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Stupid adverts- I'll start...

479 replies

BitOfFun · 24/02/2020 22:42

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?

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JillAmanda · 07/03/2020 23:04

The PAINFULLY unfunny “comedians” on the Nationwide adverts.

Where the fuck are they finding them? Is there an audition process? If there is, and these lame specimens are the best they could find I’d be astounded.

funnylittlefloozie · 07/03/2020 23:09

The best advert for a truly shite product has to be the Haven holidays one with the little boy driving the 4-horse racing chariot down a beach, with 'Swords of A Thousand Men' blasting away. Haven parks are vile, but the advert makes me happy.

Riv · 07/03/2020 23:10

acatcalledjohn I have to agree about that Arla one- surprised they’ve not been sued by someone believing them who is lactose intolerant! ( really hope no one who is does drink it. Could be serious)

Electrical · 07/03/2020 23:19

The one for toothpaste or something where a man repeatedly mispronounces ‘plaque’ as ‘plark’, the fact that the corporation has paid £100,000s for that shit, and let it be aired, with some actor saying ‘you have PLARK and PLARK is bad, this product helps with PLARK, get rid of PLARK with consumer product’ is pathetic

Electrical · 07/03/2020 23:23

The one for some kind of holiday, with actors describing their characters shit lives 😁 ‘gobby arsed psycho scrote, but today I did things they never expected of me-I glided along a zip line for 10 seconds, for today I am WhoCares’. Oooh, way to NOT entice consumers to hand over money to spend time around other people’s gross, moody kids!

INeedToGetHealthy · 07/03/2020 23:25

Too many to hate but I really love the Cravendale cats with thumbs adverts, as I love the voice over by Tim Curry.

Ells0204 · 07/03/2020 23:35

@acatcalledjohn @riv

I heard this advert on the radio the other day and they had a rather tongue in cheek legal disclaimer that it was actually in fact milk! Must have had complaints a plenty about that one

glitterstarsshower · 07/03/2020 23:54

@JillAmanda I’ve seen the one where the woman is talking about keeping some money aside on nights out in order to buy chicken nuggets at the end of the night, there are no jokes or punchlines yet the audience are roaring with laughter Confused it’s just bizarre and really annoys me!

Pjsandbaileys · 07/03/2020 23:56

KFC with everyone sucking their fingers absolutely grim and unfortunate timing given we have all been told to wash hands not touch Face etc.

sueelleker · 08/03/2020 08:39

I like the advert where the cat turns the heating up and invites his friends in for the day; but as far as I can tell, when they all leave he doesn't turn it down again. Wouldn't his humans notice?

twoshedsjackson · 08/03/2020 09:37

Low-calorie ice cream; it's not "naughty" because it's low calorie (unhealthy attitude to food; no food should be made taboo like that), but to exasperate her DP in a different way, she humiliates the poor dog by dressing it up in baby-doll pyjamas. Smirking at him as the poor door whimpers and shivers.

Zaphodsotherhead · 08/03/2020 10:43

I don't have the tech to record TV, so if I want to scoop my Malteasers whilst watching Midsommer Murders, I have to endure adverts.

The ones I really can't bear are the RSPCA ones, mostly because they make me cuddle my dog so tight that she squeaks. And the ones that make online bingo look like a recipe for more friends than you can deal with. Oh, and the JustEat ones, for people who can't be bothered to make a bit of toast and want to die obese. And June and the bloody parsnips...

okay, maybe I should go and invest in a recording device for the good of my blood pressure.

StillCoughingandLaughing · 08/03/2020 14:20

The PAINFULLY unfunny “comedians” on the Nationwide adverts. Where the fuck are they finding them? Is there an audition process

I actually know someone who did one of the poem ads for Nationwide. He hated it and only did it because he was desperate for work at the time.

JillAmanda · 08/03/2020 15:25

@StillCoughingandLaughing was it his own material though?

Sickofrain · 08/03/2020 18:15

Trivago woman...

simonisnotme · 08/03/2020 18:58

any toothpaste advert, trivago hotel one and the fucking Kazooooo car selling one makes me scream, so annoying

Mirada · 08/03/2020 19:17

'Captain bleeding Obvious'. Turn off, every time he appears. Just too American, no attempt to culturally atune the ads for us. A weird fucker too.

ToPlanZ · 08/03/2020 21:56

Creepy baby singing to Tina Turner in the AA advert.

Perfume adverts particularly the shovelling Johnny Depp one and the Carolina Herrera good girl, bad boy ones.

And yes the awful Oral B advert with the pepper stuffed fridge, exactly what did she think they made!?!

PenguinsOnParade · 09/03/2020 00:20

Newest ones annoying me are the Ionos ones with the awards ceremony/speeches.

YourVagesty · 09/03/2020 01:07

Gambling ads that are relentlessly aimed at the thickest and most vulnerable in society. They should be illegal!

There's also an advert for some buying and selling website, can't remember what it's called but it has a really annoying name like 'skootch!' or something. Some excitable woman shrieks that name about a million times throughout the advert. Grrrrrrrr.

YourVagesty · 09/03/2020 01:11

Also, there seems to be a trend for adverts with stroppy-arsed teenagers who cheer up/stop being a cunt to their younger sibling/parents, when the item being advertised is purchased for them, or they are taken on holiday etc.

It's such a rubbish way to advertise anything.

YourVagesty · 09/03/2020 01:24

JustDance, me too. Hated the yoghurt on her nose, hated the 'oopsy' little giggle. You're about forty years old woman, grow up!

ZazuMoon · 09/03/2020 01:49

Can’t believe the irritant ‘super-cute’ woman from the Diet Coke ‘you do you’ adverts hasn’t been mentioned!
And as for ‘Did somebody say Just Eat?’ If she just stopped warbling for a second she might get round to whipping up a stir fry herself instead of relying on a delivery service every time.

Tangofandango · 13/03/2020 10:15

Can't bear the Owen Wilson sofa ads, his slow, drippy voice makes me want to shake him.
Philip Schofield with the dog when he says "he's got my eyes". Conjures up all sorts of unwanted images.

Oliversmumsarmy · 13/03/2020 10:20

The one for equity release

I am paying for my daughters wedding. My home helped pay for it.

My reaction is to shout Cretin at the screen.
Are you really that stupid to put your financial stability at risk to help pay for a wedding that might not last.

Or the ones that buy kitchens to improve a home they no longer own and will need replacing or be out of date in 15 years time.