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    #7142
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,942 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    That Kleenix ad where a big screen in the street plays a message and drops a pack of tissue out of a slot :mad:

    Its so fcuking stupid, did it rely on all these photogenic looking people walking past that screen on the same street and pausing to watch an ad instead of walking on at just the right time? Why are they all wearing ridiculous amounts of makeup? Even the kids are clearly taken from a modeling agency and their supposed mother seems to be 21 years old and a different ethnicity.

    I hate patronizingly fake ads like this, like that cnut in the cinema for Coke Zero, God I hate advertising :mad:


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    #7143
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,881 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Thargor wrote: »
    God I hate advertising :mad:

    It's ok, you're among friends here.


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    #7144
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,517 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    What the hell is the story with that sinister carbon monoxide ad with the Dubliners canary?

    That ad would scare the sh*te out of kids (and I'm not too comfortable with it either)

    "You might just wake up DEAD!"

    Ooooooo...kaaaaaayyyy....


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    #7145
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    Slow motion Finbar Furey promoting a free CD in the Sunday mail.

    Looks like he's having a stroke.


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    #7146
    cofy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭cofy


    Mr E wrote: »
    What the hell is the story with that sinister carbon monoxide ad with the Dubliners canary?

    That ad would scare the sh*te out of kids (and I'm not too comfortable with it either)

    "You might just wake up DEAD!"

    Ooooooo...kaaaaaayyyy....

    Our doggie started growling at that ad tonight, we were not surprised.;)


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    #7147
    agent graves
    Registered Users Posts: 354 ✭✭agent graves


    the add that shows ya how to drive.. in particular the one about cyclists.. woman in the red jumper on the bike stoped at the T junction and she looks back at the car with the creepiest look ever.. then signals left and takes off.. that look really annoys me..


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    #7148
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Mr E wrote: »
    What the hell is the story with that sinister carbon monoxide ad with the Dubliners canary?

    That ad would scare the sh*te out of kids (and I'm not too comfortable with it either)

    "You might just wake up DEAD!"

    Ooooooo...kaaaaaayyyy....

    I think thats gas(pardon the pun).No harm giving kids a scare,it feeds their imagination.


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    #7149
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Susandublin wrote: »
    Ross safety authority advertisement is do annoying. The one where it says to keep an eye out on cyclists. Man in car driving and woman on bike in front of him. Both at junction and she turns around to him, gives a creepy smile and then signals right. He nods politely.
    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    I'd say in real life if you saw that evil demon creepy smile you'd hit reverse as fast as you can, swing the car around and find the nearest church to make peace with your god. Dunno who decided that she should turn around and smile like that as part of the ad.
    agent graves wrote: »
    the add that shows ya how to drive.. in particular the one about cyclists.. woman in the red jumper on the bike stoped at the T junction and she looks back at the car with the creepiest look ever.. then signals left and takes off.. that look really annoys me..

    29eoho8.jpg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJZPgF0lG4


    :o:o:o:o;);););)


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    #7150
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    An old one but does anyone remember the wriggleys chewing gum add where there is a girl on a bus and her and this bloke split the gum in half to share. And the song "alright now" plays. Ugh.

    I just used to cringe at that add when I was a kid.


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    #7151
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    Saralee4 wrote: »
    An old one but does anyone remember the wriggleys chewing gum add where there is a girl on a bus and her and this bloke split the gum in half to share. And the song "alright now" plays. Ugh.

    I just used to cringe at that add when I was a kid.

    Ah, that ad's a classic. :o;)

    Didn't realise until quite recently, actually, that Free were British and not American... :o:o;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3AjO1F-vo


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    #7152
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    Go Harvey Go wrote: »
    Ah, that ad's a classic. :o;)

    Didn't realise until quite recently, actually, that Free were British and not American... :o:o;)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M3AjO1F-vo

    Yep thanks Harvey - still makes me cringe haha ;)


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    #7153
    CountyHurler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,657 ✭✭✭CountyHurler


    Go Harvey Go wrote: »
    29eoho8.jpg

    A meteorite could come through the roof of the car and I think my eyes would still be focused on her shapely posterior...


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    #7154
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    CountyHurler wrote: »
    A meteorite could come through the roof of the car and I think my eyes would still be focused on her shapely posterior...

    So your eyes wouldn't be focused on her face at all, then. :o:o:o;)


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    #7155
    cofy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭cofy


    Knorr ad "one of the most important things in my kitchen are my wellies". There is no way a professional chef would allow wellies in their kitchen, this one annoys me almost as much as Fuppen Marco Pierre White suggesting that you crush a stock cube in olive oil and coat steak with it. I lost all respect for him as a chef, I ruined two beautiful steaks with this suggestion, the only thing that I have cooked that I have had to bin, todate.


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    #7156
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    smilerf wrote: »
    That McDonald's ad "chips curry" wtf like and the really smug face on him to boot.

    i've never knowingly bought something made by them, but i definitely won't be buying anything by them because of that fuppin ad.


