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talktoo · 21/02/2019 08:53

Going on from another post about an annoying ad, what do you find the most annoying? I cringe at the German shampoo for women Plantur 39. The bit where she whispers conspiratorially 'especially for women over 40' as if being over 40 is something to be shamed about. Hate hate hate it. Also the Wowcher ads. Also didn't like the one about guide dogs with the guy who said 'puup-eh' instead of puppy. I know he's blind and all but it really was annoying.

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AlanThePig · 21/02/2019 16:05

I see "I make faces like I've shit myself" Hannah from the Barclays ad is now equally irritating with Kevin Bacon in the EE ad.

CaptainHammer · 21/02/2019 16:15

@kittensandcake I thought I recognised her too so googled. Her name is Louise English but I don’t know her from anything else she has done so maybe she just has one of those faces!
www.louiseenglishfancentre.com/biography.htm

KittensAndCake · 21/02/2019 16:43

CaptainHammer, yes that's her. Well done on finding her. I tried googling 'annoying dancing woman from equity release advert' but nothing came up 😂 I've read through her 'fan page' but still have no clue where I've seen her before unless it's Benny Hill 😱

Drum2018 · 21/02/2019 16:52

'I'd like a bar of chocolate please' - kid paying buttons and a tiny fucking unicorn for a bar of Cadbury chocolate for her mother, who is outside on her phone not watching what her kid is doing. If my child came out of a shop with a large bar of chocolate I wouldn't be hugging them, I'd be marching them back in to see how they got it in the first place.

'Do you wanna bingo' no I do not and that add would put me off ever playing bingo.

LikeACowsOpinion · 21/02/2019 17:40

Postcode lottery, Barry Scott, Wayfair with that annoying twat Lorraine Kelly, anything with Myleene Klass, the stupid Just Eat one with 'pork balls' and the Vicks advert; the husband being incapable of rubbing his own chest.

Oh and I saw the Durex lube advert for women last night 'sex is better with lube ladies' fuck off!

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KittensAndCake · 21/02/2019 17:44

Yes that chocolate one annoys me too.

"I'd like a bar of chocolate please"

"Well you can't bloody well have one, go and tell your mother to get off her bloody phone and to teach her child not to go scrounging for chocolate bars"

Mind you, with the disgusting taste of Cadbury's chocolate now, a couple of old buttons is all it's bloody worth 🤮

CraZzymuMMy · 21/02/2019 18:03

Can't believe in all that 'pretty and protected' hasn't been mentioned she's gotta be up there with 'I didn't know oralb did toothpaste'

Jebuschristchocolatebar · 21/02/2019 18:16

JUNE AND HER FUCKING PARSNIPS.

bibbitybobbityyhat · 21/02/2019 18:19

All the charity ads. They don't belong on television and certainly not on daytime tv! It's very upsetting for children who are blissfully innocent of war, famine, cruelty to children and animals.

user1465335180 · 21/02/2019 18:23

Iklboo I'm 60 and don't want an over 50's plan either- you sound like my sort of woman!

talktoo · 21/02/2019 18:30

Oh I that one about laser eye surgery where the old bloke leers and says 'I have the sight of a 20 year old' and sounds genuinely repulsive. Like the sort of old man who thinks he's gods gift to young women.

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iklboo · 21/02/2019 18:48

@user1465335180 GinGinGinGin

oldperson1 · 21/02/2019 18:56

Ray Winstone endorsing gambling ought to be ashamed of himself, and I hope June gets an upset stomach from the parsnips😉

hopelessbusiness · 21/02/2019 19:00

The Halifax 'Wizard of Oz' one. Or the Halifax 'Ghostbusters' one. Neither do my blood pressure any favours.

thesnapandfartisinfallible · 21/02/2019 19:04

That fucking Oral B advert. I want to smack her in her perfect white teeth. "I didn't even know Oral B made a toothpaste!"

Well, what did you think they made, love? Lightbulbs?!

Gives me the fucking stabby rage.

Icecreamcarton · 21/02/2019 19:30

I think you might be missing the point. If you can remember and ad - and the brand- it’s worked. It’s called priming and means you’re more likely to select the brand at shelf, or at least have it in your consideration list. Due to the horrendous ad I bet you 100% that Oral B would currently be the most top of mind toothpaste in the UK....

hoodathunkit · 21/02/2019 19:32

Adverts for incontinence knickers that look atrocious but claim that they look "pretty".

No they don't they look like a hideous old bandage with a cheap floral transfer on them.

I would love it if advertisements actually contained truthful narratives about the products they sold.

The voice over would say something like "these knickers don't look very nice but hey, you can piss yourself discretely in them so every one's a winner!"

Starburst8 · 21/02/2019 20:03

Ooh don't know if anyone has mentioned it but pro-active spot cream annoys the hell out of me. It's all "celebs" endorsing it and apparently they were so upset about their outbreaks etc. It's like of course you were love, so upset in fact that you've e gone on national tv to tell us Hmm
I'm sorry but it proper winds me up when I see it.

iklboo · 21/02/2019 20:51

Due to the horrendous ad I bet you 100% that Oral B would currently be the most top of mind toothpaste in the UK....

But I wouldn't buy it because I hate the advert. I'm ornery like that. Grin

BadLad · 22/02/2019 02:19

No mention of Go Compare?!?

FuckBrussel · 22/02/2019 06:49

The cat treats ad with the creepy old bloke and his outrageous French accent getting ready for his date. "She loves cats. Unfortunately I do not have any." (Produces packet of cat treats from hollowed out book).
It's just all kinds of wrong. And I want to slap him.

BiggerBoat1 · 22/02/2019 08:38

Just remembered the Wayfair ad where Lorraine Kelly follows someone around their house saying "I love your house Kate" and then does a lame little dance at the end.

If I was Kate I'd get a restraining order.

Bujinkhal · 22/02/2019 08:46

Anything that says inspired by.

Inspired by dentists,

Inspired by the science of genes.

My breakfast this morning was inspired by Alexander the great but so far hasn't gone off to conquer Persia.

Underpressureidiot · 22/02/2019 09:00

I love the free love freeway ad! Although I’m a big Ricky Gervais fan.

Anything with flash over it! There’s like three separate ads with flash! Also the 3 adverts with how phones change history. Another vote for the bothersome vagina.

Also any ad that’s clearly in a foreign language that doesn’t match what the voice over is saying!!!

Oh and the Lloyds advert with all the horses running on the beach. Why are they there? How does everyone know they’re going to be there? Is this a daily thing? Annual? Why do so many people give a shit?

tillytrotter1 · 22/02/2019 09:23

VIPoo, I thought it was a spoof for ages, couldn't believe it was a real product! The wowcher add with the ghastly American accent, I have to mute the sound.

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