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to ask what adverts drive you mad

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sixtylicious · 19/06/2015 07:27

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!

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DowntownFunk · 20/06/2015 13:10

I'm going to add adverts with "whoops" moments. Pissing yourself can be fixed in most cases, pads are not the answer.

justmeokay · 20/06/2015 14:18

The woman eating with her mouth full for weightwatchers makes me feel sick. She sounds so greedy. Whoever decided that was good?!

WestEast · 20/06/2015 14:25

I absolutely hate the Pringles and Walkers adverts where they fucking munch crisps with their mouths open. Hearing people eat like animals will not make me buy your crisps!

AmIthatsummery · 20/06/2015 14:29

Anything with whistling. The bank one (I think it's TSB) makes me rage.

Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, stupid, fucking, incontinence pads. Stupid, just stupid

And DD has been trained to dive for the remote when fucking, fucking hey, hey, hey, fucking Asda comes on

I can feel my blood pressure rising just typing that AngryAngryAngry

windchime · 20/06/2015 14:49

Any ad where the woman bites into an ice lolly like she is giving it oral sex. Great big dribbly lips wrapped around a Magnum. FGS, who eats like that?

Allofaflumble · 20/06/2015 14:56

The Stacey Solomon Look Again clothes adverts make me cringe.

Not sure what its advertising but a woman pulls up some jeans and then she is dancing with other women to Shake Your Groove Thing. So naff.

Lorraine Kelly doing the mum dancing.

Any of those all lads together who are so cool because they bet (responsibly).

All bingo adverts.

feezap · 20/06/2015 15:25

ohdobuckup My DS LOVES the bing bang bong advert, he goes into fits of giggles and I end up singing it to him.

Can anyone stand that awful denture adhesive one that is on during countdown? "Are you worried it will be like a nasty, sticky glue?" The way that woman says that makes my stomach turn [confuse

TwoLeftSocks · 20/06/2015 15:38

The O2 Be More Dog adverts. I have to switch off before I throw something at the TV.

ThomasinaShelby · 20/06/2015 15:39

I detest all of nicole shirt-singers ads, every last one, so much that I turn over the channel. Mr moneysupermarket-in-heels makes me scream internally and Mr cillit bang is our household bane

taxi4ballet · 21/06/2015 01:29

Any adverts containing smug beardy types.

Wowcher - get knotted why don't you?

Everything to do with washing additives, vanish stain remover, little smelly balls, sanitiser, you name it. I'm coming over all cynical on this one because they told us we could wash everything at 30 degrees and what do you know? It doesn't get the stains out or kill all the germs, so now they can sell us expensive potions we never needed to use before! I just want to bung clothes in the washing machine and let the powder get on with it, thank you very much.

The latest Ikea one for their beds - woman lying in bed suspended in the sky and she falls out of it onto another one, and another... falling past the windows of skyscrapers and finally into her own bed. All in broad daylight. Not only do loads of people have nightmares about falling, but also some of the clips look more like she's jumping to her death from the roof of a building. Horrible.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 21/06/2015 03:31

Those cunts from the Oak Furniture Land give me the proper rage.

Also any bingo ads, betting ads in general, all insurance and compo ones, Kinder, Flora, Cillit Bang, Wowcher... The list is endless!

In fact the only one I do like is the Haribo one with the adults talking in kids' voices.

sashh · 21/06/2015 08:02

especially the Nicole Scherzinger ones where she is constantly getting yoghurt on her nose and giggling about it. URGH!

Is that who it is? I realised I was supposed to know it was someone famous, but I had no idea who. And although I recognise the name I still have no idea who she is, why I should know her.

CaptainAnkles · 21/06/2015 09:04

I can't believe I forgot fucking Wowcher - a noise nobody would ever make under any circumstances even after waking up to find that an unscrupulous tattoo artist has doodled up their arm, never mind whilst eating sushi. Literally nobody ever would say wowcher. Stupid bloody adverts.

Mrsjayy · 21/06/2015 09:13

Veet wax adverts smooth legs getting waxed it takes seconds nope show us the gorrila l3gs getting waxed with your teenytiny strip then I will believe you

Rivercam · 21/06/2015 12:40

I always think I should take washing powder manufacturers to court. They always advertise how their latest product does xyz. What's wrong with the powder I've been using for the last 20 (showing my age!) years. Is it rubbish? Have they been selling me a faulty product?

CatMilkMan · 21/06/2015 13:00

"Ok google how many calories are in sunflower seeds? Ok squirrel carry on"
Mind your own fucking business lady.

tobee · 21/06/2015 17:51

Mentioned before but awful musical Travelodge/puppet advert. With David Cameron puppet with nasty nipples.

The Tango advert with bloke calling Stephanie. I've never had such a violent reaction to an advert.

Also, all plus size women's clothes ads where everything is ghastly swirly prints and yet blokes jacamo stuff looks quite cool.

HazelBite · 21/06/2015 17:58

I find Lenny Henry snoring extremely annoying and disturbing.

ArcheryAnnie · 21/06/2015 18:12

That Nationwide one with the lost "best dad" scarf - I saw someone on twitter point out that if the Nationwide person had sensibly handed the scarf to the bus driver (instead of acting like a busybody middleman) Best Dad could have got his minging, 25-year-old scarf back a lot quicker. It's because she scarpered with it for a heartwarming twitter opportunity that Best Dad had to do his sadface after getting off the phone.

Meechimoo · 21/06/2015 18:18

The Stacey Solomon advert for clothes.
And
The one with Myleene Klass for little woods. Puts me right off littlewoods.

Bunbaker · 21/06/2015 18:36

So, how come so many of you watch these adverts? We record nearly everything on commercial TV and zap through the ads, I can manage not to "see" adverts on hoardings, in magazines etc. I mentally switch off when the ads appear when playing games on Facebook and on my phone as well.

I am an advertiser's nightmare.

So why do you watch so many ads?

FruChristerOla · 21/06/2015 18:39

I used to work in advertising - for 20 odd years. I watch now with some kind of horrified fascination Grin

tobee · 21/06/2015 18:50

I used to zap ads but now I watch on catch up and they physically won't let you zap them. But they do give you seconds remaining to mute.

Haven't recorded anything in yonks.

pandarific · 21/06/2015 19:06

THE FECKING FLORA ONE WITH THE CARTOON CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS INTERRUPTED SHAGGING. WHHYYYY. I mean really, why? The child isn't cute, or anything like it - are we supposed to go awwwwwww, lets buy the vile butter tee hee it's so relateable???

Kill it with fire.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 21/06/2015 19:12

I used to like the Anchor butter ones with Peter Capaldi doing the voiceover but that was only because he was doing it!