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God I HATE that advert - which other adverts seem to be written by men....

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mumtochloe · 01/08/2006 16:14

Aside from Vagisil of course!!

The advert in question is that one for a loo cleaner where the woman has just had a baby and has her "friends" over. One asks to use the loo and the glamorous looking mums main concern is that the loo is clean. The friend in question goes into the loo looking all critical but is so pleased as the loo is clean. Aarggh - when I had my dd I couldn't give a flying you know what if my loo was spotless, I certainly didn't look glamorous and if any of my friends had turned up being critical of my loo cleaning abilities she would probably got a severe tongue lashing. Definitely written by a man me thinks.

Are there any other adverts out at present that are obviuosly written by men

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Tinker · 01/08/2006 17:56

Hate that smirking simpering woman on the BT adverts, looking all coy when they look round the house.

No idea whether written by a man (probably) just wanted to announce said hatred of that woman for a long time now.

SecurMummy · 01/08/2006 17:57

oh right!

Bet they still manage to make those horrendous adult shows that keep turning up al la big brother etc.

I should think they will lose revenue - until they sell the air time to soemone else of course - another advertising ploy - "oh woe - your children will lose out because you all stopped us pushing crap down your childrens throats!

southeastastra · 01/08/2006 18:00

yeah probably lots of floam adverts

SecurMummy · 01/08/2006 18:01

ooh yes - now won't that be good

fullmoonfiend · 01/08/2006 18:09

I really hate the new one for some moist toilet paper, peopled by prissy young women banging on about 'how hygenic'' it is to have moist loo roll. And one of them saying smugly 'of course, I'm a bit of a clean freak..simper simper as opposed to all you dirty cows who are happy to just use normal loo roll...''
Can you not just learn to wipe your bum properly?
FFS, if that is an issue, why are there no men on the ad?

On a tangent, why does nobody invent a disposable inner toilet seat for men having a sweetcorn curry moment......or Pot Shock as it is affectionately called in our house!

lanismum · 01/08/2006 18:36

cant believe it hasnt been mentioned yet, surely the WORST ad in history is the frosties one? with the gormless looking teenager rhyming things with great? what on earth does he do with his arms at the end? it angers me, i have to mute the tv every time its on!

SecurMummy · 01/08/2006 18:38

even my children leave the room for that ad! it is the onlysure fire way to get the tv turned off artoons perhaps I should video it for future use!

lanismum · 01/08/2006 18:38

only a bloke could have written something soooo irritating

lanismum · 01/08/2006 18:39

use it as punishment, put the ad on a loop till they tidy their rooms, genius!

SecurMummy · 01/08/2006 18:56

it could just work.....

strokes goatee

Iklboo · 01/08/2006 19:00

The "If Carlsberg made flatmates one" grrrrr -

joelallie · 01/08/2006 19:03

Agree with whoever hates who hates the coke zero thing. Ngngngngng!!!!! . "Why can't everything come with no downside".....what like men who's brain aren't attached to their dicks.....!!

Not that we watch adverts of course. Only BBC in this house....

treacletart · 01/08/2006 19:08

all the diamond car insurance ads - even the phone number insult women's intellegence - think its something like 36 24 36. There used to be an ad on buses around Brighton for the Argus woman section and it read "another great reason to be a woman" (wtf!?)

intergalacticwalrus · 01/08/2006 19:27

Hate the Vagisil ones, all that "so you can get on with your life without an itchy fanjo" bollocks, and the poor dubbing really irritates me (no pun intended)

As for scented tampons. Why?

saadia · 01/08/2006 19:27

treacletart I was going to say the very same thing then saw your post. Those women seem to represent a male idea of how women behave.

morningpaper · 01/08/2006 20:39

While we're on the subject, I also HATE Iceland's slogan "Because Mums are heroes" WTF? Do they mean "Because Mums are doormats and do all the cooking and shopping". FCK OFF!!!

corblimeymadam · 02/08/2006 08:32

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trix1 · 02/08/2006 09:01

I hate that advert for 'Picture' finance with the idiot on the phone to the finance company. I think all those rip off finance adds should be banned.

Moomin · 02/08/2006 09:12

lol
we ought to write an alternative script to the bloke coke one, e.g.

"
[one woman walks down street and swigs from her bloke coke]
1st woman: why does everything have to have a downside? Like boyfriends who think they're all that and don't even know what or where a clitoris is...
[she is joined by another woman as they march purposely down the street]
2nd woman: yeah, and what about....... "

someone continue it for me!

acnebride · 02/08/2006 09:26

sorry but i bet the advert about the woman who has spent 2 hours cleaning the loo immediately post birth IS written by a woman. Bet you. Go on. Fiver.

it was women who, when the first tampon ads were shown in the 60s or thereabouts, jammed the switchboards to complain.

i don't know if it is patriarchy or capitalism but something ensures that we spend most of our time scrapping amongst ourselves as to who is acceptable and who isn't, based on the state of our loo, the hairiness of our armpits, the diet of our children or the way we hold our knives. Maybe it's just evolution but I doubt it.

kittywits · 02/08/2006 09:42

Just to crash. We are lucky to have sky plus so we don't EVER watch any ads. The reason I really really know this to be true is that I haven't got a clue what any of you are talking about!

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mumtochloe · 02/08/2006 09:44

There really are a lot of annoying adverts. Trix1 - how could I have forgotten the Picture Finance one. "One less job for her" "I can really have an adult conversation about football". Bet that actor is so pleased to be playing such a sexist tw*t!!

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Moomin · 02/08/2006 09:51

i hate all the nappy ones too, ('our unique caterpillar design'; 'specially for little walkers because we know how busy you both are' etc) as if they're doing all this out of the goodness of their hearts to make our lives better

and i REALLY hate the melanie sykes one for head and shoulders: 'the things things i do to keep my skin hydrated!' (i counted two things) 'now invent one for my skin pleeeeease!' (they have - it's called a moisturiser and there are thousands on the shelves)

AND the bio-activ yoghurt or whatever it is with REAL (wot, real you say?!) woman talking about their bloating problems. lol when one of them says 'it's like a dessert'. WTF it IS a f*ing dessert!

Cappucino · 02/08/2006 10:06

the finance ads are the worst

whoever thought of a bloke stacking stones on a desert island had taken a few too many paracetemol that morning

but I really like the 'oh, they're tired' one

there's that teenager chatting up a shop boy with her spotless face

she doesn't look old enough to be let out of the house alone, let alone start collecting blokes' numbers. I think her mother should have a word

Salamander · 02/08/2006 10:20

That's not an advert...

THIS is an advert...

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