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What TV adverts irrationally annoy you at the moment?

239 replies

MyEasterBonnet · 22/05/2026 21:13

Just a lighthearted thread, but I keep seeing a Simba advert where a guy is stacking an insane amount of biscuits up while in bed, and then his partner just acts like a dick and knocks them over, sending them flying everywhere. And the worst bit is that they’re sat on the bed and don’t have a bedsheet on.

There’s also one for blinds where the most annoying voice in the world says “It’s your home darling” and then promptly get muted by me as I hate his voice so much.

Anyone want to add any more?

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Fernticket · 23/05/2026 17:32

Lifelover16 · 23/05/2026 16:36

The holiday adverts narrated by the loathsome Paddy McGuiness and the fat family who head straight to the buffet and cannonball into the pool.

F*king hate this ad.
Also the Co-op funeral ads.
Vogue Williams with her laundry products.
I once saw a lady from an old Tena lady advert on a documentary about Henry VIII. She was playing Anne Boleyn. Whilst she was on the screen, all I could think of was ' I'm not going to let a bit of pee stop me from being me'.🤣🤣

StephensLass1977 · 23/05/2026 17:37

The one for toothpaste, I think, where the woman opens her bathroom cabinet and there's a face staring back at her telling her to use another product, and when they come face to face they both scream at each other so loudly. It's so jarring.

The (daytime TV) one where the mother karate chops and floors her son. Again, she screams so loudly when she does it, and it always makes me jump.

Any toothpaste one where they look into the camera and lick their teeth. It's so bad mannered.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 23/05/2026 18:24

SignGrudgeBluebook · 23/05/2026 14:57

Robbie Williams advertising cat food in cartoon form is just awful. Everything about it is just awful.

Yes.

ToadRage · 23/05/2026 18:28

Curry's. They are a rip off the ancient Brantano adverts and imply that everyone watches football.
The pepto bismol ad is laughably stupid.

I don't see a lot of ads cos we stream everything.

KnittyKnotty · 23/05/2026 18:34

The world equivalent of RSPCA where they show loads of images of sick animals and drop in they are possibly for the meat market.

Has been running for the remote.

Lifestooshort71 · 23/05/2026 20:27

The advert for the all-body deodorant - spray it on your 'tatas', your bum, your balls, your feet, everywhere! As if people don't have enough to worry about they've added 'your whole body stinks!' There's a bloke who pulls out the front of his boxers and sprays right down there. Yuk. Doesn't bear thinking about.

MynameisnotJohn · 23/05/2026 20:37

I don’t know it but going by this thread the Pepto Bismol marketing team has played a blinder.
That ad with the toothy bloke who has racks of dingy white t shirts then washes them and they’re all white. He’s so dreadful I think he must be famous. Who is it?

sashh · 24/05/2026 09:19

MynameisnotJohn · 23/05/2026 20:37

I don’t know it but going by this thread the Pepto Bismol marketing team has played a blinder.
That ad with the toothy bloke who has racks of dingy white t shirts then washes them and they’re all white. He’s so dreadful I think he must be famous. Who is it?

That depends on whether you need something to calm your guts but won't buy Pepto Bismol because it is so annoying.

Liverpool52 · 24/05/2026 12:44

sashh · 24/05/2026 09:19

That depends on whether you need something to calm your guts but won't buy Pepto Bismol because it is so annoying.

I didn't actually know the name of the product until I came on here because I switch over so quickly when it comes on.

midnight1331 · 24/05/2026 12:55

Any of the Tesco Woosh ones! My theory is they have to order Tesco Woosh as they’re so insufferable no one will serve them on the shop 🤣 the karate lady is the worst!

Juliadiesalone · 24/05/2026 14:48

sashh · 24/05/2026 09:19

That depends on whether you need something to calm your guts but won't buy Pepto Bismol because it is so annoying.

Don’t work like that. If a brand is top of mind that brand is chosen more overall. End of story

TorroFerney · 24/05/2026 15:03

The one for some dog vitamin or food where the voiceover explains that dogs are not the same as humans. I’ve seen it all of twice and just shout no shit mate at the tv.

TorroFerney · 24/05/2026 15:05

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 23/05/2026 10:52

I have often wondered whether the pee pads woman will ever get any other TV ad work, since she’s going to be forever associated with bulky, widdle-soaked pee pads.

the peacock (ah there’s a link) kitchen ad wer, she’s in that. I do admire her though as she appears to be totally incontinent it’s not a dribble or a leak when coughing the way she describes it.

