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To wish they'd bring back Flo and Joan to the Nationwide ads.

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kimanda · 12/04/2018 11:30

Everyone bashed them and hated them and moaned about them, and now they are gone!

And now we have this weird and annoying woman back, and her stupid 'deep and meaningful non-poetry...'

'she went to every game in her 40s and 50s, now she's in her 90s me mam is still a fan but she gets so excited she cant watch it on tv anymore..... together we wait ....to hear the score..'.

What IS that shit? Hmm

Like I said. Bring back Flo and Joan!!!

To wish they'd bring back Flo and Joan to the Nationwide ads.
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kimanda · 12/04/2018 17:01

Oh yeah Jo Bell. I actually like her, and her poems are pretty OK.

She is the only one who is OK though!

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WhatToDoAboutWailmerGoneRogue · 12/04/2018 17:03

I am so glad those two are gone. That was a truly awful advert and has put me off ever using Nationwide on the basis of their clear poor judgement.

Sunshinewater · 12/04/2018 17:36

I find that old lady irritating as well. However, I feel the same about Flo and Joan and all the other ads using ‘ poets’. I can’t stand that tui ad either, I don’t know who told her she could sing...

Elffederico · 12/04/2018 17:38

Best bank advert was for the Prudential - with the Fast Show Actor. 'We want to be together'. Must have been more than a decade ago now.

UterusUterusGhali · 12/04/2018 17:41

I really like them!

Their stuff on YouTube is great. I'd watch them at a gig. It'd be a right laugh.

The poetry is cringe. Some of it is ok but the worthiness is irritating.

YouBetterWORK · 12/04/2018 18:13

GiffGaff have now boarded the poetry advert bandwagon with the big/small crap- when will it all just end?! Confused

Fiddlemeonce · 12/04/2018 18:19

They are real sisters. I know them through mutual friends.

Jeffers3 · 12/04/2018 18:21

I love Flo and Joan! Bring them back. Now!
'My plates smell like soap and my feet smell like gravyy'

IAmWonkoTheSane · 12/04/2018 18:25

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LineysRunn · 12/04/2018 18:26

Mark Williams, Elff?

TidyDancer · 12/04/2018 18:32

Flo and Joan were wonderful and I absolutely love them. Google their 2016 song for an example of just how fabulous they are! I have seen them live and it was a really fun night!

SurferRona · 12/04/2018 18:34

To PPs who hate Jo and Flo- do you also hate Tim Minchin? (Discl. I quite ❤️ him)

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 12/04/2018 18:44

Oh no!! Tim is actually talented.

Nanny0gg · 12/04/2018 18:50

Those poems are awful and every other bloody ad writer is copying the idea now Angry

I love Flo and Joan. I think it's wicked they've lost work over internet morons.

lostinjapan · 12/04/2018 18:55

Oh thank god, have they really been axed? They're so sickeningly twee, I can't stand them. I'd genuinely prefer the Sainsbury's 'Every Bit Of Christmas' ad to be played all year round than have to listen to those two for any longer.

Sparklingbrook · 12/04/2018 19:05

Flo and Joan were like a downmarket Mel & Sue.

I don't know how any of the Nationwide adverts would have people bashing their door down to open an account.

TheDailyMailLovesTheEUReally · 12/04/2018 19:10

Loved Flo and Joan - the songs were pithy and clever. Much prefer them to smug poet woman with her random emphasis

Ginorchoc · 12/04/2018 19:12

They are touring the UK at the moment and supposed to be really funny when not restricted TV rules.

Knittedfairies · 12/04/2018 19:12

They are sisters; Flo & Joan are sisters, Nicola and Rosie Dempsey

Elffederico · 12/04/2018 19:35

Yes Lineys, that's the one Smile

WhatToDoAboutWailmerGoneRogue · 12/04/2018 19:37

To PPs who hate Jo and Flo- do you also hate Tim Minchin? (Discl. I quite ❤️ him)

Nope, I love Tim Minchin. The difference is that he can sing, Flo and Joan cannot.

Sparklingbrook · 12/04/2018 19:53

I don't like it when people randomly burst into song, whoever they are.

TeamLannister · 12/04/2018 20:04

I really liked Flo & Joan too...

AmIthatbloodycold · 12/04/2018 20:11

I'm glad they've gone. And yes

AmIthatbloodycold · 12/04/2018 20:12

Yes Sparkling I also thought they were a bargain basement Mel and Sue