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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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cremolafoam · 04/08/2006 13:37

yes imagine going round for coffee and finding a pine fresh cartoon character answering the door.
that happens to me all the time

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 13:43

what about that bastard mole who digs a hole through the floor of her front room? i'd be livid!

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 13:44

i might be starting to take this all a bit seriously...

cremolafoam · 04/08/2006 13:49

have a coke(zero) and a smile aitch

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 14:55

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

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mumtochloe · 04/08/2006 18:18

But i LOVE the Dads Pants advert for Vimto. Little boy in swimming baths bringing his dads pants instead of his trunks. Brill!

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suejonez · 04/08/2006 18:25

I worked in one of the biggest ad agencies in London for years and they had 1 female creative and thats not uncomman - wouldn;t surprise me if only about 10% of creatives in the whole industry are women.

BUT a LOT of marketing managers are women and they sign the bloody ads off so shame on them!

wartywarthog · 04/08/2006 19:07

i can't stand that new orange ad with all the people on the beach and the voice-over's going on about how everyone's different and so they've created 4 new packages. then show these giant blow=up balloon thingies. totally bizarre. what were they thinking???

JennT · 04/08/2006 22:37

The Lenor Pink advert where a woman is practically masturbating over all her soft sweet smelling clothes and lying to her fella as to why she is late to meet him.

suejonez · 04/08/2006 22:53

Am I the only one who does that then

JennT · 04/08/2006 23:00

Am lucky if I even remember to add conditioner!

suejonez · 04/08/2006 23:06

actually I've had boyfriends like that - rather do the washing than go out with them

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 23:16

okay, obviously ALL of the Yellow Pages adverts but particularly the one where James Nesbitt's girlfriend says smoothly 'i've got some important news... i'm pregnant' WHILE HE IS ON THE PHONE TO HIS INSURANCE COMPANY.

and then five minutes later he has magicked a car seat out of thin air and is testing it in his stupid penis car...

not kissing his girlfriend
not dancing for joy
not calling his mum to tell her she's going to be a gran
not quizzing his girlfriend about her impeccable sense of timing

but phoning the bloody car insurance company again... and asking about a 'pepul corrier'.

i know this thread is on it's last legs, really i do, but i can't let this one go. consider it therapy.

wartywarthog · 04/08/2006 23:24

hehe i hate that one too!

Hollyboo · 04/08/2006 23:30

I haven't read the entire thread but the ad for herbal essence? An orgasm in your shower while washing your hair?

suejonez · 04/08/2006 23:40

they would be charging a lot more if that one were true...

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 23:40

please don't pedant me, i don't know where that apostrophe in its came from...

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 23:41

or maybe it should be there... i am too sleepy to spell properly...

suejonez · 04/08/2006 23:43

aitch - there are only clever people on this evening - we are capable of working out what you meant without the little postrophe being in the right place

aitch71 · 04/08/2006 23:55

i do love my postrophes to be in the right place, suejonez...

mistressmiggins · 05/08/2006 21:33

to be honest, saw this thread this morning and then saw the Zero Coke ad....I can see that men might not want to drink diet cohe (the 11am break ad) so fair enough if they are aiming at the men for zero coke

cremolafoam · 06/08/2006 10:05

am reviving this thread to whinge about Michael Owen in the insufferable persil ad. Is it just me, or is the intention to make parents feel bad for not taking the kids to the park to play in the mud with an odd shaped ball.
the best way to teach kids about life...etc
f**k off what do you know.

Moomin · 06/08/2006 10:48

think it's steven gerrard in that advert not michael owen. toss up between who is the worse at reading autocues of the two.

and agree it's very insulting, as is any advert telling us how righteous and goodly a company is by getting themselves involved in some kind of trumpted up sponsorship deal. the john terry one about the shaving guff is just as bad. are people (ie men and children) really so impressed when a footballer tells them to buy a product? (probably - )

finefatmama · 06/08/2006 21:07

The radio ad that talks about ways to goof... guy offers girl his sit on the tube/bus and she starts yelling 2are you trying to say i'm fat? Go on say it?'

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