Freaky Hairy Fanny Merkin Thing!

[IllegalBlonde]

It probably is just me, but I find that really awful thing that helps advertise insurance really dreadful. Is it just me or has anyone else been a little freaked out by it?

I think it's cute! I keep geeling bad for it, I'd happily give it a cuddle

(Although it's telling that as soon as I saw the thread title I knew what it was about!)

I love him too! He's so cute, he can appear in my house whenever he likes for cuddles.

Me too.
I am completely FED UP with the infantilising of advertising.
Yes to fun, but STOP STOP STOP treating us like children

That black/grey hairy thingy on the advert reminds me of a “toy” very popular in the 70s or early 80s.

It’s driving me bloody mad that I can’t remember the name of them - they came in different colours, were very popular for about 10 minutes, but were decidedly weird and a bit ominous-looking.

FawnDrench - do you mean Furbies?

It’s so cute.

It partly freaks me out, partly gives me road rage. Either way, if I found it in MY dustbin, I would give it a hefty whack into next door's with my rolling pin!

@FawnDrench, do you mean a Gonk? I had one - they had really fine hair, and if you brushed it down flat and the put them down with a bang it would all stand up as though they'd been electrocuted!

It has to be a gonk

It IS so so so WEIRD! 🤣😂

Like this, only mine was black and grey...

Baggy pants - YES - that’s it!
A bloody Gonk....

Thank you!

That blue yoke was a toy?? It's fucking hideous!

I thought gonks were like this:

Gonks.

They're are trolls greyhound.

Those are trolls

Oh dear God, they get worse . Were those things really marketed at children?