General Chat

TUI advert does my head in.

Used to go on holiday with Thomsons but that advert has put me right off the company now.

The one with the opera singer (Go compare?) really turns me off.
And adverts that only give the name of the product for half a second at the end so you don't know what they were advertising in the first place.

That's as bad as vans plastered with the name of the company e.g. Jones & Son, with a phone number, but nothing to tell you what trade they are in.

Nothing can be three shades lighter.

Shades are darker. tones are lighter.

Avava does your lock conform to British standards :-| :-| :-| :-| :-| :-| :-|

CILLITBANG's a joke If your hose was that dirty you would move, or you'd died.

Thanks LaGooner

Cadburys chocolate Elizabeth :-)

What was the advert that used a gorilla --- doing phil collins - something in the air tonight?
cant remember what it was for

Dove Conditioning ad is all wrong.putting a non condioning shampoo up against Dove conditioner.
And most of the ones using actors..

Bah Humbug. :-D :-D :-D :-D

Car ads which are totally up themselves and make up their own grammar - 'create amazing', 'inspire the next' :-P

The one where someone sticks their fingers in pies - don't know what it's advertising - I just hate 'messing about' with food!

Best ad was a Guinness one from years ago, tune 'Rhythm of Life'.

1. Whole life insurance i.e. the funeral ones. They go on as though they are doing you a favour - we studied these policies when I did my banking exams in the 70's - nothing new and not always the best option.

Agree too about the costs, £3,000 ( bit more if you are in London, perhaps ) with get a perfectly dignified funeral. We had two in the past two years so can speak first hand. Deceased Estate is liable for funeral, flowers and refreshments for the party. Accommodation / travel / meals etc - No.

2. Perpetual sales i.e Oak Furnitureland etc. Must end Sunday, they have so many overlapping sales they forget which Sunday it is! Forget the so called saving too (which aren't real ones either) just give me the price.

3. Actors talking as if they are a member of the general public. Actors pretending to be dentists. Dentist aren't supposed to promote one manufacturer over another.

4. Singing or speaking dogs, and singing little girls as mentioned earlier.

5. Adverts making claims that can never be defined. Three shades whiter. How do you define a shade of white? Our best ever yet - what is a yet?!

6. Oh yes, the VI Poo one is disgusting especially if you are just about to take a mouthful of food!

7. Small print at the bottom of the screen that you can't read - even if you could it goes away after 2 seconds.

8. The early Aldi tea one with the old duck who doesn't like tea, but prefers Gin was brilliant. They have tried to replicate it for other products but haven't succeeded.

I had no idea what some of these are.
I googled VI Poo........

Isn't that what cigarette lighters are for? :-S

Love the Aldi advert, about the air freshner !! :-D :-D :-D :-D

I love all adverts!

Here in Australia they are far more interesting than the TV programmes, which interrupt the ads every five minutes or so :-| :-P :-P

We fast forward any programmes with adverts :-D - we watch very few programmes live from companies that have adverts.

i usually like the music on ads, the ones that have it, more than the ads themselves

June Dad

Oral B

Adverts were quite a novelty when they were first on TV. My young brother wasn't interested in most programmes but he would race into the room to watch the ads.
Life and TV ads were so much less cluttered then but now they are full on expensive productions, as make believe as any other show.

I hate that V I Poo one too

The Windows advert with the bloke with long greasy back hair who screams

Any PPI one

The unstoppables one

I shout at the funeral cost ones on the false costs they say a funeral,costs, my pet peeve is they include travel and accommodation charges which I always shout who pays for someone to attend ??? Hubby had a very dignified funeral for over £2000 less That one really winds me up !!!!

Lots more that I cringe too or verbally challenge when they come on

The meercat ones are the only ones I find ok even though I wouldn't buy the product anyway

I never found any vanishing cream :-D