to ask what adverts drive you mad

[sixtylicious]

There are just so many adverts out at the moment which I can't stand. I think my worst, for now, are the seemingly endless series of sexy yoghurt adverts, especially the Nicole Scherzinger ones where she is constantly getting yoghurt on her nose and giggling about it. URGH!

I hate the Nicole Scherzinger ones and generally any adverts with singing.

The current Barclays one with the lady giving 'tips' on internet shopping irritates me just because her 'tip' is utter shit. She says if you like something just put it in your basket and wait, don't buy it straight away. The retailer may well send you an email the next day with a discount. Utter bullshit, where do they magically get your email address from? This would only be true if it was a shopping site you were registered with and if you were logged in while browsing. Even given those two conditions I don't know of any retailers that do this, it's never happened to me anyway.

If this is meant to be a top for people new to internet shopping its incredibly misleading.

The PPI one where the guy says "You and I" when it should be "You and me." Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh, and the Vim-toad one.

It's Gladstone Brookes. Just seen it!

The Nicole Thingy advert brings me out in spots - who among you would be smiling sweetly if a guest grabbed a tablecloth and destroyed an entire table set for a meal - I'd have hidden the booze at least half an hour beforehand!

What worries me more, though, is that I think I recognize all the adverts to which previous posters have referred. I must watch too much telly.

Oh yeah, just remembered - "strawbrilla" advert. Who comes up with shit like that?

Yes purplemonkey the 'try misspelling words' tip really annoys me too , surely there's a chance you'd end up getting dodgy/ scam sites if they have items listed with the spellings wrong. Just bad advice. And the way the old man delivers it makes me feel really sad for some reason. I am oversensitive to be fair!

Another genre of adverts that drive me mad are the Dove - we understand how much all women hate themselves and think they are disgusting - ads. You can just imagine the glee around the ad company table when they presented the idea "let's go for low self esteem!" KERCHING!

I hate wahanda as well. Ppi/bingo/loans/life insurance. Diet chef really annoys me as well.

The 'misspelling words' tip does work well on eBay though. You only have to look at Facebook selling pages to see how many people can't spell. They also list stuff on eBay with dodgy spellings. I've bought a few things really cheaply by guessing the dodgy spellings.

That barclays one that lasts about 5 minutes where bloke is singing about all the amazing things he's gonna pay for with his barclays card. Horrible.

gemgirl I get that, I guess I just think that as these tips seem to be aimed at the older generation who perhaps aren't very savvy online, they are more susceptible to being ripped off. Searching for things spelt wrong on google could easily take you to fakes/ scams etc. I am probably being oversensitive here, as I said! :)

sixty you're right, they should specify eBay, or 'auction sites'. He seems such a nice man doesn't he? You're not over sensitive :)

londonrach she is married to Ozzy not George.

That insurance (Direct line?) advert with Harvey Keitel. I often wonder if he's either pissed all his money away or if Hollywood isn't interested anymore because I can't work out why on earth he'd do such an advert.
In fact any so-called respectable actor doing these sorts of adverts. Samuel L Jackson r.e. Sky security! I'm looking at you!

The oral b advert when the girl goes on about why she needs this advanced toothpaste, it's her face and her voice she's all teeth!

The bingo one with the fella who either strips off or plays the bongos gah!!!!

The only advert I like is the Dior one with r patz mmmmmmmm

Been or Stallone doing warburtons

I've thought of another laundry one! I am not a laundry troll I swear! The dettol advert where we are all supposed to wash our clothes in the antibacterial wash as normal washing doesn't kill all the nasty germs! How did we all ever survive before

Oh those smelly things you put in with the wash are awful far too over powering even with a little in the wash I binned mine

Money Magpie with the talking bird
The Madbid "delivery!!!!" advert
Gladstone Brookes (seriously gonna punch that guy if I ever see him)
That accident compensation one with the traumatised woman who starts every sentence with 'and'
Money Supermarket
Anything with Cheryl Tweedycolefernandezversiniwhothefuckknowsorcares
The loo roll ones with the kids - as clean as a ladybird?? WTF??
Yeah the J-lo 'bronde' one - bronde is not a thing, and it's never going to be a thing
Anything to do with weight loss/constipation/bowel problems etc because it's always women in the adverts - what, men don't get backed up too??
Herbal essences with the woman having an orgasm because of her shampoo.
Some shoe website one where they're all standing around the computer screen (american)

I could go on and on and on... I tend to automatically mute them all now which DH finds highly amusing!!

Coors Light with Jean Claude Van Damme - I think it's his denim outfit, but particularly the white socks, which get to me!

Current BT campaign with ewan McGregor also does my nut.

I didn't know that the woman with yoghurt on her nose was famous (though I did know that Sharon Osbourn wasn't married to George).

I hate "minor thing happens to child, or to beautiful but ditzy woman, AND IT'S SO CUTE AND HILARIOUS". No, it isn't, really it isn't.

And the Robinson's Boy Grows Up In 30 Seconds one freaks me right out. At that rate he's going to be dead by the next ad break. Let's see you use that to sell squash, Robinson.

Car ads that suggest you look up the music. And don't show you the car. I think land rover and Fiat are the worst right now.