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Adverts you despise

Royale with Cheese · 2007-06-03 17:14:48

My god. Every time that Vauxhall Zafira ad comes on with those two stupid fat English kids pretending they're all grown up + talking shíte in general, I just have to scramble around looking for the remote to turn the tv off or hit mute or something. Every time. If I ever somehow meet these kids in real life I'm going to…

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#932 06-02-2009 9:51pm
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I was just going to mention that ad. Its actually quite unnerving. He says poo far too many times for it to be cute/acceptable/good marketing. Not mention the fact that he looks like one of the Children of the Corn.

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#933 09-02-2009 3:24pm
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Ok, seen this ad again last night and it is really pi*sing me off.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgDHvZLiDJI

Share the hurt.

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#934 09-02-2009 3:28pm
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Nightwish wrote: »

I was just going to mention that ad. Its actually quite unnerving. He says poo far too many times for it to be cute/acceptable/good marketing. Not mention the fact that he looks like one of the Children of the Corn.

Having no children myself I can't really say if it does, but I wouldnt have thought the smell was something a young child would be worrying about. I could be wrong of course.

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#935 09-02-2009 5:44pm
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One that really irks me is the Hibernian Aviva ad. It's already been mentioned but for different reasons. The part that irks me is "From things we thought we were important." Cue two blondes OMGing over shoes. "To things that really are." Enter family of four strolling on the beach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_4u4jtjLQQ

Now, I'm not suggesting that the ad is mistaken and it actually is shoes that are important. Of course not. But I think it's unfair to compare the two as I see the women as being at different stages of their lives.

What's wrong with a 20 year old woman, who maybe does want kids someday but isn't ready for them yet, treating herself to shoes? It doesn't mean she thinks that shoes are, and will always be, the most important thing in her life. She's just not ready to have a child yet.

Plus, I don't think they took into account people who don't want/can't have children.

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#936 09-02-2009 6:47pm
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Speaking of Hibernian, I hate the one that advertises their rescue service, mainly because the smiley cartoon has nothing to do with the reality of a situation like that. Last time I used them the rescue guy made me feel like crap. It really annoys me when I see ads like that because they clearly couldn't care less.

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#937 09-02-2009 8:08pm
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janeybabe wrote: »

Speaking of Hibernian, I hate the one that advertises their rescue service, mainly because the smiley cartoon has nothing to do with the reality of a situation like that. Last time I used them the rescue guy made me feel like crap. It really annoys me when I see ads like that because they clearly couldn't care less.

Their rescue service is worse than useless. You would be better off paying for the AA.

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#938 10-02-2009 5:12pm
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Time for a good ad break i think............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS9XDJ9CQjc&feature=related

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#939 10-02-2009 5:53pm
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i hope i can speak for a lot of people here when i say harvey hardly normal ads piss me off something serious, im kinda relieved he'll be pulling some shops out of here, theres only so much of the shouting one can take.

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#940 10-02-2009 6:40pm
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Good looking guys.

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#941 10-02-2009 11:18pm
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The Skoda Octavia ad......Why do they have american accents...bizarre on Youtube theres several versions for different countries ,but we get yanks....

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#942 10-02-2009 11:36pm
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Any of the Cobra beer ads
The ad for Chaffes (SP) you know for overweight people so their thighs don't rub together
but they have skinny people jumping in the ad

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#943 11-02-2009 12:23am
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That 3 ad with 'Mobile Bill',really annoys me!!

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#944 11-02-2009 12:31am
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any ad that mentions "because we're irish"

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#945 11-02-2009 12:46am
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the worst ads have to be those for confused.com, stupid people in tacky props!!

yer man barry from those cillit bang ads wrecks my head also

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#946 11-02-2009 9:47pm
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Im sure ringtone ad's get done to death in this thread, but a recent one caught my eye

The farting ringtone, where the jap business men are in the lift
I swear to god, I think it was shown twice in the same ad break last night.

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#947 12-02-2009 1:46am
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Poo in Pauls. Havn't read the thread, I'm sure it's been mentioned.
Someone should report it. Trying to eat chocolate ice cream and watch telly is a hazzard now

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#948 12-02-2009 1:48am
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Cringer wrote: »

Having no children myself I can't really say if it does, but I wouldnt have thought the smell was something a young child would be worrying about. I could be wrong of course.

Some girls of certain ages will. In general boys wont. Even grown men won't.

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#949 12-02-2009 4:22pm
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The McVitie's Chocolate Digestive Ad. where one piece of corn is telling the other piece of corn, through song, that she's goona be a chocolate digestive. Pretty annoying.

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#950 13-02-2009 12:16am
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ratmouse wrote: »

The McVitie's Chocolate Digestive Ad. where one piece of corn is telling the other piece of corn, through song, that she's goona be a chocolate digestive. Pretty annoying.

i

love

that

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#951 13-02-2009 9:53am
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That new singing Peugeot 207 ad..on first viewing i thought it was going to end in a horrible crash...now i wish it had....

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#952 14-02-2009 12:34pm
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those new ads describing what happens to a person having a stroke!

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#953 14-02-2009 12:42pm
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Mikosyko wrote: »

those new ads describing what happens to a person having a stroke!

Oh **** yeah, I saw it the other night and its disturbing to say the least.

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#954 14-02-2009 1:02pm
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The D4 bitch going on about flares.

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#955 15-02-2009 12:18am
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Mikosyko wrote: »

those new ads describing what happens to a person having a stroke!

Horrible to watch...but very effective on the other hand...sorry no pun intended.:o

Also find the ISPCC ad a bit sad for obvious reasons...

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#956 15-02-2009 12:44am
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The new Twix ad. Great song but they have some f**kin woman singing instead of Johnny Nash. Here's how the song should sound:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w :cool:

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#957 15-02-2009 2:53am
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Lloyd Grosman Ad - The sauce with a distinctive taste - annoying Ad?

Poll here – pls have a look and vote

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055488781

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#958 15-02-2009 3:01am
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padz wrote: »

i hope i can speak for a lot of people here when i say harvey hardly normal ads piss me off something serious, im kinda relieved he'll be pulling some shops out of here, theres only so much of the shouting one can take.

They took that ad off Lyric FM I think. i stopped listening to the station around the same time, the trauma of it.

Ever notice the ads on tv are always at a higher volume? I always keep the mute button handy

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#959 15-02-2009 4:50pm
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mick_irl wrote: »

I saw an ad today on C4 for some Glade air freshener where some kid announces to his mother that he wants to "do a poo" but he will only do it at his mates house cause they have the air freshener.

Most disturbing ad I've seen in a while.

And it's dubbed badly, so it makes them look evil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2T6YdEcp6w

Everyone involved in the making of that ad should be killed.

BroomBurner wrote: »

I like the Cadbury ad, the people behind those ads are very imaginative, gotta hand it to them.

Gorilla playing drums = brilliant.
Freaky children moving their eyebrows = NOT brilliant.

They really should have stuck with the gorilla.

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#960 15-02-2009 6:19pm
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They really should have stuck with the gorilla.

Never understood that one.

The airport race was the best one.

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#961 15-02-2009 9:58pm
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Bond-007 wrote: »

Never understood that one.

The airport race was the best one.

Ah, so a selection of service vehicles having cognitive thought and organising a race around the airport for themselves is grand, but a primate hitting things is way too out there?

I liked the gorilla, but I too preferred the airport one.

(Still get queasy when I hear that music for the deformo kids ad mind you. )

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