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Adverts that you dislike....

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Maxineputyourredshoeson · 15/04/2020 20:06

I’ve found I’m watching more live TV and I really dislike the Ebay advert it really, really annoys the hell out of me....

So I thought I’d ask for adverts that you dislike?

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dementedpixie · 16/04/2020 09:45

Just Eat is the most annoying

JellyBook · 16/04/2020 09:50

British Gas bathroom one. I don’t want to see..

Sitting on the loo texting
Sitting on the loo peeing on a stick
Body parts in the shower, adults or kids
Kid’s bloody nose
Hairy naked man
Pulling hair out of a plug hole

Make. It. stop.

CatsGoPurrrr · 16/04/2020 09:51

The lube one that was on C4 in the middle of Friday Night Dinner. Did not expect that Grin

oohnicevase · 16/04/2020 09:52

Pretty much all of them tbh.. I never understand what they are thinking !!
There are very few that actually make me laugh / want to buy their products ..

ssd · 16/04/2020 09:57

The one where she spits blood into the sink whilst brushing her teeth.

Just yuk.

BadLad · 16/04/2020 10:18

Go compare

dementedpixie · 16/04/2020 11:47

Just saw another one
Surf detergent
'Perf with surf' aaarrrggghhh

FrenchyQ · 16/04/2020 11:54

Numan Erectile dysfunction one

longtompot · 16/04/2020 12:06

@dementedpixie beat me to it. I hate that ad. I have to mute it when it comes on!

longtompot · 16/04/2020 12:06

The Surf one that is.

PerpendicularVincent · 16/04/2020 12:08

Any tiktok advert. By far the worst is one where a woman with a very short fringe and one with a frilly blouse look at Tiktok on a phone. Frilly blouse fakes a laugh and says 'a man's just put a bin on his head', and short fringe does a fake laugh and says it would be fun to get addicted to Tiktok.

It drives me mad.

doodlejump1980 · 16/04/2020 12:09

The out of tune tsb whistling one. Argh!!

Clawdy · 16/04/2020 12:27

Yes, the British Gas bathroom one is awful. And there's a weird Ebay one with discarded bra and pants on a settee.....

JovialNickname · 16/04/2020 12:28

The weird arthritis ones, especially the one where a young, healthy looking man is watching his wife out of the window having sex in a shed with someone that looks like him. Is the point that arthritis is an invisible disease that anyone can get? Or that it makes you impotent? I still don't understand.

AdoptedBumpkin · 16/04/2020 12:29

Another vote for GoCompare.

longtompot · 16/04/2020 12:39

@JovialNickname is it where he is watching himself and his partner go to a caravan? I just watched it and no, he does not come across as a healthy young man. The point is arthritis steals certain aspects of people's lives, things they loved doing. I guess with him he got it in his 20's or 30's and is thinking about what he used to be able to do which he can't do any longer.
Arthritis does affect young people. My yd has had it since she was 9 and she is now 20.

K1999 · 16/04/2020 12:54

Perf with surf, just eat and 'I'm a wooomaaan' one. I don't even know what it's for but it annoys me, a lot.

namechangenumber2 · 16/04/2020 13:26

I really dislike the Kenco advert with the woman in the hair dressers

Maxineputyourredshoeson · 16/04/2020 15:19

OMG I only saw the Surf one a couple of days ago and totally forgot about it, it makes me want to smash my TV up.

We normally Sky+ or watch Netflix, I really don’t know why we’ve ended up watching more live TV.

@Clawdy that’s the ebay one that made me start the post...

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OhhhPeee · 16/04/2020 15:23

The Tampax “infotainment” style one. Just NO.

TheEndIsBillNighy · 16/04/2020 15:26

Mine is a radio advert; it’s the one where a lady with a northern accent (it sounds like the actress from Line of Duty) talks about “the little wall crawler”. Her lack of expression is so bad, and it’s just awful 🤦‍♀️

P1nkHeartLovesCake · 16/04/2020 15:28

I didn’t know Oral B made toothpaste 🙄🙄 (yes dumbo and I don’t know ford made cars)

Any period product one. Why are the women always running/playing tennis/smiling? Maybe it’s just me but on my period I eat chocolate, eat paracetamol like smarties and cry

Perf with surf one, makes me cringe

Pelleas · 16/04/2020 15:32

Can we include radio?

Classic FM's adverts for its dating service are incredibly annoying.

There's one where a woman says 'I can't believe this amazing man has come into my life!' and said man laughs the most awful laugh of smug, gratified conceit.

Then, the other one has a woman saying she's glad she's found someone who 'wants to grow the same dreams' Envy. Can you imagine a worse combination of corporate speak ('growing' anything that isn't organic) and twee romantic drivel?

Illstartexercisingtomorrow · 16/04/2020 15:33

All the wowcher/simply be type adverts which just have a couple of women prancing around dancing to nothing with their gobs wide open and fussing their hair around grrrrr!!!

Anything dental.

eddiemairswife · 16/04/2020 15:37

Dulcolax. And it's always women in it. Don't men get constipation?

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