Adverts you love/hate - revisited...

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GMA

...for the hundredth time!

Looking at the 'go compare thread' I thought we needed to get all ads out of our systems - so time has passed and adverts new have emerged - any preferences?

I don't like the new 'Oreo' ad as much, ok the kids are lovely but I loved the little boy and 'Chummy' his dog.

The the 'original' Meerkats was the best imo - the one where he sang along to his own theme tune!

I do find the Curry's/Comet? ad funny where the bloke hangs his TV on the wall and 'works out' along with the girls and the TV crashes to the floor!

Again any chewing gum ad annoys me - even the new 'trebor' one (trebor, is Robert spelled backwards btw should anyone not know, useless fact)! Don't start me on DFS ans SCS sofas!

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Hotpants HelenMember

Cash for gold.

9/16/094:09 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Cash for gold.

Oh god forgot that one and it's sister ad compare gold or something!

9/16/094:10 AM

MoFoMember

The new Always one....have they deliberately made it look like a vagina?

9/16/094:10 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by gma:
Don't start me on DFS ans SCS sofas!

Hmmmm! That's interesting. I find them inoffensive but my darling wife shouts obscenities at the tellybox, even accusing them of using people of restricted growth to make the furniture seem larger.

9/16/094:11 AM

jeppaMember

I like the currys ad with the tv, always laugh when I see it

but the one I still really, really hate and have to mute the sound is the "poo at Paul`s"

Talking about chewing gum - did anyone see 60 min makeover yesterday, the girl they surprised was chewing gum and continued chewing gum while they were surprising her, why would you not remove it from your mouth when you are on tv.

9/16/094:13 AM

MysTerryMember

I've always liked the ad for Pepperami (sp) '..come back and finish me off you coward..' something like that anyway..

I also liked the add for some noodles..where the guy was 'wasting away' ..

Just me then

9/16/094:15 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by gma:
Don't start me on DFS ans SCS sofas!

Hmmmm! That's interesting. I find them inoffensive but my darling wife shouts obscenities at the tellybox, even accusing them of using people of restricted growth to make the furniture seem larger.

I haven't cottoned on to the restricted growth bit

but having said that my hubby sat on a sofa in Argos the other day and it looked good in the catalogue (according to him

ie, the price suited him) I told him he looked like a pimple on an elephant's bum. The sofa was so small and hubby looked as if he'd outgrown it - needless to say he's (well my late DAd) will be forking out for a better one.

9/16/094:17 AM

DemantoidMember

Autoglass repair
Autoglass replayce

LV insurance: Dom-diddi-dom-diddi-dwee-dwee

9/16/094:18 AM

The Devil In DiamanteMember

quote:
Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Cash for gold.

Me too, especially the one with the short haired Woman in the dreary grey suit on it, looks like she's been stuck in the 1970's...

9/16/094:20 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by jeppa:
I like the currys ad with the tv, always laugh when I see it but the one I still really, really hate and have to mute the sound is the "poo at Paul`s"
Talking about chewing gum - did anyone see 60 min makeover yesterday, the girl they surprised was chewing gum and continued chewing gum while they were surprising her, why would you not remove it from your mouth when you are on tv.

Poo at Paul's - is a said and done ad imo, as are any dubbed ads such as 'Bio oil' - but chewing gum, drives me insane, the ads and people chewing it! I can only chew for a few seconds and then I swallow it (yes, I know it'll twang around my heart and stick to my ribs

) so I don't chew gum - my hubby does and his 'perfect' Mother does and they leave it around if they can't get to a bin - as in shelves, trays etc! And my MIL is so righteous!

9/16/094:21 AM

Teddy BleadsMember

I like the public information one about not bringing Cheese and meat and fruit etc back from holiday outside the EU.

In my opinion there simply aren't enough singing mangos on television these days.

9/16/094:21 AM

DemantoidMember

Ahem ~clears throat~

BRING ON THE TRUMPETS

9/16/094:22 AM

LuxorMember

'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

9/16/094:22 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Teddy Bleads:
I like the public information one about not bringing Cheese and meat and fruit etc back from holiday outside the EU.

In my opinion there simply aren't enough singing mangos on television these days.

I don't know that one teddy!

We get the one about children and lighters - fliplob or whatever his name is.

9/16/094:23 AM

KayteeMember 10 years

I can't stand the rip-off Gold ads or the 'sign your life away' loan ads.
The one I really hate is the 'poo at Paul's' ad and I want to stuff those Oreos down that child's throat.

9/16/094:24 AM

Hotpants HelenMember

Adverts telling women we should have a "happy period"

What do these ███████ people know about bloody periods. There is no such thing as a happy one.

9/16/094:24 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

I know, I find myself calculating the percentages! Now they had to say 'false lashes/inserts' etc were used.

9/16/094:24 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

9/16/094:25 AM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

All the gold adverts, furniture and compensation ads (hate). I like the tv one with the guy working out, at least there's a bit of humour. Shall we get together and lobby an ad agency?

9/16/094:25 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Adverts telling women we should have a "happy period"

What do these ███████ people know about bloody periods. There is no such thing as a happy one.

I've often found myself asking this to the TV, wait until you're menopausal! where's the happiness then, or any other time for that matter?

9/16/094:26 AM

Teddy BleadsMember

Any beauty products featuring made-up chemials such as elastacretin or high ironic acid.

9/16/094:26 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

Looking so 'posh'as she does she allows her heels to get into this state?! Is it only women who suffer from this too?

