the 'secret weapon down my pants'

[warmandtoasty2day]

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 ?

Perf with Surf ... arghhhhhhh

@IliveonCoffee

Claudia Winkleman 'do you have a dry scalp, I'm not flirting!'

What planet are you on where 'do you have a dry scalp' is mistaken for a pick up line?!

This irrationally annoys me.

Actually ads just annoy me in general...this is what netflix was for...

The dominos ad annoys me for other reasons, where their take away message is don't use your small local pop up businesses, and instead order from your local chain. I mean in these times, it seems a bit of a kick.

The point is that is it would never be mistaken for a pick up line. She’s being dry and sarcastic. It’s her schtick, the self-deprecating, ‘girl’s girl’ who can’t flirt or be sexy to save her life. Tired, but there you go.

@Dinnafashyersel

Stacey Dooley doing Stacey Dooley in Nice 'n Easy.

If only anyone actually did make tampons which live up to your Ad hype FarandFew - although a literal "absolute bomb" would be even more problematic.

yeah she's getting on my tits now doing that one too - I used to quite like her before, going off her PDQ.

So many dreadful adverts. I miss the lo-budget local business types ads that were so naff but amusing. Mike from Mike’s Carpets anyone?
I must say I do love the Cadbury advert with the old man and boisterous neighbour, and the one with the little girl ‘buying’ her mum some chocolate.

Pad adverts - an example of what happens when (I assume) men get moved to accounts and departments they have no interest in. They say they are trying to make it less taboo, by using quirky smirks and giggling women. It's as if they have never met a woman who worries that she might shit herself at any moment.

Dickheads. Absolute fucking dickheads.

@farandfew

That "you've gotta get 'em up there, girls!" one. For tampons

@AlbusSeverusMalfoy

That was removed after many complaints.

I didn't know that! Although I haven't seen it for a few months! I am glad it's gone, it was fucking awful. Also, the Andrex ad for clean bums was awful. Suggesting that anyone who doesn't use Andrex MUST have poo on their bum still. It was gross.

And I agree with @Cooltalkin that the one for the hair thickening one, where the women whispers' for women over 40.....; is horrible, like being over 40 is something to be ashamed of. It disgusts me too. Sexist, patronising, and ageist.

The Over 50s plans are awful too, and very badly acted.

And the ads that suggest that all women over 45, (and women who have had babies,) piss themselves when they cough or laugh, or fart, or hiccup, really piss me off. They are so misleading and condescending, and are always on at mealtimes!

The Oral B one is annoying, but has anyone noticed that she doesn't say 'I didn't know oral B made a toothpaste anymore?!' There was so much hate for that, on here, Digital Spy, Reddit, Twitter etc, that they removed that line. FFS, what did she think Oral B sold? Cement mixers?!

I don't find these ads have a positive effect on me at ALL. I am not more likely to buy the product. I will often mute the TV, and/or deliberately avoid the product.

@abstractzebra

The bank adverts where they (usually with poetry involved) pretend they really care about your wellbeing 'at this difficult time' but you know they'd have your house off you quicker than you can blink or take action if you couldn't pay for things!!! I also find the Mr Kipling ad really disturbing. Everyone is horrible to the lad in it and treats him with contempt. It reminds me of child abuse and certainly doesn't make me want to have a cake!

But don't you love the black horse running through the surf, and the mother pushing the child on a bike through the woods etc??!!

@abstractzebra

The bank adverts where they (usually with poetry involved) pretend they really care about your wellbeing 'at this difficult time' but you know they'd have your house off you quicker than you can blink or take action if you couldn't pay for things!!! I also find the Mr Kipling ad really disturbing. Everyone is horrible to the lad in it and treats him with contempt. It reminds me of child abuse and certainly doesn't make me want to have a cake!

Yes that one too. The horrible look the man gives him..awful atmosphere and definitely not one I'd associate with cake!

"It's June, Dad"

"F* off, June"

...is what I wish they would say...

@Cooltalkin

The one for hair thickening shampoo where she whispers to the camera ‘ shhh for women over 40 ‘

Seriously ??? Ageist sexist
Bloody annoying ! Would never buy it out of bloody principle
( hey it’s quite high up here on this high horse lol )

I just think that it would take considerable sangfroid from that shampoo, if it didn't work unless you were 40+.

I just imagine it saying 'and when was your birthday, lady?'

'You're 35. Wash it straight off!'

[quote littlepattilou]@farandfew

That "you've gotta get 'em up there, girls!" one. For tampons

@AlbusSeverusMalfoy

That was removed after many complaints.

I didn't know that! Although I haven't seen it for a few months! I am glad it's gone, it was fucking awful. Also, the Andrex ad for clean bums was awful. Suggesting that anyone who doesn't use Andrex MUST have poo on their bum still. It was gross.

And I agree with @Cooltalkin that the one for the hair thickening one, where the women whispers' for women over 40.....; is horrible, like being over 40 is something to be ashamed of. It disgusts me too. Sexist, patronising, and ageist.

The Over 50s plans are awful too, and very badly acted.

