to think that Littlewoods advert should be banned?

[CherylWillBounceBack]

Shameful for all the reasons below:

a) Ruins Christmas by exposing the truth about Santa's existence.
b) Encourages debt fuelled consumerism (easy payments)
c) could pressurise people out of guilt to spend more than they can afford
d) Attempts to make presents which are ridiculously look like the norm
e) Suggests that we should pass our hard earned up a generation by putting laptops on the knees of grandparents. Rich old people can buy their own electronic tat if they so choose.
f) annoying tune that gets stuck in the head.

I bloody hate that ad.

Its almost as bad as the Diana Vickers Very advert which makes me want to claw my own eyeballs out.

The simple answer is to turn off crappy commercial television and watch the BBC, listen to the radio or read a book. And teach your children better values.

Gah. Everybody's already summed up my views, but just to say that it's hideousness has also grated on me.

Horrible horrible horrible advert. YADDDDDDDDNBU.

Georgimama - don't get me started on the BBC. Never have I seen such a smarmy, biased broadcasting corporation, so crammed to the rafters with vested interests who report on 'news items' which are solely publicised to further their own dubious agendas.

No, I've found salvation in 'Russia Today' - fortunately Littlewoods reach doesn't extend there.

You are v v v amusing OP I'll give you that. A bit mad but you're livening up my saturday morning for which I thank you.

couldnt agree more op. littlewoods ad is shite, guilt inducing shite.

so if we dont all get into debt buying crap for the kids at xmas our kids'll never love us..

Dreadful dreadful ad YANBU

Well I'm glad you find it all so amusing Georgimama - I can assure you that I don't. I've truly gained a newfound empathy with the moral crusaders of the last century - I'm sure if the dear Mary Whitehouse was still with us, she too would have been rallying against this attack on the fabric of society.

AVoidkaTheKillerZombies - yes that Diana Vickers advert too is something else. 'It's got a kind of Studio 54 thing .... so I'm told'. Aaarrghhh - I am considering being hypnotised to remove that from my brain. I was always a huge fan of Vickers on X - Factor. Her superb Blondie rendition ranks as one of the all time hightlights of Saturday night television. But in a single, grotty sell out moment, she's ruined all the kudos she'd built.

pmsl @ laquitar - so the only choice is to not complain about shitty adverts or go and live under a dictatorship? :o

I dislike it, but largely because DD watched it with deep suspicion and then said " My Muvver isn't luvvley"

but who actually feels guilty? you know it is utter shite so why be bothered? and stupid gullible people don't need crappy tv ads to be stupid and gullible.

Yes, lovecat if you don't trust yourself to make good choices and you need the Goverment to make them for you. Those of us who were born in countries with no democracy and freedom appreciate them.

Georgimama - come back when you've had to console your 5 year old DD who is in floods of tears and was refusing to come out of her playhouse because you've told her that their won't be a HTC Wildfire S smartphone in her stocking this year. I've just had a vision of some poor mother having to do this, and believe me, it broke my heart.

Without that advert, she'd have been satisfied with the packet of sultanas and three chocolate coins. Guilt is a wicked emotion.

sorry - there not their. Inexcusable grammatical mistake.

heh. v good. keep it coming.

YABU. It's just a silly advert. The original song is 'My Brother' so they've morphed it to 'My Mother'.... bit cheesy but no more appalling than the suggestion that 'Mums Go To Iceland' ...

Laquitar - do my a favour! Democracy - here? We have the Bank of England and political parties of all colours who have decided to destroy the prudent members of society via inflation and currency debasement to save the likes of Littlewoods and their debt fuelled overleveraged clientèle.

Time and time again we see why democracy is doomed to failure and just leads to the Machiavellian members of society worming their way to the top and subsequently lapping the cream up for themselves anyway. This advert is one such example.

No, I for one would adore a benevolent dictatorship - truly the pinnacle of all forms of governance. And, quite frankly, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring on that one.

Haven't you noticed that just about all adverts are shit?

My solution - we record just about everything we want to watch and then watch it fast-forwarding through the ads.

There's a magical place, We're on our way there, With toys in their millions, All under one roof, It's called - TOYS R US! There's millions says Jeffrey, All under one roof, it's called TOYS R US - TOYS R US - TOYS R US! Effing hate that ad. Doesn't rhyme, doesn't explain that the giraffe is called frigging Jeffrey in the first place, gramatically incorrect. But guess it's done it's job because I was so troubled by 'millions of Jeffries' that I had to find out more...

Cheryl - this has to be a wind up 'benevolent dictatorship' what just like North Korea? Do me a favour.

Kim Jong Il isn't (or at least the propaganda we get over hear certainly doesn't paint him as) a Benevolent dictator.

No I was more alluding to a Napoleon like figure. A genuinely benevolent dictator can do a fine job.

whoops - here not hear. Apologies once more.

I can't see what's wrong with electronic spellers being interest free?

Christmas is a time of giving presents. We all love getting them and giving them. Littlewoods are just saying "don't forget about our shop, check us out when you are doing your shopping".

If no one spent money on presents, teh retailers would suffer and people would lose their jobs.

Just realised the irony that I hadn't seen this ad until I've just followed the uTube link on a thread wanting it banned - proving there is no such thing as bad publicity

I am more irritated by the fact that Littlewood's are indirectly suggesting that my kids and husband will hate me if I do not spend a couple of hundred pounds on them each and oh go one, get one for myself too.

Pure drivel!!!