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To think that advert creators must think we are stupid with the comments made??

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TheLadyEvenstar · 07/10/2009 01:19

for example

Because accidents sometimes happen when we don't expect it....errrr yes thats why they are accidents ---we don't plan to fall, crash, slip etc

You can laugh with tena lady - why can we I have never heard one tell a joke yet!!

Red Bull makes you fly - errrr ok so I will grow wings will i? don;t be thinking so

Always with wings now you can ride a horse/swim/climb (delete as appropriate) Damn these are good shit cos I couldn't fcuking rock climb or ride a horse before!!!!

I want to do a poo in pauls bathroom - yeah cos you at the age of 5 are able to hold your poo in pack your rucksack and travel to ya mates house cos he has an air freshner hmmm ok oh and will someone gag that kid??????

Which adverts do you find irritating???

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Saltire · 08/10/2009 16:01

What make me laugh is the ones for Max Factor Mascara (or any mascars) and it says "will make your
lashes up to 6 times longer" then at the bottom it says "Penelopes eyes have been enhanced with false lashes" its the same for shampoo adverts or hairspray/mousse etc it says that the models hair has been styled using hair extensions

yojojo · 08/10/2009 16:06

I hate the one for Ovenpride or whatever its called, put your oven shelf into a bag with the cleaning stuff etc. At the end some woman goes 'so simple,even a man could do it' and then giggles inanely, the giggle makes me want to headbutt the tv

funtimewincies · 08/10/2009 18:55

Any '20x longer/thicker/can sweep the floor as you walk' mascara advert makes me want to put my foot through the TV Saltire. Why would you want to make your eye lashes look like a tarantula ? And then it takes an industrial oven cleaner to get the stuff off again!

jasper · 08/10/2009 18:56

agree about the cow and gate one with the sinister dubbed in baby laughter.

Bio oil with simpering women going on about how much more confident they are now. SHOW US THE SCAR BEFORE AND AFTER because otherwise WE DONT BELIEVE YOU.

Keira knightly makes my skin crawl with that false posturing of her lower lip.

But my current most hated which I have to turn off is the coop ads with John Hannah doing his whiny drama school "SCOTTISH " accent voiceover.

I have lived in Scotland for over 40 years and NOBODY speaks like that

jasper · 08/10/2009 18:58

and don't start me on the new ambi pur NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC room scents

QuintessentialShadowsOfDoom · 08/10/2009 19:02

Ami Pur National Geographic Authentic Elephant Dung - for your living room.

Because it is worth it.

funtimewincies · 08/10/2009 20:22

Yes, the fear that I will no longer notice my air freshener (should I feel the sudden urge to have such a thing) unless the scent changes every hour regularly keeps me awake at night .

Actually, I'm tempted by 'Authentic Elephant Dung'. I could have it in one of the duo thing alternating with 'Fruit Bat Guano'.

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 08/10/2009 20:26

I am a grouch about the Knitted By Nanna's shreddies... EVERY time I think about calling the advertising watchdog because I BET they aren't knitted by nannas!

Powdoc · 08/10/2009 21:49

Oooh, I've found a new annoying advert. That stupid toddler milk one (Cow and Gate?) which shows the massive cup of cows milk you'd need to provide the daily recommended amount of iron. Milk, that well known high iron product.Want to show us how much, ooh, I don't know, meat, lentil or egg it would take for that much iron? Thought not

girlsyearapart · 09/10/2009 07:28

Argh to those 'made up statistics' someone else mentioned.

Make up/shampoo ads teeny writing at bottom of screen : of 64 people surveyed 2 found that they may possibly buy this product..

Also the one where the woman throws herself on the floor messing up her hair to pretend to the bloke she fell off her bike. (kinder?)

girlsyearapart · 09/10/2009 08:25

New one for the list -

air hostess (or whatever they're called now? sorry) with the sweat marks. Sure deo I think.

VulgarAchesButCanRun5k · 09/10/2009 08:52

Just remember folks, we're just about to be subjected to the seasonal horror of Christmas ads with an overload of supermarket adverts with z list celebs and crap music.

Oh! and crap music - have you noticed how lots of ads use quirky winsome girly Bjork style singing and plinky plonk music to show how off the wall they are.

pofacedandproud · 09/10/2009 12:40

And the Virgin flying one, where all the air hostesses are suddenly beautiful in eighties with Virgin and that is why you want to fly with them. Very well styled but still crap message.

charis · 09/10/2009 15:19

I liked that ad where the blokes armpits sprayed sweat at his girlfriend before he discovered antiperspirant.

