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Irrational hatred of the MOONPIG advert.............................tell me I am not alone.....................

131 replies

psychohohohoho · 15/12/2008 21:49

I seriously feel like ripping my ears off when I hear the ad............no idea why, it just does.

what sets you off????

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mustsleep · 19/12/2008 10:58

i hate the mascara ones false eyelash effect

that has been enhanced with false eyelashes and enhanaced post production ...must be good then

TisTheSeasonToBeSolo · 19/12/2008 11:01

LOL! and they think we don't notice the false lashes!!!

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 19/12/2008 11:02

I'm waiting for those to pop up on face cream ads 'this 50 year old model has been enhanced with serious amounts of botox, soft focus camera work and much more expensive foundation , oh and she's actually 40, but please BUY THIS CREAM'

mustsleep · 19/12/2008 11:04

oh and the rice krispie ad

what sort of insane mother would leave a JUG of milkon the table if that was my house there would be milk all over the table and floor and a sea of rice kripies all welded to the table

bluebump · 19/12/2008 11:11

I hate that one for the JML Ped Egg, I don't want to sit here having my breakfast watching someone file off the dead skin from their feet and throw it in the bin! It's making me feel sick just typing it and i've not even seen it today.

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 19/12/2008 11:13

Oh yes, and just how much profit can they make given the cost of an advert? It's so wrong.

lottiejenkins · 19/12/2008 11:16

I went to school with Daniel Galvin!!

TinselBaublesMistletoe · 19/12/2008 12:32

Solo, that's the problem, they got caught out doing that (the Salma ad with telescopic lashes I think did it) and now they have to put disclaimers on it. It's rather pointless really! Does it really help when we go to Boots and look through the mascaras to know which one really has the effect that we want or they actually say it does.

BlueSapphire77 · 19/12/2008 12:44

Actually FRIGHTENED of the one subway have done with the man dressed up as a cucumber, the sight of it makes me feel sick and if i do watch it when i see the cucumber face it makes me heave
don't know why must be hormonal lol

PortlySackSantaInAdvent · 19/12/2008 13:45

Oh but i love the "Hot Hot" one of those!

TisTheSeasonToBeSolo · 19/12/2008 14:08

A disclaimer!!! lol which just goes to show that the product is pants! steer clear of disclaiming mascara, what we want is exclaiming mascara! Wow! look at those lashes!

BarcodeZebra · 19/12/2008 20:00

40% more volumisation!!!

How. The. Fuck. Do. They. Know?

Earthymama · 19/12/2008 20:09

The ad with Richard Hammond is vile, especially the 'quizzical' look on Denise van Outen's face when she sees him in his Artic gear, makes me want to scream!

Oh the pleasure of fast-forwarding through 'Mooooonpig', it is horrendous.

SnowOfHands · 19/12/2008 20:10

Thank God they've stopped those bloody 'phone for a loan' ads. Can't remember the company but there's a smug, rotund, slappable twat on the phone blethering about football and the weather and oh how much was it I wanted to borrow dear, I've forgotten, enter bint of a wife, filming said call to loan sharks and tittering gleefully at her rotund cock of a husband discussing football with the nice money man on the end of the phone. Sell the fricking camcorder, sell your huge minimalist house, just piss the feck off.

This one finally stops and so annoying my teeth itch woman starts popping up on the phone, forgetting how much she needs to borrow again and shouting at mythical child about scooters and at husband about lost trainers or something, titter, titter.

They're gone, but I can't forget them. It's painful to remember.

I'm in such a bad mood tonight.

TheFalconInThePearTree · 19/12/2008 20:11

The advert for Katie Melua's new album. The part where it looks as though someone is dragging her over a lawn is ridiculous.

BarcodeZebra · 19/12/2008 20:15

To return, briefly, to the much-hated Confused.com ads:

Of course you're confused, you tit, you're using a cardboard laptop. Shoot yourself in the face and make me happy you pointless gimp.

mustsleep · 19/12/2008 22:37

pmsl snowofhands

there's your scooter

marshabourbon · 19/12/2008 22:53

the one with the dubbed kid sitting on the toilet, who's done a bad smelling poo but oh no! The pressy thing on the wall to cover up the smell of shit has run out!
Thankfully this hasn't been on for a while, can't remember the brand name.

hollyivypoppy34 · 19/12/2008 23:01

lol at barcode..marsha - I agree ..wtf needs to be shown why you might want to use air freshener.

and as for richard hammond.. I may be in a minority but i find him particularly resistable

UnquietDad · 19/12/2008 23:03

That "Are You Smarter Than a 10-year-old" game ad, with the stupid mum who says "Er, is it hierarchy?" In what kind of world does anyone think Egyptian writing is "hierarchy"?!

Tidey · 19/12/2008 23:04

Picture Loans, yes! I did used to wonder why exactly that idiot's wife was filming him calling a loan company. The part that annoyed me most of all was him playfully threatening to hurl his football in her face. What a charming man.

They seem to have disappeared now, but the ads for Diamond car insurance were shit too.

marshabourbon · 19/12/2008 23:06

I think any dubbed kids seem to annoy, can't work out if it's them or the ad! Those asda christmas ads on every 5 seconds are more irritating now my dd aged 15 months expresses wonderment every time they're on too!

SparklyGothKat · 19/12/2008 23:06

the Zafira Ads with the adult kids 'aww they're overtired!!!!!' FUCK OFF!!!!!

UnquietDad · 19/12/2008 23:08

Oh, no, those "adult kids" are really funny.

SparklyGothKat · 19/12/2008 23:09

no they are annoying!!! I wanted to punch the TV whenever they came on... I haven't seen it for a while though

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