Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up.
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Got no particular dislike of Gary Linekar but the one where he is in bed in hospital shovelling snacks in his mouth while speaking. It is just the way he is speaking and munching.
Ad for the 'trendy' V.W. driving false bearded dad dropping the girl off at school. What is with the stupid echo type racket playing.
Ad for the 'trendy' V.W. driving false bearded dad dropping the girl off at school. What is with the stupid echo type racket playing.
Edited by everyeggabird on Saturday 24th September 18:18
Ken Sington said:
I have developed an irrational hatred for the British Gas penguin. Smug little t
t skating round the place in his duffel coat and scarf with a satchel on his back.
That one makes no sense. It's advertising gas central heating yet a penguin which should be perfectly happy in extreme cold needs to wear a coat indoors! Doesn't say much for the heating system.t skating round the place in his duffel coat and scarf with a satchel on his back.
Finding this thread; I am not alone. The reassurance; Priceless
I am a master of the mute button, and have very little knowledge of what actual sounds are made by advertisements these days.
That, in combination with a Humax box that allows pausing of programmes, makes life with a TV almost bearable.
I gain considerable satisfaction from fast forwarding at 16x through every advert break in a programme.
If you haven't done it, you really must!
I am a master of the mute button, and have very little knowledge of what actual sounds are made by advertisements these days.
That, in combination with a Humax box that allows pausing of programmes, makes life with a TV almost bearable.
I gain considerable satisfaction from fast forwarding at 16x through every advert break in a programme.
If you haven't done it, you really must!
Goaty Bill 2 said:
Finding this thread; I am not alone. The reassurance; Priceless
I am a master of the mute button, and have very little knowledge of what actual sounds are made by advertisements these days.
That, in combination with a Humax box that allows pausing of programmes, makes life with a TV almost bearable.
I gain considerable satisfaction from fast forwarding at 16x through every advert break in a programme.
If you haven't done it, you really must!
My Humax is set to a 30 second leap forward per press of the appropriate button. Ads seem to often be in 30 increments so little rewinding is needed.I am a master of the mute button, and have very little knowledge of what actual sounds are made by advertisements these days.
That, in combination with a Humax box that allows pausing of programmes, makes life with a TV almost bearable.
I gain considerable satisfaction from fast forwarding at 16x through every advert break in a programme.
If you haven't done it, you really must!
The new Nat West ad.
What a load of pompous, egotistical, bullst. Who I feel sorry for is all the Nat West staff who will be sitting through hours and hours of that utterly meaningless happy flappy nonsense on 'training' courses. And of course, don't forget that as part owner of the RBS group, your money has helped pay for a bunch of morons to come up with this bks that will undoubtedly form "the core way that our business will move forward in the future and will be at the very heart of the way we relate to our customers in the future," while their staff sit around in a Premier Inn in a small sweaty room watching some idiot write smug nonsense onto a white board while begging for the lunch break, so they can shovel down curled up at the edges ham sandwiches before they spend the afternoon begging for it to end.
The senior management will of course learn all about it at a 3 day course at a four-star golf course/hotel with excellent gym and spa facilities.
Well at least until the next bunch of consultants come up with another load of bullst and bks.
What a load of pompous, egotistical, bulls
t. Who I feel sorry for is all the Nat West staff who will be sitting through hours and hours of that utterly meaningless happy flappy nonsense on 'training' courses. And of course, don't forget that as part owner of the RBS group, your money has helped pay for a bunch of morons to come up with this bks that will undoubtedly form "the core way that our business will move forward in the future and will be at the very heart of the way we relate to our customers in the future," while their staff sit around in a Premier Inn in a small sweaty room watching some idiot write smug nonsense onto a white board while begging for the lunch break, so they can shovel down curled up at the edges ham sandwiches before they spend the afternoon begging for it to end.The senior management will of course learn all about it at a 3 day course at a four-star golf course/hotel with excellent gym and spa facilities.
Well at least until the next bunch of consultants come up with another load of bulls
t and bks.As above, another vote for the nauseous Natwest ad having seen it earlier this afternoon 
Nationwide are following suit with their current take on modern banking vs classic banking meets poetry.
Plus, and I'm sure I've said this before, please Boots stop ruining Everybody's Free by Rozalla
Nationwide are following suit with their current take on modern banking vs classic banking meets poetry.
Plus, and I'm sure I've said this before, please Boots stop ruining Everybody's Free by Rozalla
What is it with banks/building societies? The Barclaycard one with the girl jumping up and down as she is so happy Barclays have accepted her so she can now pay nearly 40% APR plus the latest Nationwide with some cool rapper type telling us it is better to talk to each other init!!!
Do all these overpaid PR guys sit in a room and watch this crap and say "Yeah this will get us loads more customers, go for it" !!! WTF
Do all these overpaid PR guys sit in a room and watch this crap and say "Yeah this will get us loads more customers, go for it" !!! WTF
iandc said:
What is it with banks/building societies? The Barclaycard one with the girl jumping up and down as she is so happy Barclays have accepted her so she can now pay nearly 40% APR plus the latest Nationwide with some cool rapper type telling us it is better to talk to each other init!!!
Do all these overpaid PR guys sit in a room and watch this crap and say "Yeah this will get us loads more customers, go for it" !!! WTF
most people are tardsDo all these overpaid PR guys sit in a room and watch this crap and say "Yeah this will get us loads more customers, go for it" !!! WTF
most people don't bother to look for the best deal
most people go with the first thing they see
most people are succeptible to brands / names they recognise
most people don't read or understand "small print"
droopsnoot said:
Not quite an advert, but I find it quite cringey when continuity people try to use the next programme title in a sentence. The other night it was something like "Next on BBC1, Our Girl is in a bit of trouble this week", or stuff like "Let's see what the Spooks are up to next".
"In order to do this, I must become Superman 4, the Quest for Peace"c/o Family Guy.
The new coke advert on the radio
"i thought you drink coca cola zero suger™?"
"have a look at the bottle" (the the smuggest voice ever)
"oh wow it tastes just like real coke"
Your vile brown piss is not worthy to be called a drink and how long has coke zero been out and it's taken you this long to get if fking right?
"i thought you drink coca cola zero suger™?"
"have a look at the bottle" (the the smuggest voice ever)
"oh wow it tastes just like real coke"
Your vile brown piss is not worthy to be called a drink and how long has coke zero been out and it's taken you this long to get if f
king right? Edited by TommoAE86 on Friday 30th September 16:29
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