...or do some adverts simply make no sense?!

[WinifredTorrance]

Inspired by watching (another) Sunlife Over 50 Plan advert. Alan Titchmarsh is faffing with his roses then he sits, patronises the camera then pours a coffee. It starts to rain. He grabs his jacket off the back of a chair then heads off camera. He leaves his coffee and cafetière on the table. Who would do that? Does he only have the use of one arm? Don’t leave your coffee, Alan!

What other adverts make you go ?

For his gushing little airhead of a neighbour

You don't have to watch any of them though, you can fast forward/mute and pay no attention!

This year's Christmas adverts have had me shouting at the TV in some sort of stereotypical Victor Meldrew fashion.

Tesco: the delivery driver screws over how many families by not actually delivering their Christmas groceries in time for Christmas. I mean it's great that people from the past get some grub but what about your actual current customers who bought the groceries the guy handed out?!

John Lewis: doesn't actually solve the dragons problem to hand him a single pudding to light. In 45 minutes when everyone is finished pudding and he goes out and melts all the snow again they will be just as furious as before.... Daft!!

The Specsavers ad where an elderly couple accidentally drive into an aircraft carrier instead of a ferry

It’s stupid - they wouldn’t get past security.

Specsavers again - when they accidentally get on a ride at a theme park and he asks what kind of cheese is in the sandwiches - are they trying to convince me that you wouldn’t notice you’d queued for hours to sit down because you need glasses?

@ Springersrock I moaned to my boyfriend after half watching a specsavers advert where the mum puts a rubber glove on her child’s head instead of a swimming cap, as chances are you’d likely see the vague size and shape of the glove as it was bright yellow. He frowned at me and then told me I clearly hadn’t listened or watched it properly as it was a Macdonald’s advert about saving money 🤣

Someone pointed out to me in that Johnny Depp perfume ad that he really doesn’t know how to dig a hole. Sand going everywhere. Can’t unsee it now.

The Christmas M&S possessed by jumpers ad is annoying.

The clearblue pregnancy test advert where two full grown adults posts rly can’t read a box or see the two VERY clear lines...

They need a digital apparently

BouncyTigger85 I love that ad! I love the big grin from the kid 😁

@Wonkybanana

A lot of batteries now have a visual indicator (hydrometer) built into the battery to show the charge status of the battery.

The one where the ladies jump on trampolines and laugh about how they've all just peed themselves a bit, that's a corker.

Also, the formula one that says "if you choose to move on from breastfeeding..." I know why they say if, I know it's political, but every time I hear it I think of some woman breastfeeding a 35 year old and going, "excellent, we can finally stop this!"

The one with the teenage boy kissing a zombie girl gives me the rage.

Soooooo much wrong with it.

I think it is for chewing gum, but I'm not really sure.

YES rhinocrash. How nobody at any point thought, "hm, do we want the visual of someone's hand falling off whilst advertising a product that's designed for eating?"

A lot of batteries now have a visual indicator (hydrometer) built into the battery to show the charge status of the battery.

Ah! You might just have rescued my blood pressure

You can improve the Jonny Depp advert by shouting "saussage" at the
TV.

Still wondering why there is a jellyfish in Jennifer Lawrence's swimming pool in the Joy advert though

I’m glad to see someone nominate the “little wall crawler” ad. Sounds like a shit acid trip.

Doctors are the ones prescribing them. So you don't chose them. It GIVES ME THE RAGE.

Yes yes yes, me too, so annoying

rhinocrash
OMG me too! Is it for Wrigley's Extra?
I hate, hate, hate the way she says "but I'm hot"....... urghhhhh!!!! Like that's ok, you're a zombie FFS!!!
Even my teenage DS hates it.

cravendale - it’s not milk it’s fresh milk SO ITS FUCKING MILK THEN

The little wall crawler ad has a TV ad that goes with it. I've no idea what possessed them to do a radio ad that basically describes the TV ad though. So irritating.

The creepy Coca-Cola one with the giant tongue.

Oral B chose the two most gormless women in the country - really irritating.

Clothing companies advertise they sell, for example, sizes 10 - 30 but you never see a size 30 model flouncing about, a couple may be 18/20 but the majority are the usual thin stick insects.

That perfume /cologne advert with Johnny Depp...
He looks like he hasn't had a decent wash in weeks.
Why would I buy a fragrance which I expect to reek of stale armpits?

Car adverts are nearly as daft as fragrance ones

I am perplexed by car ads featuring ever widening stupidly large cars driving along empty roads or parking in huge driveways in front of mahoosive houses. Never to be seen in real life ever.

Where are the adverts showing stupidly giant cars being shoehorned into too small spaces down the supermarket or getting their wing mirrors knocked off when parked on streets they are too wide for?

Carol Vorderman - will sell any dodgy financial crap.

Johnny Depp - he looks 20 years younger in that aftershave add and why does he shovel all the dust into the air.