9/16/094:27 AM

DemantoidMember

Kitchen cleaner ads, where the worktops look as if a team of projectile-vomiting rugby players with spray diarrhoea were shut in there overnight.

9/16/094:30 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Demantoid:
Kitchen cleaner ads, where the worktops look as if a team of projectile-vomiting rugby players with spray diarrhoea were shut in there overnight.

I was about to shut down and go for my sandwich.

9/16/094:31 AM

ScottyMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Cash for gold.

The bloke with the moving eyebrows looks insane.

9/16/094:34 AM

Teddy BleadsMember

Nutella. I love chocolate spread as much as the next man but don't try to palm it off as a health food!

9/16/094:39 AM

DemantoidMember

quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

Looking so 'posh'as she does she allows her heels to get into this state?! Is it only women who suffer from this too?

And the latest one - vibrating mascara?

How to spark off an embarrassing incident with your handbag in a public place, Part One..

9/16/094:43 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Teddy Bleads:
Nutella. I love chocolate spread as much as the next man but don't try to palm it off as a health food!

You're right - only yesterday my daughter 'Who's on a diet (at size 10/12) - why, I don't know?' said 'I should buy Nutella'- I said - 'it's fattening with nuts/fats etc' - to which she answered 'but it's healthy stuff for breakfast'?

9/16/094:45 AM

fookatMember

The crunchy nut cornflake ones annoy me- they arent even that nice...

9/16/094:46 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Demantoid:
quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

Looking so 'posh'as she does she allows her heels to get into this state?! Is it only women who suffer from this too?

And the latest one - vibrating mascara?
How to spark off an embarrassing incident with your handbag in a public place, Part One..

I know, surely we can just 'wiggle' the mascara brush slightly without paying? It's just laziness imo.

...

9/16/094:46 AM

DemantoidMember

quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Teddy Bleads:
Nutella. I love chocolate spread as much as the next man but don't try to palm it off as a health food!

You're right - only yesterday my daughter 'Who's on a diet (at size 10/12) - why, I don't know?' said 'I should buy Nutella'- I said - 'it's fattening with nuts/fats etc' - to which she answered 'but it's healthy stuff for breakfast'?

The ad goes on about the hazelnuts and cocoa powder - but forgets to mention the vast amount of sugar!

9/16/094:47 AM

DemantoidMember

quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Demantoid:
quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by luxor:
'The majority of women prefer.....insert cosmetic, hair product'
And at the bottom of the screen 67% preferred said item, out of 122 or such like. Completely pointless.

Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

Looking so 'posh'as she does she allows her heels to get into this state?! Is it only women who suffer from this too?

And the latest one - vibrating mascara?
How to spark off an embarrassing incident with your handbag in a public place, Part One..

I know, surely we can just 'wiggle' the mascara brush slightly without paying? It's just laziness imo. ...

It's just another useless, needless product aimed at women, because they know we'll probably go for it. Mascara is apparently one of those things we all own about half a dozen of, without ever finishing even one of them down to the last bit.

9/16/094:50 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Teddy Bleads:
Any beauty products featuring made-up chemials such as elastacretin or high ironic acid.

Well if doctors prescribe this and that for people who suffer from dry skin (usually basic creams of which I have a few) surely the manufacturers don't expect us to believe a blob of their cream can 'hold up and reduce' a load of sagging skin?

Do they?

...

Now I love cosmetics but hopefully I do draw the line (no pun intended btw) at certain products.

9/16/094:51 AM

fookatMember

quote:
Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

never had cracked heels? whats wrong with a bit of body lotion on them if they are dry anyway?

9/16/094:51 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by Demantoid:
Mascara is apparently one of those things we all own about half a dozen of, without ever finishing even one of them down to the last bit.

Oh yes, guilty!

But, I have learned to buy only one (I'm 51 btw) and it's 'Bad Gal' by Benefit, good brush excellent mascara - even I'll advocate that!

9/16/094:53 AM

GMAMember

quote:
Originally posted by fookat:
quote:
Yet one admires their ability to invent new parts of the body which require a product. Cracked heels anyone?

never had cracked heels? whats wrong with a bit of body lotion on them if they are dry anyway?

When I visit the podiatrist - she only slaps on 'St Ives' moisturiser and it works so I'm just using the basic, non branded creams the doc prescribes - a bit of cling film on the cleansed feet for 30 mins or so!

9/16/094:55 AM

ContessaQMember

quote:
Originally posted by gma:
quote:
Originally posted by Teddy Bleads:
I like the public information one about not bringing Cheese and meat and fruit etc back from holiday outside the EU.

In my opinion there simply aren't enough singing mangos on television these days.

I don't know that one teddy! We get the one about children and lighters - fliplob or whatever his name is.

you should never bring children or lighters back from your holiday!

9/16/095:16 AM

PussMember

I can't remember the name of the Co. it's an insurance thingy, but they show the man holding his new born baby, and the baby sneezes and a wee bit of snot comes out, and it's just the cutest baby evvaaa! awwwwww

9/16/095:22 AM

kattymieowwMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by gma:
Don't start me on DFS ans SCS sofas!

Hmmmm! That's interesting. I find them inoffensive but my darling wife shouts obscenities at the tellybox, even accusing them of using people of restricted growth to make the furniture seem larger.

They did actually(DFS) get pulled up for that,not sure if it was camera tricks or they built extra large furniture for the ads,but they fell foul of "Trade Descriptions" etc.

9/16/095:39 AM

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