TorroFerney · 24/05/2026 15:07

Lifestooshort71 · 23/05/2026 20:27

The advert for the all-body deodorant - spray it on your 'tatas', your bum, your balls, your feet, everywhere! As if people don't have enough to worry about they've added 'your whole body stinks!' There's a bloke who pulls out the front of his boxers and sprays right down there. Yuk. Doesn't bear thinking about.

I’ve always used normal deodorant where I think I might need it if I feel a bit sweaty. My crotch gets a lot sweatier than my armpits. If it works on your armpits why wouldn’t it work anywhere else?!

YoBetty · 24/05/2026 15:43

The ditzy Febreze woman who sniffs her own shoes.

Random Northern regional pronunciation of a single word crowbarred into a sentence spoken by an actor/voiceover artist who obviously does not have that regional accent (see also badly done Cockney).

Play Ojo gambling adverts. What's with all the dancing freaks?

Smug American men taking the piss out of other smug American men for not having checked Trivago. The worst one at the moment is the blokes bobbing about in inflatable loungers in a swimming pool. One of them says "I have two words for you..." and DH and I say in unison: "Fuck off". Another chap then calls over to his friend "Yo, Benny! He didn't check Trivago". Except it sounds like 'Yo Betty!', hence my current username.😂

All the incontinence adverts which serve no purpose other than to convey the message that all women over a certain age are constantly pissing themselves.

Adverts for a million different types of flavoured coffee. I don't mean to be a pedantic nitpicker, but if it doesn't taste of coffee, it's not actually coffee, is it?

And no, my peace of mind is not ruined by the thought in the back of my mind that there are dirty dishes soaking in the sink.

XenoBitch · 24/05/2026 15:45

sashh · 24/05/2026 09:19

That depends on whether you need something to calm your guts but won't buy Pepto Bismol because it is so annoying.

I really like that ad. It makes me smile.
And if I need to calm my guts, it will be the first brand that comes to mind. The ad did it's job.

YoBetty · 24/05/2026 15:54

SirChenjins · 23/05/2026 10:24

The one for the Alaskan cruise where they cut to very glamorous people doing science-y things in a laboratory.

For some reason this advert winds me up no end.

I agree, that remote edge-of-the-world wilderness they are exploring would be far better off without all the pollution from the visiting cruise ships, wouldn't it?

YoBetty · 24/05/2026 15:59

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 23/05/2026 10:29

I love the Pepto bismol one. I sing it and do the actions for my kids 🤣

There must have been so many bloopers when they were filming that advert - how could you do those lines and not laugh?

Bring back Harry Hill's TV Burp - he would have done a brilliant skit of that.

YoBetty · 24/05/2026 16:03

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 23/05/2026 10:52

I have often wondered whether the pee pads woman will ever get any other TV ad work, since she’s going to be forever associated with bulky, widdle-soaked pee pads.

She buys a Wickes kitchen and grows peacock feathers out of her arse.

XenoBitch · 24/05/2026 16:07

The Always ad about gushing. The women's faces when they stand up and realise they have gushed. Especially the lady who gets up on the bus.... all the confidence about their product, and you see her do a twirl in the shop window where she tries to check out her rear end to see if there if blood.

SockPlant · 24/05/2026 16:13

Juliadiesalone · 24/05/2026 14:48

Don’t work like that. If a brand is top of mind that brand is chosen more overall. End of story

unless you are absolutely contrary like me. I am very petty and i will avoid a product if i hate the ad with no problems. To the point that i have asked for the best competitor for X product in a shop.

YoBetty · 24/05/2026 16:16

Sweetpea333 · 23/05/2026 16:52

@loislovesstewie I used to work with a pasty, slug like man who is just like the advert bean man. I feel sick when I see it and imagine his pale, ginger farts!

I just had a tears-rolling-down-cheeks guffaw at this.😂

BalloonSlayer · 24/05/2026 18:40

loislovesstewie · 23/05/2026 11:32

Could I give a dishonorable mention to the chap who goes on holiday with a case full of Heinz baked beans and cries all holiday because the case goes missing. Why didn't he just go to Margate if he wants baked beans at every meal?

I just read a book about the Beatles and apparently Ringo Starr did this when he went to India with the rest of the Beatles to stay with the Maharishi.

BalloonSlayer · 24/05/2026 18:41

Sorry I didn't mean he cried because the case went missing, just that he took a case of Baked Beans.

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