I feel as clean as a spoon in a circus. Oh just do one. Aibu to hate this advert now?

[witchofzog]

It might have been a smidge funny the first time but now it's not cute and it's as boring and irritating as fuck. Is it just me who hates the Andrex advert?

[crochetmonkey74]

My all time favourite was the girl with the singing cat in her basket- going round and round the cul de sac.
Can't remember what it was for, but the cat's face when it sings the high note is SO CUTE

[witchofzog]

Another vote for the vet and the dead cat. I find that one quite funny. And I also quite like the man with the boxer dog who always has a misunderstanding when he is talking to the dog as his wife thinks he is talking to her. Especially when he tells the dog he can't get in the bath and she gets offended thinking he is talking to her.

And the puppy and older dog idea is genius. I am a big advocate for getting a rescue dog rather than a cute puppy too

[Ellie56]

I hate all the "as clean as" Andrex adverts.

None of them are remotely funny and I cannot believe real children would ever come up with anything as stupid as "as clean as a man called David".

[Butterymuffin]

Hate it and it's never been funny.

[Partyfops]

Why would a spoon be clean in a circus?

[Zaphodsotherhead]

The 'as clean as a man called David' one just makes me want to lay about me with a bit of 2 by 4. Horrible horrible kids saying the first thing that comes into their heads - even my show-offiest DD had grown out of that by 5, and these kids look a lot older. Maybe if they were about 3 it might work?

But I do like the vet and the hat. And the boxer. 'What dooooing?' has entered our family lexicon.

[BitOutOfPractice]

Things that aren't as funny / amusing / cute as people think they are:

1. Other people's dreams
   
2. Other people's pets
   
3. Other people's children
   
4. Other people's holidays

[soupforbrains]

Oh yes I enjoy the Cat Vet/Hat one that's specsavers isn't it.

Youth my DS loves the Flash singing dog one. I don't love it, but i don't dislike it apart from the fact that I end up with Flash stuck in my head for the rest of the day whenever I see it.

I second the PP who said about Perfume ads all being awful did anyone see the piss take ad that McDonald's did taking the mick out of the perfume ads? that was good.

I do however generally enjoy the John Lewis ads.

[Floralnomad]

The vet and the dead cat ad is great , but it’s specsavers and they must have a good Ad team , because some of the hearing ones are good as well . Particularly the one where the chap out in the arctic or wilds calls for supplies and they send him a clown in a box because they thought he said surprise . Very clever .

[soupforbrains]

Bahahaha! I've not seen that one Floral but it sounds great.

[CoughLaughFart]

The Andrex kids should be locked away forever - along with those sickening Nationwide twats who want to share the sunrise and those women who go into raptures over a fitted bedroom. What is this, 1983?

I also hate Keeley Hawes driving her Fiesta and telling us ‘everything is moving forward’ - no fucking shit - and ‘Another one drives a Duster’. Worst car name EVER.

[SistersOfPercy]

I also love the one for Flash where the dog sings "Where the hell has all the mud gone?" to the Queen song

Between that and the 'Another One Buys A Duster' ad I suspect Freddie is spinning in his grave. Awful.
Oh, and whilst were on the subject of ruined rock songs, lets ad the bastardisation of 'More Than A Feeling' by Boston to 'More Than A Bargain' for B&M.

The mute button gets a lot of use in this house.

[witchofzog]

I quite like all the specsavers adverts. The best one is the fitness instructor who accidently walks into the room full of older people waiting for bingo and gets them doing aerobics. "Shake what your mama gave you"

[thenightsky]

The 'Clean As' advert is THE most cringeworthy ever. I grind my teeth down when its on. The poor actress playing the teacher who does that fake laugh when you can see her thinking how much she wants to tell the little brats to shut up.

Specsavers vet one is good, I always smile at that. Its predecessor was good too... the one with the shepherd shearing the poor shivering sheepdog by accident. The look on the dog's face at the end is wonderful.

[WhatALoadOfOldBollocks]

YANBU, it's just irritating and unfunny. They should use the Viz version instead

[HemanOrSheRa]

I bloody love that boxer 'What Doin'' advert Zaphod. Makes me laugh every time. Unfortunately I can't remember what it is advertising .

[ptumbi]

Oh I love the Boxer!

Wotdooing?

Fab.

[Mollie85]

Don’t know the advert you mentioned as I don’t have a telly and cba to google it but I’ll second a PP who said the quality of Andrex has really gone downhill.

I now buy a supermarket brand “luxury” one. Lasts much better and the texture is so much nicer..

I did enjoy the adverts with the puppies when I was a kid though... and the Dulux one... aaagghh nostalgia.

Wibu to start a thread of favourite adverts of yore? (I’m signed off, in bed and incredibly bored)

[EdmundCleverClogs]

I'm glad we mostly watch catch-up tv than have to sit through adverts. Those Andrex ones recently have been toe-curlingly bad. I thought the 'twee child advert' had disappeared after those bloody awful Kinder ones:

'Teddy is very very very not well, maybe chocolate will make him more happier!'

Urgh .

[witchofzog]

I hate the head and shoulders advert too. All that bloody squealing. And they know their hair only looks so good because it has been dyed and styled too, Not because they have used bloody head and shoulders

[Blackdogsrock]

Hurray an ad thread. Yep hate the Andrex ones, those kids need a visit from the slap fairy. My current bete noir - bloody oral b toothpaste brushes etc with dentists ha ha. No one looks like that when cleaning their teeth, lets have some realism like toothpaste dribbling down your chin. I too love d the spec savers ads, especially the bingo one and the dog that gets sheared. Must dash need to buy a new car to totally change my life

[pearlsandsmiles3]

I went to a circus years ago as a child. i cannot recall seeing single spoon.

Does anyone remember an air freshener advert about a decade ago - think it was Glade and this little boy did not want to do a poo in his toilet because "I want to do a poo at Paul's house!!!" nauseating advert.

oh and the Kinder Egg advert. The 3 wishes one. Yuk!!!! give me Andrex puppy anyday. Cutesy little cherubs make me hurl

[TathitiPete]

On the subject of the Andrex puppies. I had a Labrador pup as a child. I thought I'd name him after the toilet paper dogs on TV (it's going wrong already, isn't it?)

Now, it's Andrex that use the Lab puppies, right? Well I must've thought it was Kleenex coz I had a golden lab called Leenex when I was young!

[greendale17]

what makes it worse is the adults in the advert laughing , a normal person would have just said to the child stop being ridiculous that doesn’t even make sense .

What a bundle of fun you are(!)

[toffee1000]

pearl No, that was Kandoo wipes, he wanted to poo at Paul’s house because they had Kandoo. “You can do it too with Kandoo!”