And the ads that suggest that all women over 45, (and women who have had babies,) piss themselves when they cough or laugh, or fart, or hiccup, really piss me off. They are so misleading and condescending, and are always on at mealtimes!

The Oral B one is annoying, but has anyone noticed that she doesn't say 'I didn't know oral B made a toothpaste anymore?!' There was so much hate for that, on here, Digital Spy, Reddit, Twitter etc, that they removed that line. FFS, what did she think Oral B sold? Cement mixers?!

I don't find these ads have a positive effect on me at ALL. I am not more likely to buy the product. I will often mute the TV, and/or deliberately avoid the product.[/quote]
Yeah they must have removed her 'I didn't know?!' line but she still comes across as bloody annoying.

She's 'supposed' to come across as the 'girl next door', likeable type - but just comes across to me as someone whose face I'd love to slap. Surprisingly, Dani Dyer 'finding herself' in the Surf ad annoys me less than 'Oral B' denial girl.

@drudgewithagrudge

I have taken a violent dislike to the guy who is in the Asda ads. So bloody cheerful.

I always wonder if one of the children is his, one little girl really looks like him. I can't think about Asda when it's on, I'm thinking genetics.

I don't like the one about the car crashing into a pet shop. The little lizard left on the traffic lights worries me, I hope someone finds him. I know that is mad, obviously someone knows he's there or they wouldn't film him but that is how it makes me feel.

I have been accused of worrying about nothing.

@MaelyssQ

That advert for perfume with a zillion people saying 'perfect' in different accents makes me ridiculously annoyed.

I quite like It's June Dad, and the over 50's funeral plan chat. I'm waiting for Derek to decide whether he prefers June next door or Rose from the garden centre. I am easily entertained...

Do you mean "prefer", or do you mean "see which one he bumps off first to get his hands on the payout from her Sun Life Over 50s Life Plan that he persuaded her to get"?

@LyndaSnellMBE

Perf with Surf ... arghhhhhhh

one of my younger colleagues used the word 'Perf' when speaking to me by IM the other day. I was not amused but not impressed either... but then thought, eh she's young!

Hate the Asda guy, but at least all of those supermarket comparison type adverts make me smile by reminding me of the Mickey Flanagan "it tastes the same but it costs less" song and dance.

There was an advert towards the end of last year that had a guy repeating something over and over again. I think it was for one of those services that automatically looks for better deals and switches your account but it's proof that repetition isn't always a good advertising technique. I used to dive for the mute button every time it started.

You've got me started now...

Those ads for those chairs that help you get up where the people in the advert clearly have absolutely no need of said chair

Everyone over 50 portrayed as old farts dressed in beige slacks with those bloody walker things, don't these advert people actually know any real people over 50?

Endless bloody funeral plans and life insurance, all of them can just f* off

Sorry, need to lie down now, where's my extra comfy mattress thing from JML?

@Cooltalkin

The one for hair thickening shampoo where she whispers to the camera ‘ shhh for women over 40 ‘

Seriously ??? Ageist sexist
Bloody annoying ! Would never buy it out of bloody principle
( hey it’s quite high up here on this high horse lol )

THIS! Oh dear God, this. AND the pension one when bloody June from next door brings his post round, the nosey old bat. AND the Parsleybox one, when the old bloke on his knees can't decide between chicken curry and lasagne. I could stab him with his spork.

Any shampoo, perfume or body cream/moisturizer ad with their slow movements and sexual "Yes! Yes!! or whatever word of the day.

Urgh just take a shower, put on cream and go! fgs

I also hate the ones where you are clearly supposed to know who they are and I haven't got a clue. Reminds me of the 60s when we laughed at old judges who didn't know who the Beatles were and I realise I am now the old foggy who doesn't know who the hell you are or why I am supposed to know who the hell you are.

Susan Calman Bank of Scotland adverts

Robert De Niro car adverts (he doesn’t even need the money. That’s whats embarrassing)

Any shampoo/ skin cream advert tbh. They all think using a particular product is an alternative to having a personality. “I used to be a poor excuse for a woman but now that I use this shampoo, I don’t hate myself as much”

@warmandtoasty2day

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 ?

I agree with you about that. It's saying we should accept incontinence and smile about it; well we shouldn't, at least not before exploring every avenue of treatment.

In our house we like the advert with the girl getting the pound coin from the trolley but I don't know what it's for.

Robert De Niro car adverts (he doesn’t even need the money. That’s whats embarrassing) Oh can we keep him? He's about the only celebrity in an advert that I recognise and can even name.

“I know how to keep my body healthy but how do I keep my mouth healthy?” - Seriously!? You’re the only adult women who is unaware of the basic toothbrush/toothpaste routine that the rest of the world has been doing for forever?
Or does she have trouble keeping her mouth healthy because she keeps getting punched in the gob? I can’t rule it out.

The way they portray the "over 50s" makes me laugh, it's clinging onto that "old lady" stereotype of blue rinses, perms, floral smocks and going down the post office for a gossip with Deirdre from round the corner.

My sister is 51. She was a teenager in the 80s, spent her late teens/early 20s going to illegal raves in fields and in barns.
She still loves dance music and is a million miles away from having a blue rinse.

They really need to update their stereotypes