Adverts that make you wanna smash your TV set up. (Vol 2)

[Bluedot]

The Corsa-E one.
Like something you'd see on The Apprentice.

[AlexRS2782]

Bluedot said:

The Corsa-E one.
Like something you'd see on The Apprentice.

Just seen that one earlier on. Bit of desperation with the tag line of "New Rules Brittania" - cringeworthy.

[Pericoloso]

The Mr Kipling ad for the following.

1....patronising pat on head for the boy.
2......boy tries to steal man's cake.
3...... Boy does steal woman's cake
4....... Boy bursts into sisters room without knocking.

[c6erb]

The new Kenco Cappuccino advert with the square-faced looking woman, it's not flaming rocket science that the milk goes in first

Edited by c6erb on Sunday 15th December 19:39

[Bluedot]

Chanel No. 5

Absolutely no words

[Doofus]

Bluedot said:

Chanel No. 5

Absolutely no words

I know. It's complete crap. They had a musical directed by Mariah Carey on this afternoon, FFS!

[FrenchCarFan]

Bluedot said:

Chanel No. 5

Absolutely no words

I like the red boots...

[cuprabob]

Doofus said:

I know. It's complete crap. They had a musical directed by Mariah Carey on this afternoon, FFS!

[rider73]

agree with the 2 above

plus that new Beach holiday advert with the guy asleep on the beach, why an american talking? why take it to utter extreme , annoyance factor increases each watch.

[swisstoni]

Very long ad for the Saudi Arabia tourist board during Sky Premier League breaks yesterday.

Seems lovely.

[psi310398]

swisstoni said:

Very long ad for the Saudi Arabia tourist board during Sky Premier League breaks yesterday.

Seems lovely.

Still a seriously stty regime, but it is a big change allowing people in on tourist visas.

We always used to do our damndest to avoid being sent there or Libya for work (unlike Oman or UAE). It's not that I'm unadventurous - I've been into really rough and unsafe places for work but, IMO, it's a miserable and sterile experience living in compounds for weeks on end. Had I been able to explore some of the sights now being highlighted, I would have been more tempted.

But all the tourist board enticement/come ons do remind me of the time we played a practical joke on a very earnest trainee and told him that he should take a secondment to our SA office because the lap dancing clubs in Riyadh were the best in the ME. It took him a long while to twig...

[ceesvdelst]

Odd looking woman holding a giant perfume bottle shaped like a teddy bear, for some reason this is supposed to make anyone buy this stuff? I never have and never will "get it".

Thank God.

[swisstoni]

ceesvdelst said:

Odd looking woman holding a giant perfume bottle shaped like a teddy bear, for some reason this is supposed to make anyone buy this stuff? I never have and never will "get it".

Thank God.

I sometimes think these are aimed at clueless blokes, desperate for ideas for a Christmas present.

[ceesvdelst]

IN that case, why pick a woman that looks a bit odd!

or is she supposed to be desirable, like your "supposed" girlfriend?

And to add, what on earth is Johnny Depp doing other than earning a fortune, playing a guitar, driving a car and digging a hole!

Oddest stuff on tv

[swisstoni]

ceesvdelst said:

IN that case, why pick a woman that looks a bit odd!

or is she supposed to be desirable, like your "supposed" girlfriend?

And to add, what on earth is Johnny Depp doing other than earning a fortune, playing a guitar, driving a car and digging a hole!

Oddest stuff on tv

Arty innit.

[anonymous-user]

I have mentioned it before but
Old Tom, The unnamed carer and Alexa

Just in time for Xmas so you can buy that elderly relative a piece of tech he doesn't need, won't use because he doesn't know how to use it .
But hey its Xmas right

[21st Century Man]

He uses it to put Valerie on when the carer comes.

[WJNB]

Cupramax said:

H Samuel are at it with the “gifting” buzzword bullst now

The first time I heard the phrase 'I'm gifting' was during some research into aspects of Frank Sinatra for a radio programme, as included in this extract:

"Tales of Sinatra's generosity to friends & strangers are legendary. He was known to tip with $100 bills (the equivalent of more than $600 today), to summon a group of jewellery & clothing retailers to his house, then gather his friends & tell them to help themselves to whatever they wanted because as he would say "I'm gifting" If he read a hard-luck story in the newspaper he would have a large anonymous cheque sent to whoever was in need. Cary Grant is quoted as saying Sinatra was "the most generous person to people in need I know." The Sinatra family claims he raised in excess of 1 billion dollars for various causes around the world.

[swisstoni]

It’s not grammatically incorrect, I don’t think, but it just goes through my British ears like an electric shock.

Ok, ‘giving presents’ is more long winded but it just sounds less like ste than ‘gifting’.

[LuS1fer]

swisstoni said:

It’s not grammatically incorrect, I don’t think, but it just goes through my British ears like an electric shock.

Ok, ‘giving presents’ is more long winded but it just sounds less like ste than ‘gifting’.

The German word "giftig" means poisonous, toxic or venomous and even though I last did German in 1972, that's still what it says to my brain.