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the 'secret weapon down my pants'

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warmandtoasty2day · 18/01/2021 13:55

advert in the gym, secret weapon is tena lady pads, ffs just fuck right off with your secret fucking weapon.
makes me feel like through the telly out of the window and smashing it up with a lump hammer !
what ads make you feel stabby ?

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kwiksavenofrillsusername · 20/01/2021 18:14

Oh fuck me. Those Nationwide adverts are back with the poet guy banging on about the history of building societies. If they start with those high street poems, I might have to break the TV. (Or find the remote so I can mute it very quickly).

Quirrelsotherface · 20/01/2021 20:27

Literally just watched that advert and DH and I were just 'what the actual fuckety fuck was that?!' fucking gross on all levels. Clearly made by some very out of touch, think they know everything, plum voiced ad person.

lookingsusbro · 20/01/2021 20:37

I'm with pp on the over 50s life cover and funeral plans. Such bad acting/script.

I hate most adverts but some are especially shit. "Perf wiv surf", the guy in the new asda ads and the woman who over enunciates her lines in the select specs adverts drive me nuts so much so I won't buy the glasses just coz their ad pisses me off so much.

The kid in the Robinson juice ad with the judge. She just comes across as smug smart mouthed kid we all knew at school.

Any ad that is condescending, like the fairy non bio one at the moment, drive me up the wall. It's a good thing they have an advert to tell me to keep washing tabs away from babies, I was thinking of letting my toddler play with an open box of washing tabs before bed.

Almost forgot the Numan ads for "errrrrectile dysfunction". It's the drawing out of the r sound every time they say erectile dysfunction that really grates on my nerves and they say it half a dozen times in 30 seconds.

This is why I rarely watch live TV now, I get so wound up by stupid adverts so I record things and start watching 15/20 minutes in so I can fast forward through the ads.

MichelleofzeResistance · 20/01/2021 21:06

If they start with those high street poems, I might have to break the TV.

I am so with you. Purple prose wankery. Although the last couple of years will go down in history with that line from Blackadder, about the pandemic, it was awful, the lockdowns, the endless terrible poetry....

kwiksavenofrillsusername · 21/01/2021 14:54

I've got All4 on in the background at the moment, which is terrible for repetitive ads. There's a bloody awful car advert that keeps coming up with bad poetry, so around every 15 mins I keep hearing: "You don't NEED to drive. You don't NEED it to feel alive". It's so irritating.

I should probably find out what car it's advertising so I can make sure I never ever buy one -- it looks too expensive for me anyway.

JaneJeffer · 21/01/2021 22:15

I've just seen a Maltesers one with the mum hiding under the stairs. Terrible.

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 22/01/2021 00:37

I love Tukker! Am so glad he has a name. I want him.

I hate the DaisyDaisyDaisy advert, so irritating.

And the Natalie Portman ad, what will you do for love? Sweetheart, you're in an abusive relationship, leave him.

the90swerebetter · 22/01/2021 10:20

I swear men write these ads, I can’t believe any woman would think any of the current & past sanitary/feminine adverts were a good idea.

the90swerebetter · 22/01/2021 10:21

Aghhhh @VampireTheBuffetSlayer

Daisy daisy daisy daisy daisy!! I can’t think of another ad that makes me want to rip my hair out more 🤣🤬

JohnBarron · 22/01/2021 14:24

Perfume ads are just....weird.

Ivy455 · 22/01/2021 14:51

Yes I am soo sick of seeing this lady's bum and I also hate that really cringey ad for the morning after pill "It's MY body, it's MY choice and I'm not ready for a baby!!" Tries too hard. Oh and the awful Viagra one with the slow version of "I would walk 500 miles".

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 22/01/2021 14:56

I had a terrible birth, a gigantic baby and was ripped from ear to ear and still am not incontinent 40 years later so fuck off tena with your horrible floral pants.

lollipoprainbow · 22/01/2021 18:35

The loaf sofa one "best enjoyed with a cup of tea and a jolly nice piece of cake" ergh !!

The new M&S one the way she pronounces eggs again ergh !!

FazeleysRoyale · 22/01/2021 19:44

Bladder leak underwear that's ACTUALLY PRETTY

Just fuck off

ibblebibbledibble · 22/01/2021 19:49

The adverts in the lockdown parenting podcast where josh widdicombe and rob becket are talking about wiping their arses with a wipe- for a bit of luxury! 😂🤢

kwiksavenofrillsusername · 22/01/2021 19:52

@FazeleysRoyale

Bladder leak underwear that's ACTUALLY PRETTY

Just fuck off

Well I know what I’ll be wearing on Valentines night then. Do they offer a matching garter belt?
Jaypreen · 22/01/2021 20:04

@Staffy1

The cillit bang ad they used to have "hi, I'm Barry Scott". It was on so often and we eventually googled Barry Scott to see who the heck he was as he introduced himself like someone you should know. Turns out the person doesn't exist. Just found that annoying. Also the Go Compare ads, which I imagine irritate most people.
It was good marketing though. Lots of us remember : "Hi I'm Barry Scott".

That doesn't of course mean that it wasn't annoying. It was.

FazeleysRoyale · 22/01/2021 20:08

@kwiksavenofrillsusername

Indeed 😂😂😂

Jaypreen · 22/01/2021 20:08

I hate that Ferrero Rocher ad. The one with the annoying woman with her hands pulled up inside her jumper sleeves, [argh I hate that], faking orgasm on her sofa with her gob full of that fatty, sugary crap.

PrincessMonacoOfKent · 22/01/2021 22:20

@Countrywalking

The Charlotte Tilbury ads. Good god. At first I was like who the hell is doing this terrible voice over, it's like a year 7 media project with bad audio. I then realised it's Charlotte Tilbury doing the voice. Someone in her team should've told her she isn't not a voice over artist.
OMG, yes! It took me ages to realise it wasn't some half-wit advertising a porn channel!

When the Tena lady says she has a secret weapon down her pants, we always shout "a willy"!

Agree with the PPs about the AA Tukker the dog adverts. He's so cute! The AA are missing a trick by not having replicas of him available for sale.

Doowninthedumps · 22/01/2021 23:54

@Staffy1

The cillit bang ad they used to have "hi, I'm Barry Scott". It was on so often and we eventually googled Barry Scott to see who the heck he was as he introduced himself like someone you should know. Turns out the person doesn't exist. Just found that annoying. Also the Go Compare ads, which I imagine irritate most people.
ExH and I did this! We giggled ourselves silly finding out Barry Scott is a guy playing a random guy called Barry Scott! He became our in joke Grin
Hotzenplotz · 23/01/2021 01:03

@Pumpkinstace

Money calm bull can fuck right off
Hell yes. I am sick of the bastard money calm bull.
Thepollonator · 23/01/2021 01:05

Going off thread here but the Cillit Bang mould remover is excellent 😊😁

littlepinkwinky · 23/01/2021 08:19

@Thepollonator

Going off thread here but the Cillit Bang mould remover is excellent 😊😁
I ordered some last night on Amazon because the reviews are so good.

If Barry Scott got his teeth fixed, he could bang my cillit all day long.

Splodgetastic · 23/01/2021 08:25

I remember a few years ago on Mumsnet Barry Scott was someone’s crush on a thread about unlikely crushes and quite a few people seemed quite into him.