Stupid adverts- I'll start...

[BitOfFun]

That Alexa one where the mother lets her teenage daughter repeatedly thump a football against the wall, lit by the thousand suns of her security lamps at 04.40 in the dead of night.

The neighbours must be getting up a petition.

I don't think I am being unreasonable. Which adverts grind your gears?

I also used to loathe the old HSBC ads with the ghastly whiny little american brat selling lemonade like it was the holy grail. I used to long for another recession to wipe her lemonade stand out. Great advert concept but the child was dreadful and I wouldn't have stirred a finger if she fell in an industrial shredder.

I’m cackling like a mad old witch at this!

The Cazoooooooooo one. Never ending oooooooo. Moronic.

I dislike most of the adverts mentioned here. Sunlife, royal London the grandma one, just eat the list goes on. I actually find the virgin media one with the seal quite funny though.

Allergictoironing, dh wasn't sure how the coffee bags worked because he thought that they had instant coffee in them!

Clearly he hadn't tasted them, very different from instant! I was on holiday for a week, and my idiot clerk was cleaning out a cupboard - he threw a whole tupperware of them away because he thought they were "tea bags that had gone off". They were very expensive at the time too

The Alexa one. I voiced exactly the same sentiments to dh last night. Also, is there a husband/partner who suffers her asking for the time and the reply before more verbal and bright lights interfere with his night’s refreshing sleep.
As for Paul Schofield stroking that dog with a silly, insincere look on his face (not the dog) and the ridiculous yoga type stance imposed on him ...Then there is Ant and Dec who are never off the tv making even more money by appearing constantly in those Santander adverts.

As for the adverts which go on and on and you have no idea what they are advertising unless you catch something at the end which may or may not enlighten you.

Forgot the woman pumping up her breasts with a superior look on her face while she suffers the leaks from a prolapse problem.

Admiral woman in her daft hat and badly fitting trousers that make her legs look too short for her body.

'Perf with Surf' Ughhh. Fuck. Off.

That bastard Head and Shoulders one is back on with Claudia Winkleman reading out not real tweets from dramatic Gemma and others.

The woman who goes to the drive-thru McDonalds and asks for ‘One of those bacon rolls with ketchup’. What does ‘one of those bacon rolls’ mean? It’s like she’s trying to describe something complicated and can’t quite remember the name. It’s a bacon bloody roll!

Those credit score ads that suggest that just by using them you can improve your score - the guy upgrading his car, and the woman upgrading her flat. Being able to monitor your score just doesn't improve it!

The McDonald's Big Mac one where she leaves the gherkin in the box when we all know the gherkin is the best bit!

Oh yes ‘I’d kill for Claudia Winkleman’s hair!’
Really? She needs to cut her fringe imho!

Oh and I hated the Nicole Shitsinger Muller ones - They were hideous (and I wanted her whole face to land in the yoghurt!)

The stupid M&S jeans advert is total bollocks

Lloyds bank horse one, "I will look after yooouuuuu!"

Like fuck you will....

I had two thoughts about the house one when I inadvertently saw it.

1. The house is empty because Graham went mad with the constant calling and chucked both himself and his insanely demanding wife down those stairs (hence why the carpet had been lifted) and

1. That toddler's going to be in A&E by 7pm without a fucking stairgate.

All Tena ones.

No, it isn't fucking cute and girlish to piss yourself. The only reason these bastarding things have to exist is to pass the time in waiting for an appointment at the hospital without stinking of urine and leaving puddles wherever you go.

The ads should be saying 'this isn't normal, see your doctor and insist upon a referral. But these will help a bit in the meantime'.

Love this thread - on mat leave so watch a LOT of adverts.
The British Gas advert with the CanCan music! The one with the male couple is ok but the family one gives me the ick. Everything from her peeing on a clearblue digi, to washing her knickers in the sink, wiping the blood off her sons nose gives me the shivers (HATE blood) and then pulls a load of hair from her shower plug hole. The whole ad is enough to put me off my food if I’m unfortunate enough to be eating.

On another note - for everyone saying “well what did you think Oral B made?” Toothbrushes. They were known for making toothbrushes before the toothpaste came along (I’m pretty sure, might be wrong!)

Oral B Toothpaste has been around in shops since I was a kid and was used in dental surgeries before then. I'm 47.

@MitziK interesting - I didn’t know that. Maybe they assumed people thought they just made tooth brushes hence why they put it in the advert. As a PP pointed out though, they’ve taken it out now

Wrigleys Extra:
You're a zombie
But I'm kinda hot
arm falls off as they kiss

Someone needs to lose their job for that one.

Someone's knocking at the door, somebody's ringing the bell.

Made worse by the fact that my 5 year old loves to sing the first bit over over until I reply "Somebody's ringing the bell"

I hated the M and S jumper advert over Christmas. The one where you put on an M & S jumper and loose control of your limbs- really made me wonder what was in the jumper and why.