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Anyone else fed up & slightly grossed out by the V.I.POO Ad?!?!

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NotaSnowflake · 12/03/2017 09:41

It's every. Single. Ad break. And i have a seriously sensitive stomach so if I'm eating my breakfast/lunch/dinner and it comes on it puts me right off! (And yes I eat with the tv on as cannot fit a dining table into my tiny house! No judgey comments please).

Has put me right off chocolate Donuts....

I think maybe it's more to do with the fact that it's constant. Bringing up the subject of post-toilet smell issues every 5/10 minutes with the animation on top.

Am I being unreasonable or is there anyone else out here that is actively watching things on Sky+ to purposely be able to whizz through ad breaks just to avoid it?!

No mean comments please. This is intended as a light hearted thread Grin

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Unicorn81 · 12/03/2017 10:34

I havent seen ad but goggled product and there is one called 'fruity pin-up' WTF?!

KeemaNaan · 12/03/2017 10:36

I thought it was a joke add the first time I saw it too.

Surely poo smelling of poo is not something we should be shocked by. I'd be more embarrassed to be seen buying the stuff.

backtowork2015 · 12/03/2017 11:01

I don't really understand how it works. Surely the smell is released between bum and water, once it's under water it's not going to smell anyway. So is it just an air freshener? I think I've probably just added to OP's disgust with that imagery... sorry Grin

RubyRedRuby · 12/03/2017 11:02

Thanks user, that's exactly what I meant.

alltoomuchrightnow · 12/03/2017 11:05

I saw Poo Pourri in my local garden centre..
So now you can sort our your jobbys while shopping in Dobbies.

£8 for a little bottle!!!

Mungobungo · 12/03/2017 17:38

Notasnowflake unfortunately we only have one loo and no way of affording to move. It's not very often that it happens but is pretty vile when it does.

For some reason, since reason this thread I've got the Outkast song in my head which goes "I know you like to think your shit don't stink, but lean a little bit closer, see roses really smell like poo-oo-oooo"

user1471545174 · 12/03/2017 18:03

All bum and poo ads feature women for some reason. This ad is particularly revolting and stupid.

Writerwannabe83 · 12/03/2017 18:08

I'm sick of seeing poo adverts.

I saw an advert today for a child's cuddly cat and dog that they can take for walks and the animals have the ability to have a poo. I mean why the hell is that seen as something parents would want to buy?!

Millipedewithherfeetup · 12/03/2017 18:09

I seem the ad and also thought it was a joke/spoof... but i google and found that poo poouri has been around for quite a while, and is also very popular!, so.... i bought some Smile, i am a sucker for anything that smells nice, and i can honestly say, it does what it says on the tin !, your loo smells like you've pooped lovely lemon drizzle cake ! Grin

Patriciathestripper1 · 12/03/2017 18:13

Adds in general are horrible these days. They always seem to play the one where the toothpaste girl spits into the sink and it's full of blood Envy grim always at 5.30 when we're having our evening meal!

Soubriquet · 12/03/2017 18:38

I still haven't seen it on tv yet

ButtercupChain · 12/03/2017 19:47

Yes, this is a gross advert. I actually thought it was a wind-up or spoof when I saw it first of all. (From some sketch show.) I mean what the actual F?

I also agree that the 'spitting blood' ad is vile and putrid, and also the one for andrex (the 'if you use anything else other than andrex, you will have shit left on your arse' ad.) Hmm

How do these damn things get off the drawing board?

SummerHouse · 12/03/2017 19:47

Oh but what about the one with kids about how clean your bum is after you wipe it with their bog roll...

steff13 · 12/03/2017 19:49

I think it's funny, but it has put me off little chocolate doughnuts. I make my own poo spray, it works great and smells like peppermint.

SummerHouse · 12/03/2017 19:50

Excellent cross posting. You put it so much better butter Grin

QODRestYeMerryGentlemen · 12/03/2017 19:57

I have 4 bottles

1 in each loo stealth loo boast and 1 in my handbag

I've had bowel surgery, my shit stiiiinks

QODRestYeMerryGentlemen · 12/03/2017 19:59

£5 in Asda btw

BentleyBelly · 12/03/2017 20:02

Does it work?

happy2bhomely · 12/03/2017 20:04

I've got some. The lemon one. It was half price in Morrisons.

I got it because there are 7 of us in a 3 bed/1 bath house and sometimes someone needs the loo before it has had a chance to 'air'.

It is brilliant. It works and makes sitting on the loo after someone else a much nicer experience! And in this house, for some reason, it is most definitely the males that smell worse.

I agree that the ad is annoying.

ThePinkOcelot · 12/03/2017 20:04

It's shit!! No pun intended! I really thought it was a spoof when I first saw it. It's right up there in my most hated adverts.

OhtoblazeswithElvira · 12/03/2017 20:09

Hahaha my kids think it's hilarious. I must admit I thought it was a spoof, too. Having read this thread I remember I had a colleague who had had bowel surgery and if he went at work... you cannot imagine the smell unless you've been there. The poor man was very self-conscious and we all pretended we didn't notice the smell but it was truly horrendous and long-lasting. I bet he'd be happy to have one of those sprays!

dayswithaY · 12/03/2017 20:19

I think the name doesn't help. If you are trying to be discreet about what you are doing in the toilet then why would you carry in your bag a bottle of something called VIPOO? Why didn't they give it a vague name like Secret Flowers or something? It's like calling a Mooncup a Bucket of Blood.

ButtercupChain · 12/03/2017 20:24

Excellent cross posting. You put it so much better butter Grin

Aw thanks summer. It is an awful ad isnt it? If you don't use andrex you will have a shitty bum! The lad who has used andrex says 'I feel as clean as a man called david!' STUPIDAngry

ButtercupChain · 12/03/2017 20:36

I think the name doesn't help. If you are trying to be discreet about what you are doing in the toilet then why would you carry in your bag a bottle of something called VIPOO? Why didn't they give it a vague name like Secret Flowers or something? It's like calling a Mooncup a Bucket of Blood.

PMSL days! Grin

You're right, the name is awful!

blubberball · 12/03/2017 20:39

Sexist tv ads

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