dictionarycorners · 07/04/2019 10:41

I’m still getting the naff tightrope woman.

No cat for me.

misscockerspaniel · 07/04/2019 12:16

I'm getting pots of tea "sourcing the finest teas and infusions".

Isn't the tightrope woman MN jobs? I guess my name scares away the c.a.t.s.

ScreamingValenta · 07/04/2019 12:18

You haven't accidentally installed 'cat blocker' have you?

It's an ad blocker that replaces adverts with pictures of cats.

JenniferJareau · 07/04/2019 12:20

You'll never get rid of them now. As soon as you post 'cats' or Google cats the ads update. Mine us showing a plane as I was looking at flights this morning.

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