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chris lowe

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What ads, (apart from the flipping xmas ads) are getting on your nerves?

So many ads, but the SSE one drives me maaaaaaad.... it's the one with the orangutan wandering through the city looking at the lights etc then going back to the jungle. As an ex employeed I think I've worked out that the ad is about the company finally realising that if you pay peanuts you get monkeys (though they seem to think it's about the poor creature being in awe about the many uses for energy then being sad because they don't have it where they come from - really!)
 
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If you watch a lot of recycled crime dramas on ITV3 you'll have seen that gormless woman advertising the scented candles and her ridiculous expressions. Just what you want as an accompaniment to wine and cheese. Come back Viking River Cruises, and I never thought I'd be saying that.
 
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All of them except the specsavers ads. The worst for me are the ambulance chasers and the money lenders.
 
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All of them except the specsavers ads.

My favourite has to be the one where the old man shears his sheepdog...

Occasionally we get a really brilliant advert, but most of the time I think they're made by idiots for idiots. And some have completely the wrong effects: some years back I was having what my doctor thought were acid reflux problems and I ended up seeing a specialist, who during the consultation told me she'd never recommend Gaviscon, as she couldn't stand their stupid adverts. Perhaps not very scientific but she made my day!

Robbity

PS I can remember my (then young) great nephew being terribly upset by one advert for some biological detergent that didn't remove the grass stains from his shorts as claimed - "Mummy - the TV lied!!" :wideyed::p
 
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My favourite has to be the one where the old man shears his sheepdog...

Occasionally we get a really brilliant advert, but most of the time I think they're made by idiots for idiots. And some have completely the wrong effects: some years back I was having what my doctor thought were acid reflux problems and I ended up seeing a specialist, who during the consultation told me she'd never recommend Gaviscon, as she couldn't stand their stupid adverts. Perhaps not very scientific but she made my day!

Robbity

PS I can remember my (then young) great nephew being terribly upset by one advert for some biological detergent that didn't remove the grass stains from his shorts as claimed - "Mummy - the TV lied!!" :wideyed::p
To remove grass stains .. Just rub over with a hard soap and rince with cold water before washing in the machine ... Bars of soap are also good for cleaning slate roof tiles used for place mats ..
The add I hate the most is ..... It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... Don't know what the add is for because I leave the room as soon as I hear the tune ! :singing:
 
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If you watch a lot of recycled crime dramas on ITV3 you'll have seen that gormless woman advertising the scented candles and her ridiculous expressions. Just what you want as an accompaniment to wine and cheese. Come back Viking River Cruises, and I never thought I'd be saying that.
Not just itv3, she's everywhere.
 

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Confused.com and that so**ing robot.
 
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The Iceland ads with Peter Andre, so annoying :mad::rolleyes::arghh:

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To remove grass stains .. Just rub over with a hard soap and rince with cold water before washing in the machine ... Bars of soap are also good for cleaning slate roof tiles used for place mats ..
The add I hate the most is ..... It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... Don't know what the add is for because I leave the room as soon as I hear the tune ! :singing:
Morrisons!
 

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Michael parkinson!!!

It's been on forever!!

And ever!
 
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Why do car ads never tell you anything about the car. ...???
 

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They're not trying to sell anything as boring as a car, instead the concept of it!
Idiots :p. . If I were spending that kind of money, I think I would have already grasped the concept. Or perhaps it's me who is seen as the idiot. :greedy:
 

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Farm Foods. I'm sure the man on it at the moment (sorry can't remember his name) has never set foot in one of their shops the whole AD aarah!! I keep my remote next to me now and switch off the sound but I do love the Meercats during Coronation Street
 
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Also Aunt Bessies where 2women are being nosy at their neighbours eating dinner and the grey headed one drools, holds her tummy saying "I'm so hungry" I have to shout "well go and cook something"!
 
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Also Aunt Bessies where 2women are being nosy at their neighbours eating dinner and the grey headed one drools, holds her tummy saying "I'm so hungry" I have to shout "well go and cook something"!
Advertising "roasties" or "Yorkshires" so probably on a HCLF diet ,so not satiated for long
(lights touch paper & retires;))
 
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Why do car ads never tell you anything about the car. ...???
Well the one for the Yaris tells you that it's got a stereo system though it only seems to play one song at full volume. I'm sure if I drove round screwing up my face as I screamed along with the song Mr Plod would soon pull me over
 
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The one that gets me angry is that fox doing foxy bingo,I cannot look at it.
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