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    #7157
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,141 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    i've never knowingly bought something made by them, but i definitely won't be buying anything by them because of that fuppin ad.
    Better stay away from the curry chips in your local chipper then


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    #7158
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,178 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Would that AIB "Brave" ad ever just feck off.

    What is with her voice? It sounds like she's been crying or something.


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    #7159
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Would that AIB "Brave" ad ever just feck off.

    What is with her voice? It sounds like she's been crying or something.

    She's being brave trying not to cry ;)
    Mr E wrote: »
    What the hell is the story with that sinister carbon monoxide ad with the Dubliners canary?

    That ad would scare the sh*te out of kids (and I'm not too comfortable with it either)

    "You might just wake up DEAD!"

    Ooooooo...kaaaaaayyyy....

    I loooooovvve that ad!!!!!


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    #7160
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,881 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    J. Marston wrote: »
    Would that AIB "Brave" ad ever just feck off.

    What is with her voice? It sounds like she's been crying or something.

    What bothers new is that it's an adjective that they are treating like it's a noun, which is a pretty trendy thing to do, and an annoying short cut to sounding edgy. Clearly the ad should say "we're backing people who are brave" or "we're backing bravery". But those don't sound as if the bank is particularly cool. It's the same as "I'm loving it" when clearly that is identical (except incorrect) to "I love it", but didn't sound passable as a slogan. Put it in the continuous? You've got yourself an international, multi billion ad campaign for one of the world's biggest companies, which has since entered the lexicon and has infected the way people talk about liking or disliking EVERYTHING.

    Jesus advertising **** boil my piss.


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    #7161
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭trashcan


    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    What bothers new is that it's an adjective that they are treating like it's a noun, which is a pretty trendy thing to do, and an annoying short cut to sounding edgy. Clearly the ad should say "we're backing people who are brave" or "we're backing bravery". But those don't sound as if the bank is particularly cool. It's the same as "I'm loving it" when clearly that is identical (except incorrect) to "I love it", but didn't sound passable as a slogan. Put it in the continuous? You've got yourself an international, multi billion ad campaign for one of the world's biggest companies, which has since entered the lexicon and has infected the way people talk about liking or disliking EVERYTHING.

    Jesus advertising **** boil my piss.

    Quality rant sir (or madam) I salute you.:D


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    #7162
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users Posts: 3,237 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Mr E wrote: »
    What the hell is the story with that sinister carbon monoxide ad with the Dubliners canary?

    That ad would scare the sh*te out of kids (and I'm not too comfortable with it either)

    "You might just wake up DEAD!"

    Ooooooo...kaaaaaayyyy....

    Great Ad I love it, and it gets the point across.


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    #7163
    LaGlisse
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭LaGlisse


    The rat D'Arcy show ad


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    #7164
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    LaGlisse wrote: »
    The rat D'Arcy show ad
    Is that the one where that smug annoying woman says.."Motherhood has been an eye-opener"...?

    It drives me nuts :mad:.


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    #7165
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    inthehat wrote: »
    Is that the one where that smug annoying woman says.."Motherhood has been an eye-opener"...?

    It drives me nuts :mad:.

    I love the way she says it :o


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    #7166
    Allyall
    Registered Users Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Allyall


    The TV3e advert for Wednesday movies.. :mad:
    Good f**k............ :eek:

    With possibly the worst Dublin accent, and most annoying, "For the Girdles" ... :(


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    #7167
    Going Strong
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Going Strong


    inthehat wrote: »
    Is that the one where that smug annoying woman says.."Motherhood has been an eye-opener"...?

    It drives me nuts :mad:.

    It sums up the "Having the baby" compared to "Having a baby" mindset perfectly.


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    #7168
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,347 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    inthehat wrote: »
    Is that the one where that smug annoying woman says.."Motherhood has been an eye-opener"...?

    It drives me nuts :mad:.

    +1.


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    #7169
    melon_collie
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭melon_collie


    All Heineken ads. They are fu*kin' terrible and pointless. id love to know how much their marketing company is getting. The latest is the guy who finds the business card holder in a taxi, runs all over town to try and find the woman who lost it, and ends up with her in a ski lift with her at the end! Wtf?


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    #7170
    Zonda999
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    melon_collie wrote: »
    All Heineken ads. They are fu*kin' terrible and pointless. id love to know how much their marketing company is getting. The latest is the guy who finds the business card holder in a taxi, runs all over town to try and find the woman who lost it, and ends up with her in a ski lift with her at the end! Wtf?

    Crap ads indeed. Remember Heineken believe they offer a "premium" product in this country. That's why they totally objected to JD Wetherspoons selling their product cheaper than competitors here. Wetherspoons quite rightly cut all ties with Heineken in the UK and Ireland. They later renegotiated to supply them in the UK again but not Ireland. Shows the total contempt with which Heineken think of the Irish market


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    #7171
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Rather despise that Zurich ad that makes me wonder if my telly is about to explode


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