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Adverts that annoy you

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SmellyOldPartridgeinaPearTree · 06/01/2022 13:40

The Plantur 39 advert really annoys me. It goes on a bit about hair loss then says 'it's particularly popular with' and the woman in the advert leans forward and whispers 'over 40' I mean Hmm

Also the Numan advert for some sort of viagra tablet where the man bellows about ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, I am not sure their target market will be watching Steph's Packed Lunch but ok Confused

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JuergenSchwarzwald · 06/01/2022 17:45

@WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps

All of them tbh. They all just seem loud and an assault on the senses.
I agree - so many with "back"ground "music" which is painful.
Boood · 06/01/2022 17:54

Any of the Vodafone ones with that woman and her horrible over-cheery singsong announcement voice.

onlycustomers · 06/01/2022 18:03

@prampushingdownthehighst

The domino adverts drive me mad, I wish they'd find something different to the stupid yodelling
I find the big guy in that gorgeous. I keep it on just for him.
SpookyScarySkeletons · 06/01/2022 18:08

@derxa

'Toffee will be the ring bearer!' Ad for guide dogs
This annoys me too.

I am a horrible human being.

itssarcasmjoan · 06/01/2022 18:25

I tend not to watch Tv 'love' so skip adverts but on the radio;
The confused.com ones with the flashy music asked to be soooo distracting
Anything with Phillip 'cheating bastard' Scoffield gives me the rage

Ffsmakeitstop · 06/01/2022 18:33

Verisure Alarms where you can't have both men and women speaking it has to be one or the other while the non speakers stand there nodding like Muppets.

dillydallydollydaydream7 · 06/01/2022 18:35

Daisy daisy daisy daisy.... 🙉

JohnStonesMissus · 06/01/2022 18:40

I must be a horrid human being too because that guide dog ad just irritates the hell out of me..

TH22 · 06/01/2022 18:41

@Bunnymummy2

The perfume ads that repeat the same word over and over. Daisy, daisy, daisy..... Perfect, perfect, perfect 😒
I just came to say this! Drives me round the bend.
Kwiksavenofrillsusername · 06/01/2022 18:42

Hmm
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Gets on my tits. There’s even a radio version that’s even worse.

I used to use Top Cashback but have switched to another cashback site because I hate the ad so much.

BadgeronaMoped · 06/01/2022 18:48

I stopped using gocompare because they were NOT backing down about the singing man. Their newer ads are a bit better, he seems nice enough, I've not forgiven them for years of that bastard "go compare" song though.

Current dislike is the Philip Schofield one.

MakeUsACuppa · 06/01/2022 18:49

Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, Daisy - so bloody annoying, in fact I'd never buy the perfume because of it.

Anything with Schofield in, again I'd actively avoid buying/using anything he advertises.

dubyalass · 06/01/2022 18:50

All of these, but especially anything repetitive. Makes me switch over instantly. There's one for something pet related that says "you this, you that, you something else, you blah" and it's like nails down a blackboard. Same for the hair one with Stacey whatsherface, "she dances, she twirls, she..." arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh shut up and fuck off! Oh and the Just Eat one with the woman standing still while a man recites various fast food outlets. Ugh.

Leafsontheline · 06/01/2022 18:54

Another hater of the guide dog ad.. it doesn’t make sense, how she was so close to being a nurse and then had a guide dog on the same day as graduation..

The old one was awful too.. the chap who was a tattoo artist and had an amazing imagination… but never would have imagined going blind..

They are awful, but I felt bad about thinking that so made quite a large donation to the guide dog charity.. maybe that was their plan.

Apple40 · 06/01/2022 18:55

I can’t stand the just eat ads… did someone say just eat? Actually no, no one did.

SmellyOldPartridgeinaPearTree · 06/01/2022 19:20

@JohnStonesMissus

All the funeral plan and cremation ones it's a constant onslaught reminding you about death non stop...fuck off, the people in the ads seem to be positively happy about their impending doom.
Yes GrinGrin cheerfully standing around discussing their imminent demise!
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SmellyOldPartridgeinaPearTree · 06/01/2022 19:22

@derxa

'Toffee will be the ring bearer!' Ad for guide dogs
Oh God yes GrinGrin
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inheritancetrack · 06/01/2022 19:27

The bloody irritating irish woman with the perfect baby, perfect house and perfect clothes/makeup. Fuck off with your Fairy pods and who the hell are you anyway?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 06/01/2022 19:35

There's a few adverts with the same idea as the erectile dysfunction drug - must be the same agency - one for male hairloss and one for Parkinson's Disease. The latter gave all the doom and disaster, including hearing voices before shouting THERE IS NO CURE - and then wanting money. You've just immensely distressed people with the disease and their relatives - the people who might have donated have turned away as they've just had it shouted at them that there's no point in doing anything.

Effectively, if you've got a balding man with a family history of Parkinson's and possibly a middleaged thing (or early Parkinson's thing) of erectile dysfunction, the agency has shouted at them three times in a single ad break that they're balding, impotent and they're going to die after suffering mentally for years. Which really doesn't do a great deal for their sense of wellbeing or hope for the future.

tectonicplates · 06/01/2022 19:42

Is that meerkat still around? I wish that bloody meerkat would just fuck off.

Birdkin · 06/01/2022 19:46

Charlotte Tilsbury, why are they so naff? It’s not like she’s short on cash…

Any spoken word, particularly if it’s a bank pretending to be caring and relatable Hmm

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 06/01/2022 19:47

@Ffsmakeitstop

Verisure Alarms where you can't have both men and women speaking it has to be one or the other while the non speakers stand there nodding like Muppets.

I've mentioned this on here before but I was auditioned for that one. Was quite glad not to get it (though the money would've been nice!)

SmellyOldPartridgeinaPearTree · 06/01/2022 21:40

@inheritancetrack

The bloody irritating irish woman with the perfect baby, perfect house and perfect clothes/makeup. Fuck off with your Fairy pods and who the hell are you anyway?
Oh yeah the lovely soft baby with the lovely soft baby socks! I hated her when I had my baby in the big heatwave this year and was sat around sweating and bleeding and leaking milk over my massive knickers and horrible nighties, while this lady was wafting around in her perfect white skirt with her perfect hair throwing one item into the wash with a fairy pod and chuckling with her perfect baby. I live in Northern Ireland and I haven't a clue who she is either.
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dubyalass · 06/01/2022 22:49

@ItsFuckingJuneDadQuickHide your username made me chortle, I hate those bloody ads too.

And @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal I'd be glad you didn't get the Verisure ad, they're fucking awful, so wooden. Nobody speaks like that!

5thnonblonde · 06/01/2022 23:02

@SmellyOldPartridgeinaPearTree and @inheritancetrack she’s Vogue Williams, a model from the really fancy bit of Dublin and she married Spencer Matthews off Made in Chelsea and I doubt she does her own laundry tbh