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the 'secret weapon down my pants'

386 replies

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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AintPageantMaterial · 18/01/2021 15:54

And George Clooney (who does not need the money) advertising environmentally stressful Nespresso pods! I do not ever want to hear another statement from him about world affairs. It’s indefensible.

CaptainMyCaptain · 18/01/2021 15:54

Or does she have trouble keeping her mouth healthy because she keeps getting punched in the gob? I can’t rule it out.
Grin

littlepinkwinky · 18/01/2021 15:54

And are we sure that it's really his grandson who Captain Birdseye is swimming with???

MusicMan65 · 18/01/2021 15:55

Also, his name wasn't Barry Scott in the Cillit Band adverts! Evil on so many levels:

  1. We don't know or care who you are advertising Cillit Bang, you don't seem to be in anything else so why change your name?
  1. Why do you think that calling yourself Barry Scott would make me more likely to buy the stuff rather than say Tarquin Gruntfuttock?
  1. Or are you trying to make me feel behind the Zeitgeist because I might think I'm the only person who doesn't know why Barry Scott is famous?
HectorPlasm · 18/01/2021 15:55

That woman in the Oral B ad only has red peppers in her fridge too

ancientgran · 18/01/2021 15:55

@WhateverJohnnyMcNofriends

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 Grin

I'm nearly 70 and that doesn't even fit me let alone anyone in their 50s. My hair is red not blue, I don't have a perm and last wore a smock (not floral) when I was pregnant in the 70s.
farandfew · 18/01/2021 15:55

@Dinnafashyersel Yeah maybe a disclaimer at the end saying "not actually a bomb"... My head said "these are the shit" at first but I thought that might also be problematic!

@MusicMan65 I read that last bit in the JML guy's voice Grin

HectorPlasm · 18/01/2021 15:56

Also - the terrible singing and acting in the 'On the market' adverts makes me want to reach for a rocket launcher

Morana23 · 18/01/2021 15:56

@LyndaSnellMBE

Perf with Surf ... arghhhhhhh
This!! Grin

On another note, I generally despise all adverts but I LOVE the postcode lottery one, with the song 'someone's knocking at the door, somebody's ringing the bell'

And the old Babbel advert with the alien where he learns to speak English (yes I'm sad, I know)

The new Totally Money advert with the dancing toads, my kids jump up and dance with them every time it comes on Grin

SquirrelFan · 18/01/2021 15:57

@CaptainMyCaptain If it's the same one I'm thinking of, I love that ad! She is so cool.

Downton57 · 18/01/2021 15:57

@ancientgran can't stand the pet shop crash one either. Who'd be that eerily calm after crashing their car into a shop? And is anyone going to rescue that poor lizard??

ancientgran · 18/01/2021 15:59

@Downton57, you've made my day, I'm not the only one worrying about that lizard.

CaptainMyCaptain · 18/01/2021 15:59

On another note, I generally despise all adverts but I LOVE the postcode lottery one, with the song 'someone's knocking at the door, somebody's ringing the bell'
I hate this. The song is such an ear worm, it won't go away and has been known to keep me awake at night.

I also worry about the lizard in the pet shop crash.

WhateverJohnnyMcNofriends · 18/01/2021 15:59

@ancientgran quite! It's a stereotype that probably went out of date about 30 years ago. My mum is 75 and I've never seen her in a floral smock or with a perm either.

HectorPlasm · 18/01/2021 16:00

That toothpaste one where she's standing on giant teeth and its says 'simulation'. You think?

Anything with bloody Rylan in it - his face scares me

1Morewineplease · 18/01/2021 16:01

That bingo advert where the lady is hoisted up on a harness.
"Are you gonna bingo" or some such earworm.

ancientgran · 18/01/2021 16:01

My favourite at the moment is the Guide Dogs advert with the little girl learning her way round school before she joins the class. She is so lovely and her smile just lights up. The positivity in that ad does more for me that the "horror" charity adverts which I can't bear to watch anymore.

Stupidgirl77 · 18/01/2021 16:01

I swear the oral b woman and the dentist are the same women as well, just one has straight hair!
But my most hated advert at the moment is the BT Internet one, with the guy taking the piss out of Paula for her choice of internet provider, I can't put my finger on why it's so irritating though!

vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 18/01/2021 16:02

Oh yes, we have a pet chameleon, Downton - it's a bloody nightmare and needs a very carefully controlled set up or it gets sick.

The Mini Vivarium absolutely loves the stupid, grumpy, antisocial, hissy beast - he gets very cross seeing the chameleon in that advert, because the idea of one free roaming into a dog basket under a kitchen cupboard makes him worry that people will do that with their chameleons.

He's right.

ancientgran · 18/01/2021 16:03

Anything with bloody Rylan in it - his face scares me I have to google Rylan.

lafemme · 18/01/2021 16:03

Any magnum advert where it's ALWAYS a woman sucking on the ice cream like it's a penis. Always a close up of big juicy lips getting through the chocolate layer with a look of ecstasy on her face.

So annoying.

CaptainMyCaptain · 18/01/2021 16:04

@vivariumvivariumsvivaria

Oh yes, we have a pet chameleon, Downton - it's a bloody nightmare and needs a very carefully controlled set up or it gets sick.

The Mini Vivarium absolutely loves the stupid, grumpy, antisocial, hissy beast - he gets very cross seeing the chameleon in that advert, because the idea of one free roaming into a dog basket under a kitchen cupboard makes him worry that people will do that with their chameleons.

He's right.

I think that might be a different lizard. There's one for car insurance and one for kitchens. Both are concerning.
ancientgran · 18/01/2021 16:04

Yes Rylan is annoying.

belinda789 · 18/01/2021 16:04

Excitable women talking about funeral plans.........

nonetcurtains · 18/01/2021 16:05

I hate the one advertising laundry scent boosters where various bods roll around in clean white sheets in public - specially the lady who sits up and screams "what is it?????" God above. I really could smack that one.

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