To be fucked off by this advert??

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Vicks. Man ill, wife sooths him with some Vicks rubbed on his chest. Child ill, she does the same.

Obviously mother/wife is never I'll, never requires care. Too bloody busy pissing around rubbing bloody Vicks vaborub on all the useless twatting men.

The advertisement fails to mention later on when she is chucking her guts up having contracted campilobacter and no one can be arsed to see if she is still alive or make her a cup of tea because the footy is on and they have to ring for a pizza.

Why is this still ok in this day and age??

whilst we're here.... why do only women eat yoghurts???

I put Vicks in my nostrils (misses point of thread)

Any one remember the Cathedral City cheese ad couple of years ago?
The mum made cheese on toast for the man as he sat there and then stirred his tea !! Also cooked for the whole family and then they all disappeared when the meal was finished leaving her with all the mess.
Email was sent !

It was intentional to get people talking about it and its worked lol

It was intentional to get people talking about it and its worked lol

But it almost certainly hasn't got the right people talking about it. What it ill have done is given several men the idea that their wife/partner isn't treating them in a sufficiently god-like way if she doesn't minister to him with the Vicks as soon as he sniffles. And the last thing we need is even more men with an inflated sense of entitlement.

Don't know if this link works....but it's quite amusing.... well, it made me smile anyway...

If I'm poorly DP sees to me, brings me my meals, combs my hair and rubs on ointment if I need it. Why is it wrong for me to do that for him if he's ill? If you do it for your chap when he's off-colour, ask him to do it for you when you need it. Lots of men don't think or don't know what to do, so tell them and they'll do it. Okay, you might think they ought not need to be asked but where's the problem? Ask for what you want.

I'm more offended by your rant of foul language. What is with that? You can't type a comment without a tirade of abusive language?

Yep. I detest the Alexa advert. So infantilising to men.

And also hate the aptimil one. Boys.. go do stuff. Girls.. mince about in a tutu and look pretty.

My teenage DD watched this ad, rolled her eyes in disgust, and said 'What the hell is that? Is he meant to be her husband or her kid?'.

It's the aptamal add 2 baby boy's 1 shown as a mountain climbing as adult , other 1 a scientist but the 1 girl a bloody ballerina

Ballet dancing is a sport and is easily as physical as mountain climbing, so personally I wouldn't be too offended by this. The 'girly ballerina' concept is hugely outdated.

Remember OP, men need Vicks more than women.

Manflu can be devastating.

Haha! I was thinking similar to you OP when I saw it the other night. The bloke should have been rubbing it on his own chest I thought. I suppose it might have been a bit risqué for him to be rubbing the lady’s chest though!

(I don’t usually get upset/annoyed by poxy adverts, but this one did make my hackles rise a tad, I must say!)

She should have rubbed it on his cock. That'll teach him.....

Totally agree with you about the Aptamal and Vicks adverts, I hate them both and I’m a man. Another one I can’t stand Müller Corner with Nicole Scherzinger. Debenhams with the smug gift givers, Gillette, for God’s sake it’s just a razor, Sixt car rental, drive smug....no thanks.

In my experience it’s men who buy Vicks.

Women tend to be more of the ‘it’s only a bloody cold, come back when your foot has fallen off’ mentality IMO.

The perfect Vicks advert would be man applying Vicks to chests of children, then going in the bathroom and applying to self. Woman has cold but is soldiering on (probably on her laptop working). Man puts hand on her shoulder with Vicks in hand and knowing look. Woman then collapses onto sofa and man massages Vicks into soles of her feet then puts a lovely cosy pair of socks on her.

No boobs, showcases the feet application (which is actually lovely, plus uses a ton more Vicks so is a win for them presumably), and aimed at the main Male market. Am inclined to write and suggest it lol

Yes i understand but they dont care ..all they want is for the product to be remembered and the sales will go up

They're just adverts. They're just there to sell a product. Turn the channel over, use the mute button.Don't buy the product then. I might be missing the point(personally I can't see what the fuss is all about,its a woman caring for her husband/partner)but I don't think it's worth tweeting/emailing a complaint about.

Your language offends me. I tend to ignore opinions of men/women who cannot express themselves without the need to use obscenities.

The rather silly advert neither offends me or makes me want to buy the product.

Amazon one is beyond shit!!!!

What amazes me is that these new parents so I assume target market are born approx 1988/89 not like me a crusty 1970
How the hell are they still taking this crap.

Whaaaat, the woman is rubbing Vicks on a man's chest?

What next, wiping his arse for him?

Give me a break. You are right to be brassed off OP!

I read the title and thought "I bet it's that Vicks ad; where an absolute darling of a wife lovingly rubs Vicks on her poor sick hubby's chest, so his poor sniffly nose can breathe properly at beddy-byes".

YANBU, my toes curl so hard when this ad comes on I'm in danger of kicking myself up the arse.

OMG OP you need to see a psychiatrist asap - get over it, its a bloody advert. I wonder what your reaction would have been if he had been rubbing it on her?

The Mummy is sensible enough to put Vicks on her own chest of course. Daddy did offer but Mummy thinks he was being lewd so didn't let him.

Lol.

The Gillette one annoys me too!
This is what men do to try to get every hair - cue stupid face pulling to get every nook & cranny!
They haven’t seen the lengths I have to go through to get every single hair on all my bits & bobs, boobs hoisted out the way, mirrors angled in every direction in all areas, much more of a ball ache