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Adverts... Grrrrrrrrr

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NorksAreMessy · 07/05/2011 21:19

WeightWatchers woman in odd dress just annoys me
Jammie Dodgers monkey advert is seriously odd
The birds eye strange teddy in freezer is creepy
The hotel ad with the aggressive teddy in bed is NASTY
All Halifax adverts, especially those offering me a 'great rate' (2% FFS)
All cosmetics adverts are boswellox.
DM ads p*ss me off, because I want what they offer, but refuse to buy the DM
I know I should just stop watching ads, or TV in general, but DO THEY THINK I AM STUPID??.

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confuddledDOTcom · 08/05/2011 21:32

I'm actually finding I'm tuning out the TV now, I've not watched it a great deal in the last ten years so having it on all day now is more than I can manage. I find the end credits coming up far more often than they should be and having no idea what happened.

Hubba, the Direct Line ones (the insurance salesman) are brilliant. I like Alexander Armstrong in them, I feel really sorry for the salesman. I didn't realise until just that it's a comedian doing the salesman roll to, he's so dry he's funny but his reaction is brilliant. The other comedians are Chris Addison (salesman) Amelia Bullmore (home insurance) and Lorna Watson (pet insurance). Oh I love the dog who is very robust, good at catching but doesn't walk anywhere.

soverylucky · 08/05/2011 22:01

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confuddledDOTcom · 08/05/2011 22:07

soverylucky, I've been saying that since I was a kid! It annoys me too!

HubbaHubbaBubba · 08/05/2011 22:17

That's it - direct line - thank you confuddled

Amelia Bullmore's look of disappointment when she realises she's not going to get the walnut price thingy is fantastic. And yes, "Free Cake!" from Alexander Armstrong is also genius reflux. Chris Addison's brilliant in them too - reactions are spot on! :o

Sorry OP - have hijacked yours, but yes, I do think the ones with small print (along the lines of "80% of people asked think...." with the small print saying 7 people were asked!!!)

InAStateOfReflux · 08/05/2011 22:19

"They don't know that... FREE CAKE!" Grin

InAStateOfReflux · 08/05/2011 22:21

Off on a tangent here, does anyone else think that Alexander Armstrong is, like, well fit? (minus the moustache) Grin

confuddledDOTcom · 08/05/2011 22:22

My eldest was laughing at "Free cake" earlier lol I like when Alexander says "What's with your eyebrows?" and Chris tries to look at them, the puzzlement actually seems genuine from him! I know that's what acting it but I get the impression he doesn't know what's coming.

edam · 08/05/2011 22:31

soverylucky, those charming gents in the ad industry had a term for those ads where two women talk to each other about the wonders of new miracle Bold or whatever it was. '2 Cs in a K'. Meant 'two cunts in a kitchen'.

There are still such dinosaurs in the ad industry - that bloke last year who thought it was big and clever to insult all working mothers and the one more recently trying to create some controversy by saying mothers spend too much time online.

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NorksAreMessy · 08/05/2011 22:35

Hijack away, you have my official OP permission to turn this into a general ads thread.

But, before you do, please can you tell me what the M&Ms advert with the HUGE bowl with a HUGE M&M in it is all about.

Also tell me if I am allowed to throw things at the TV when that skinny woman, who has never eaten a Magnum in her life, bites into the mini magnum with a horrid crack noise and a smug look on her face.

Oooh, and that woman from Bucks Fizz is advertising Jenny Craig AND some window nonsense. Hard up, or good agent?

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NorksAreMessy · 08/05/2011 22:37

Ooooh, yes, the 'This Product is sooooooo much better than our previous product' grrrrrrrrrrrr. TVTropes has a big section about this
And when they tell you that such and such conditiner works brilliantly (and the small print says something like 'compared to unconditioned hair), well, yes it would

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LadyBeagleEyes · 08/05/2011 22:46

The woman from Bucks Fizz when she wears that dress - you know the one, it's a horrible colour and all her bits are sticking out and she says she looks like a sausage
Then she does the diet and wears that dress but looks slimmer. But she still looks awful. It's the most hideous dress I've ever seen. She still looks like a sausage, the dress is a sausage colour for a start
Who in their right mind would want to fit into it.

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NorksAreMessy · 08/05/2011 22:51

And the diet she is following is just food. I mean, it is food that someone sends you in a box, but it is just food.
So in effect the ad is saying, ' we will send you food and the food will make you thinner' Confused

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confuddledDOTcom · 08/05/2011 23:51

The advert that's making me laugh at the moment is for the product placement logo. I'm half expecting programmes to end up with 1950s American product placement with a giant P flash in the bottom corner!

Happyhippychick · 09/05/2011 00:26

I'm so glad it's not only me who finds that polar bear really creepy. Controlling - that is exactly what is wrong with it, good call.

And those co-op ads where the woman wants to spend more time with her husband so decides it makes more fiscal sense to pay the extortionate prices at the co-op than the delivery charge for Internet shopping....

ddubsgirl · 09/05/2011 00:57

hahaha i love the m&m one,get in the bowl....no u get in the bowl!love it,bloody go compare ones piss me right off,love the meerkats :)

Rohanda · 09/05/2011 01:24

the eharmony one where they tie their shoelaces together by accident. Sweet.

Rohanda · 09/05/2011 01:26

and mini Darth Vader.......pukey.

InAStateOfReflux · 09/05/2011 12:32

How about the unbelievably smug, "If you don't have an iphone, well, you don't have an iphone."

I'm just off to top myself now because, well, I don't have an iphone. Hmm

InAStateOfReflux · 09/05/2011 12:34

Gah! I also hate the Co-op ads. The man in it is really annoying, and has the most annoying mouth, and they keep doing close-ups of said annoying mouth...

Yama · 09/05/2011 12:38

Mute, mute, mute.

I won't allow my children to hear adverts under they are old enought to think critically for themselves.

Dh and I tell them that advertisers lie. Dd jumps on the remote to mute if I ever forget.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 09/05/2011 12:46

We only get BBC1 and 2 so no Brit adverts for us. There is a Dutch one (I think) that advertises underwear. DH is keen on that, there is another for margerine where a man ages from being a small boy to a middle aged person. I don't buy marge ever, but definitely wouldn't because of that bloody advert.

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NorksAreMessy · 09/05/2011 16:44

Yama, the DCs play 'spot the lie in THIS advert'...there is exaggeration, caveats, twisting the truth, etc etc in almost every single one

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southeastastra · 09/05/2011 16:46

i like the teddy in the hotel and fridge ads so there.

and surely everyone loves the 'im just cheese' surf um cheese thing

PiousPrat · 09/05/2011 16:55

The Cravendale milk advert has us all in fits if giggles and "jog on kitties" is now a catchphrase in this house :) I still wouldn't buy the milk as it is far more expensive than supermarket won brands, but it is a high point in the ad breaks.

Norks we also play the 'spot the lie' game, and spot the sexism in toy adverts as well. Those bloody Zhu-Zhu pets ones were terrible for it.

confuddledDOTcom · 09/05/2011 17:09

Has anyone mentioned Lelli Kelli?