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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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DontCallMeShitley · 24/02/2020 23:50

Febreze one with the little floating toilets, it might mask the smell of shit but it won't get rid of the germs and it is toxic to the airways.

Also hate the Paloma Faith bawling soundtrack although couldn't tell you what it is for because I always turn it off.

One I really couldn't bear to hear (OK to watch it though) was the Cancer ad with the bald woman saying 'moonk' - I could never work out what she was on about. It was on in every break on catchup TV so every 15 minutes during the course of 3 programmes, and it drove me demented, also the one with the man vomiting, that really was grim.

Yubaba · 24/02/2020 23:52

I saw one yesterday for snag tights, some god awful woman singing about tights completely out of tune. Bloody awful advert.

Hairwizard · 24/02/2020 23:53

San pro ads.
Any bingo ads.
Any casino ads.

Cameron2012 · 24/02/2020 23:53

Lenor ‘bedgasm’, just fuck off

supersop60 · 24/02/2020 23:53

Any with bad acting. (June)
The viagra one. I keep imagining him with a hard-on, and I really, really don't want to.
And no, it is not normal to piss yourself.

Oysterbabe · 24/02/2020 23:57

Did somebody say Just Eat?

Hairwizard · 24/02/2020 23:57

@supersop60
That made me lol! But now i will prob do same.

PickleMyPepper · 24/02/2020 23:57

The JustEat advert with the England footballers.

Harry Maguire looking so interested at the end 'oooh what's in the bag of food I ordered 20 minutes ago'.
Twats.

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:00

There used to be one (which I don’t think airs anymore) for care which is totally silent. It was effective though, as if I had the TV on in the background, I’d glance at it each time thinking it had turned itself off somehow because no sound was coming out of it.

“I didn’t know Oral-B made a toothpaste”! Well what did you think they made? Leggings?

Agree with whoever mentioned Paloma Faith wailing about wanting to be free on the car advert.

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:00

Card, not care

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:01

For fucks sake! Cars, not cards or care

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:04

I honestly thought the Philip Schofield ones “Hi, Philip Schofield here!” were taking the piss out of him but given his (supposed) arrogance, he was too vain to realise it.

PickleMyPepper · 25/02/2020 00:04

The Barclays advert with the girl talking about getting her own place, which is a flat where she blares music out of huge speakers at stupid AM.

Agree with OralB woman and her fridge full of peppers (which she grabs one of, totally randomly.)

Philip Schofield. Full stop.

There's so many old ones that bugged me too.

The JustEat one with 'pork balllls'

The 'have you had an accident at work' and the woman with the dodgy fringe

Postcode lottery and that bastard song

BitOfFun · 25/02/2020 00:08

Johnny Depp's inefficient digging technique annoys me. Why throw the earth behind you if you are only going to have to put it back?

And the woman who rubs Vicks into her husband's big manbaby chest. Pathetic!

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DontCallMeShitley · 25/02/2020 00:12

All the Tesco ads, since as far back as I can remember, all bloody awful. I am not sure which ones I hate the most, Prunella Scales and the balding blonde woman, the horrendous throwback to the 70's shit (or was it 60's?) with the woman in the wig and jumpsuit, on roller skates, or the stupid couple shopping.

Suze1621 · 25/02/2020 00:13

The ridiculous Walkies one for some sort of dog walking app that tells you if it's had enough exercise!

PenguinsOnParade · 25/02/2020 00:13

I was coming here to say the Alexa one. I've been bitching about it since I first saw it. I could just imagine the CF neighbour post we'd get here if someone did that for real. Same with the "money" woman with the music and the one with the young couple who have moved out and are shagging so hard the picture falls off the wall.

YY to Trivago and the Oral B "didn't know they made a toothpaste" ones too.

I had a moan about the exercise/extra fries one today too, I don't know a single person who would say exercise rather than walk/walkies to their dog. I don't like any of the Voltarol ones to be fair but that's partly because it does fuck all for me so I call bullshit on some of the remarkable recoveries. Grin

woollyhazmat · 25/02/2020 00:14

The Dove ad with female TV and film directors or some such, dancing and/or flounce about grinning or tossing their hair/stroking their legs, pouting inanely. Why???

PickleMyPepper · 25/02/2020 00:14

Can I add an advert I do like?

The one with the little girl who gets the £ coin out of the trolley and strolls about like she's rich.
Gets in the car, dad asks for the £ back and her little face drops.

Makes me smile every time I see it.

DioneTheDiabolist · 25/02/2020 00:15

She swims in dresses everywhere.
She's got wet hair.
She swims in dresses.

It's for perfume. I hate most perfume ads.

DontCallMeShitley · 25/02/2020 00:15

The denture adhesive one with the woman crunching an apple. Get a knife and cut it FFS.

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:20

Oh, I’ve just remembered the worst one which used to annoy the fuck out of me every time I saw it. Does anyone remember it? It was advertising The Sun newspapers cheap holidays (I think) and featured a little girl singing in a whiny voice “you can’t afford a takeaway and it’s long until it’s payday” Angry

BritneyPeedOnALadybug · 25/02/2020 00:21

She swims in dresses everywhere.
She's got wet hair.
She swims in dresses.

It's for perfume. I hate most perfume ads.

They keep Sia going in royalties in between albums Grin

GabsAlot · 25/02/2020 00:24

did somebody say just eat!

no actually they didnt now fuck off

ghostyslovesheets · 25/02/2020 00:25

Rightmove with Graham the tight fisted bastard - moves to a bungalow but still takes the stair carpet - twat

Bet he took the lightbulbs as well

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