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What ads do you disbelieve the most?

They're not current, but I loved the "Pure Gold - Benson & Hedges" cigarette ad. It showed the shadow of a cat looking at a packet in a goldfish bowl, obviously mistaking the packet for a goldfish.

What the ad agency must have known, but B & H didn't was a famous poem with the closing lines:
Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts is lawful prize,
Nor all, that glisters, gold.
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Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
 
Another fabourite, for the same reason is the Perrier spring water ad, featuring the beautiful "Bailero" (Shepherd's song) from the "Songs of the Auvergne."

The next song in the set is "Spring water" -
Spring water will kill you, pretty girl ... drink wine.
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For me, it is the malteser add, where one lady says she hasn't been naughty today, and then lifts up her top and flashes at a man passing by in the office.
Whilst I was on holiday with my sister in law she said " I haven' t been naughty today" I turned around to see her flashing in front of the window !! Luckily there was no one passing by. My sister in law is usually so prim and proper. :rolleyes:
 
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