Even more adverts you despise

amacca

Im sure it's been said but the oddly manly looking woman selling detergent pods and telling us ro always close them with a click-clack

ckeego

amacca wrote: »

Im sure it's been said but the oddly manly looking woman selling detergent pods and telling us ro always close them with a click-clack

Ah! That’d be Vogue and Theodore... again!!

screamer

Not TV but the dunes stores radio adverts with the woman with the hysterical voice grinds my gears. I mute the sound every time I hear them coming on, to spare my ears.

blueser

Crew Billions Menu wrote: »

I love the Carbon monoxide ads. They're silly but catchy. I always think if it when checking the alarm. I can't believe anyone finds it offensive!

They're truly dreadful. That thick (as in heavy, not unintelligent) Dublin accent is real "nails down a blackboard" for me. Please, get them off our screens.

blueser

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

That awful paddy power ad with Peter crouch and his wife in it

Hate it so much.

I don't mind them, actually. The look on his face when the female "commentator" says... "Unlikely to be used for breeding" is a killer! Crouch has never taken himself too seriously. He was once asked what he would be if he wasn't a professional footballer. His reply was "a virgin"!

Pussyhands

blueser wrote: »

I don't mind them, actually. The look on his face when the female "commentator" says... "Unlikely to be used for breeding" is a killer! Crouch has never taken himself too seriously. He was once asked what he would be if he wasn't a professional footballer. His reply was "a virgin"!

It's a very sexist ad.

Flip sides and have Abby Clancy being told she's "definitely punching" and "not suitable for breeding" and there'd be some fuss kicked up.

Clancy is the one punching anyways. Crouch was an athlete at the highest level while Clancy...

Whestsidestory

Liked the old carbon monoxide ad..'annie fuel etc' but not gone on the new one

screamer

screamer wrote: »

Not TV but the dunes stores radio adverts with the woman with the hysterical voice grinds my gears. I mute the sound every time I hear them coming on, to spare my ears.

Its unbelievable. Every 3rd word seems to be a screeching octave higher. Is this meant to be upbeat and positive? Because I immediately turn it off. It hurts my ears :mad:

golondrinas

Pussyhands wrote: »

The Lidl "level the playing field" ad.

I think it just comes across that womens GAA has a massive chip on their shoulder.

I studiously drive past LIDL after watching that sexist ****e. just won't shop there if that's their position.:(

golondrinas

Pythagorean wrote: »

There's a recent ad where they keep bombarding you with "REMOTE", and the different meanings it has, I think it has something to do with Virgin media, but it annoys me so much, that I just use the REMOTE to douse it immediately.

love the way you think its for Virgin. Three will be well pleased.:D

Whestsidestory

Heineken ad where the guy in the French Jersey kicks the other guys drink....annoys the sh*t outta me

golondrinas

golondrinas wrote: »

I studiously drive past LIDL after watching that sexist ****e. just won't shop there if that's their position.:(

I'm not sure how the ad is sexist or how Lidl have taken an offensive position.

Acosta

Oh no. The Baz Bank Of Ireland gig is a series of ads, not just the one unfortunately

crazy 88

blueser wrote: »

They're truly dreadful. That thick (as in heavy, not unintelligent) Dublin accent is real "nails down a blackboard" for me. Please, get them off our screens.

It's meant to be an imitation of Ronnie Drew

I like them more now since the Joe Duffy offended Marys started going on about them

Curious how many would have considered "poxy" to be a swear word? I never would have thought it was but my husband was surprised to hear it's apparently ok now.

Acosta

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Acosta wrote: »

Oh no. The Baz Bank Of Ireland gig is a series of ads, not just the one unfortunately

Ahhhhhhh.....just seen that one with MAMMY putting on the helmet..... so awful..... the standard of advertising is on the floor if this is the best boi can come up with

crazy 88

Deleted User wrote: »

Curious how many would have considered "poxy" to be a swear word? I never would have thought it was but my husband was surprised to hear it's apparently ok now.

I consider it as about offensive as the word "jerk". Not offensive at all in other words

crazy 88

Acosta wrote: »

Oh no. The Baz Bank Of Ireland gig is a series of ads, not just the one unfortunately

This could go full Idris Elba

It's really bad form and lazy when these celebs do ads for a quick buck when there's a pool of actors/actresses who depend on ads for work

hkjohn

crazy 88 wrote: »

I consider it as about offensive as the word "jerk". Not offensive at all in other words

Agreed. The word has been around for centuries and applies to chicken and small pox as well as the STDs.

With the arrival of social media, the world is full of people looking to find or take offense.

From www.quora.com



(The word "poxy" is) not specifically Irish and is well-known in British vernacular.

Poxy is an informal word used to call something rotten, lousy, or worthless.

It is based on the literal sense of poxy, meaning that someone has the pox (either syphilis or smallpox).

The base word goes back to Shakespearean times:

MfMan

crazy 88 wrote: »

This could go full Idris Elba

It's really bad form and lazy when these celebs do ads for a quick buck when there's a pool of actors/actresses who depend on ads for work

I actually didn't mind the first ad ("what she says") as it has perfect timing and pace, and doesn't stray off-point or overstay its welcome. The subsequent ones are a bit overkill however. I think Baz is appearing due to being conned by scammers before, exactly like what he is warning against.

Pussyhands

Nah I can't stand the ad. Typical Ireland though to keep flogging the "Irish mammy" thing.

As he hand her the helmet..."make sure it's nice and tight"...then this smug grin to the camera.

Gen.Zhukov

MfMan wrote: »

I actually didn't mind the first ad ("what she says") as it has perfect timing and pace, and doesn't stray off-point or overstay its welcome. The subsequent ones are a bit overkill however. I think Baz is appearing due to being pretending to be conned by scammers before, exactly like what he is warning against.

FYP

It's a set up, albeit a clever one.

blueser

That Allianz "courage fear" ad. Dreadful, clichéd nonsense.

whisky_galore

crazy 88 wrote: »

This could go full Idris Elba

It's really bad form and lazy when these celebs do ads for a quick buck when there's a pool of actors/actresses who depend on ads for work

I wouldn't even rate Baz as a celebrity, just another non entity that RTE pushes on us from time to time.

siblers

That viagra ad, the 'going up the elevator' song is awful and fills me with anger

ypres5

Has anyone else seen the kerry gold ad with your man remembering the summer he met his future wife at the age of 8? Couldn't they have at least made them teenagers to make it slightly less far fetched? The whole thing is sickly sweet though with 'I can't help falling in love with you' playing in the background. I thought it was butter kerry gold sell, not cheese.

Hangdogroad

crazy 88 wrote: »

This could go full Idris Elba

It's really bad form and lazy when these celebs do ads for a quick buck when there's a pool of actors/actresses who depend on ads for work

At least Idris Elba was Stringer Bell in the Wire before going full Idris Elba. Bazs claim to fame is a reality show with his mammy.

depaor01

Pussyhands wrote: »

The Lidl "level the playing field" ad.

I think it just comes across that womens GAA has a massive chip on their shoulder.

"We say when it's over"

Don't think so love. I think that's the referee's job. That whistle thing at the end.

Even I know that and I hate GAA, Soccer, Rugby - the lot.

PieOhMy

Home advantage ad - the nazel screeching of the host is pretty bad but the best example of the banter they managed to cobble together is:

Host: If there's any wine with that cheese .... I'm having it.
Contestant: You're on your own.

I must be thick coz the humour there has gone right over my head

Pussyhands

Can you go on mute, Paula?