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to absolutely detest......

28 replies

lilysmummy2007 · 18/02/2010 16:59

the stupid opera singing Go Compare Advert!!! its just loud and annoying!! i need to complain because it spoils my afternoon countdown viewing, silly advert!

OP posts:
2shoes · 18/02/2010 17:00

yanbu

totalmadness · 18/02/2010 17:02

The meerkats are better

southeastastra · 18/02/2010 17:02

i really hate that razor ad where they pretend to be in a mechanic shop. who thought that was a good idea?!

SpicedGerkin · 18/02/2010 17:06

YANBU - However the WE BUY ANY CAR.COM one is way worse!

Rejessta · 18/02/2010 17:08

Hate it too! And that horrible thing they do on telly when they turn up the volume during ads and down during the shows so you go from straining to hear anything to being blasted back against the wall by a plug for some pointless product.

Another ad that fills me with rage is the cash for gold ads. It's not just annoying, you know that it's promoting a service that profits by persuading poor people to sell their jewelry for a fraction of its worth but this kind of spiv behaviour is somehow still acceptable in modern Britain. It gets right up my nose (how is that not illegal?). I hate getting angry so I am watching less and less TV since it came on.

hocuspontas · 18/02/2010 17:10

YANBU. It's right up there with the Halifax.

AuntieMaggie · 18/02/2010 17:10

Yep I mute all these and they would be the last people I would use because of their ads!

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 18/02/2010 17:10

My DS loves it.

I hate that

But not as much as the Meerkats one.

A friends DS was in the park happily clutching a stuffed toy he'd 'won'. I had to bite my tongue

BrigitBigKnickers · 18/02/2010 18:06

I don't get why they they think a fat italian opera singer with a silly moustache is a good way to sell car insurance?

I would go out of my way NOT to use a company with such an annoying advert.

runnybottom · 18/02/2010 18:07

2 words.

SKY PLUS.

Done.

SpicedGerkin · 18/02/2010 18:13

runnybottom - I agree

Very rarely watch ads now!

junglistwaspoorendof · 18/02/2010 18:14

The actor died, can't remember what happened

upahill · 18/02/2010 18:22

Junglist.....Which actor died? I've lost the plot somewhere The one that's being an opera singer ?

upahill · 18/02/2010 18:23

meaning I've lost the plot - not someone died

MarineIguana · 18/02/2010 18:24

I agree. But, in our house we love We Buy Any Car! (dot com)

We Buy Any Car! (dot com)
We Buy Any Car! (dot com)
ANY! ANY! ANY! ANY! ...

we all sing and dance along

5inthebed · 18/02/2010 18:26

Hate it. I want to rip his squiggly moustache off and poke him in his over enthusiastic eyes.

upahill · 18/02/2010 18:27

The actor for the Go compare is actually quite nice looking in RL. He is called Wynne Evans.

BelleDameSansMerci · 18/02/2010 18:28

My DD loves this ad... As for Sky+, it means I am crazed to "play it again, play it again" so not all good!

I'm "meh" about it tbh!

junglistwaspoorendof · 18/02/2010 18:41

The opera guy died. There was some sort of tribute somewhere.

AccioPinotGrigio · 18/02/2010 18:46

Can't stand the GoCOmpare ad but have to admit it sticks in the mind.

At the moment I am really offended by the Honda ad which sends a chair into space. What the hell kind of waste of time and money is that. I am assuming they did really send a chair into space and that it isn't CGI. If it is CGI I will be very embarrassed.

MarineIguana · 18/02/2010 18:52

Are you sure? Wynne Evans does look lovely and I can't see anything about him dying.

junglistwaspoorendof · 18/02/2010 19:01

Some advert guy definetely died!! His wife was paying tribute somewhere!

southeastastra · 18/02/2010 19:02

you sure it wasn't the elephant insurance man?

junglistwaspoorendof · 18/02/2010 19:06

Tried to google and don't recognise the elephant guy. Sorry go compare guy, didn't mean to kill you off. Can't get my head round the fact you're not dead!

SolidGoldBrass · 18/02/2010 19:11

Or you could all sing along with 'Autocar repair, autocar replace'

Jism in your hair, jism on your face!