And I love that ad where the woman comes back to the table where her friends are eating their lunch and tells them about the enormous hard poo she has just done.

Fruitbeard · 09/10/2009 15:32

I have had the pleasure of being at an awards ceremony hosted by the Shreddies Nana (red-haired one - local "celeb") - she is absolutely barking...

Hate the Lynx ads too - that one where the bloke's made of chocolate is just WRONG!

Can't stand the one where the woman forgets she's having her friends round and suddenly in 5 mins flat her house is immaculate, nibbles are laid on and the air freshener thing is making all her mates nod approvingly as they enter the hosue - wtf?? I think it's dubbed as well...

DH drives DD mad by screaming at the tv during the swimming Babyborn ad - "Babies can't swim! Why are they showing babies swimming? Babies can't swim!"

wukter · 09/10/2009 16:17

The Boots no 7 one, with Keira Knightly's smirking older sister putting on her mascara in the lift. Some bloke swooning at her sophistication and beauty. Hate that smug beeatch.
It's been mentioned upthread - the Diet Coke ads. How wacky! How wild! Those keraaazy chicks sure are unique and individual! Drink Diet Coke like millions of other people. Concept reminds me of the bit in "life of Brian" when the crowd repeat as one "We are all individuals"

carocaro · 09/10/2009 16:23

whats that tea one at the moment on TV, Good Earth, saying something like 'you deserve a treat, have a cup of tea'

A cup of tea a treat?

Are they joking?

It's necessity!

It so such a stupid ad!

Squarepig · 09/10/2009 16:32

I hate that ad where children ask their mum to play with them ('come on mum, it's your turn!) but all she can notice is that the carpet is still dirty. Apart from me wanting to shout 'you can get therapy for the OCD, you know'), why the frick does she have a carpet that's either white or cream? With two young boys? Get something oatmeal-coloured that doesn't show the dirt and stop bloody worrying! (introducing my approach to housework: get dirt-coloured stuff and clean less often).

Asana · 09/10/2009 16:50

OK, the ad I really really REALLY hate is the Kinder ad they used to show during Desperate Housewives where 3 women are out lunching and one of them drops a fork so that they can sexually harass view the waiter's butt in jeans. I always wonder how the ad would translate if it substituted the women for a group of men and the waiter for a waitress in a short denim skirt ...

Same product, different ad where the woman is at a gym and peeps into the males changing room also riles me up no end!

The ad I do love though is the Pampers ad with the "Father" voiceover about the promises he makes his wife now that they are parents. For once, the women aren't being portrayed as nagging over/undersexed banshees and the men aren't portrayed as stupid oiks.

Powdoc · 09/10/2009 20:24

I haven't seen a Pampers advert that does that, only that formula advert with "I promise I'll do my share of the night feeds". That advert does my head in, it's so obviously not for follow on milk really . Is there a similar Pampers one? I might accept it in a nappy advert.

Fibilou · 10/10/2009 15:54

I find yoghurt adverts to be my particular bete noire. I hate the jingle on the Muller ones so much I have to mute them and anything mentioning "friendly bacteria" or some company-coined non-name like "activius regularis" gets shouted at in annoyance.

On a similar note beauty adverts with wonder ingredients that are actually ordinary things called something else rile me up good and proper. Along with the Herbal Essences - I've always refused to buy their stuff cos I find the ads so irritating

AnyFuleKno · 10/10/2009 16:34

mmm danone

BrigitBigKnickers · 10/10/2009 16:45

Not sure what it's advertising but that advert with the "Lollipop" song is driving me MAAAAAAD at the moment. Can't get it out of my head!

Asana · 10/10/2009 18:42

Oops Powdoc, you're right, it is for SMA Don't like what it's [underhandedly] advertising but like the way the advert was done.

SardineQueen · 10/10/2009 19:42

That one where the little boy doesn't want to ride his bike/scooter because it's a bit dirty (!!!!!!) and tries to put it in the dishwasher. Which of course his mum thinks is charming and not at all weird.

Giant baby cup iron one.

Laughing babies one.

Do a poo at pauls actually makes me feel a bit sick.