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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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squishyduck · 25/02/2020 09:31

Perf with surf Hmm

Silene · 25/02/2020 09:32

No longer watch tv, the ads are almost all funeral plans, , etc, then opened my mum’s People’s Friend to find a full page ad for cremation!!

motortroll · 25/02/2020 09:40

@monkeytennis97 I always shout "don't do it you'll never be that happy" at the teacher adverts lol (left in dec after 16 years)

Susiesoap7 · 25/02/2020 09:44

All of them!!!!!!

peachsquish · 25/02/2020 09:53

The holiday ads where it starts by saying this was the worst week of their lives. My 11yr old pointed out that if the woman had been jailed for poisoning people how could she be on holiday Confused

Smartanimal · 25/02/2020 09:53

The perfume ad with Natalie Portman when she pretends to be so full of life (shit) and is such a daredevil (not!) and at the end facing the camera asks us: And you? What would you do for love?. She says it in such an uppity manner like we are all pieces of shit because we don’t drive pink cadillacs on a sandy beach, run like a mad cow on aforementioned sandy beach in a ball gown (don’t ask..) or playing piggyback with our boyfriends in Paris. Pass me the sickbag!

MrsToothyBitch · 25/02/2020 09:56

I'd forgotten the equity release ads- and the horror that is ooooonnnnn the market.

Gogolego · 25/02/2020 10:01

Think it's gone off now but the one which says "plussness" it's not a word, and it's how it's said

Sweetbabycheezits · 25/02/2020 10:06

Mine are:
Any perfume ad
The oral-b lady
I don't mind the guide dog ones, until the "pup dates", that gives me the rage!
The one for denture cream where the woman is standing on teeth...her voice is rage inducing
Any tena type ad...bleurg!
Go compare

I do love the one with the girl and the pound from the trolley, my DH and I always laugh because its exactly what our DD would do in that situation!

CheerfulBunny · 25/02/2020 10:07

That scary woman in the dog walking app/fitbit thing is so passive aggressive, it gives me the creeps. 'You don't need another walk today, DO YOU ALFIE?' It sounds like a threat, poor dog. Dogs don't need a bloody app anyway.

UltimateIrritant · 25/02/2020 10:10

The Walkers crisp ad with that ex footballer sat next to a women on a bench. I realise his character is meant to be unpleasant but this somehow goes beyond creepy.

The digitalised baby mouths advertising who knows what

Just Eat - just no!

Call me heartless but most of the Animal charity ones. Can't watch the level of suffering shown so change channels as soon as they appear.

Love the £1 girl in the bank adverts though

Corrag · 25/02/2020 10:17

@DontCallMeShitley I hate that one as well, is it fixodent or something? She's dressed up to the nines, looks like she's planning something glamorous/exciting now that she's got her denture fixed in place and what does she do? Eats a fucking apple. Couldn't she do that in regular clothes?

I hate all the adverts that are aimed at older people but use actors that are clearly in a much younger age group. Take an actor in her 40s and stick her in a pair of beige slacks, that'll fool them.

clpsmum · 25/02/2020 10:20

The vikings advert makes me angry! Not sure if it's still shown but I really dislike it!

clpsmum · 25/02/2020 10:21

@BitOfFun agreed! I hate that advert what bloody idiot would be happy letting their child bang a football about in the garden at 4:30am in the pitch black

clpsmum · 25/02/2020 10:22

The floating seal ad also gives the the creeps. The man with the creepy smile when he sees a floating seal in his living room wtaf????

FionaCorkesWardrobebyKamizole · 25/02/2020 10:23

Apart from the Alexa one, my pet hate is a local radio ad for Holly and Her Dad's mobile carpet shop. The woman talking about it takes such awful raspy breaths before every sentence that she sounds like she smokes 60 a day and she's going to pop her clogs before the end of the advert. Which is presumably why she can't go to a normal carpet shop like everyone else. And why doesn't Holly's poor Dad have a name?

hugogino · 25/02/2020 10:30

The Oral B one for me too!!! Why does she have 94 peppers in the fridge?!

Newmummy1234 · 25/02/2020 10:34

If you can fix a bike... apparently you can also fix a helicopter!
Although I’ve noticed recently they’ve changed it to “learn to fix”

MaryBear · 25/02/2020 10:38

The Vaginal dryness one, it's just so awful.

Fleamaker123 · 25/02/2020 10:39

The viagra one with the man looking very pleased with himself - yuk

Vaginal dryness with Jenny Eclair... cringe. Not what you want to sit through with teenage sons

God I'm a prude

Getitwright · 25/02/2020 10:40

Haven’t read the whole thread, but the the Andrex one where middle class children relate how clean their arse feels is just so wrong.

Anything with a dog in it. I love the dogs, but it encourages idiots to fixate on certain breeds that are then puppy farmed and sold for stupid money. Cats as well I suppose......

Oliversmumsarmy · 25/02/2020 10:41

All the adverts aimed at people my age (60)

The one that really grates is the one with a older red haired woman standing in her kitchen trying to sell funeral plans (I think) I can’t be sure as my gaze is always drawn to the most horrendous tiles and kitchen that look like they are from the 70s (tiles definitely are).

I think this advert was done by a teenager who has thought this is what a kitchen looks like in an over 50s household

I am 60 and my kitchen is pale grey painted shaker style units with polished chrome cup handles and white glitter quartz work tops

I know no one with orange sunburst tiles

mrsBtheparker · 25/02/2020 10:42

All funeral adverts, especially using an inflated Carol Vordeman or an Alan TItchmarsh,

CoolcoolcoolcoolcoolNoDoubt · 25/02/2020 10:46

Hahahaha this thread is so accurate!

For the PP who mentioned perfume ads, we like to guess what the perfumes smell like, according to the aesthetics of the adverts. So to us, the Lancome Zendaya advert.. well the perfume smells like horse. Not for us lol Grin

Scoobydoobywho · 25/02/2020 10:48

Feminine hygiene products that just happen to require a close up of a woman's bottom. No need for it.