Stupid TV ad claims
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OnTheOverrun

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3,965 posts

207 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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Am I the only one who is tired of bloody stupid claims on ads?

I've just watched a weetabix advert with a jockey claiming the best bit about it is it 'low-fat'!

Of course it's bloody low fat, it's made of straw! If it was a low-fat full english it would be worth commenting on, but who in the hell expects weetabix to contain lard? ranting

mickk

30,501 posts

272 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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But it must be good for you, the jockey wins the race.

ukwill

10,260 posts

237 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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Which reminds me.

Breakfast cereals with chocolate in. WTF? That is just so wrong.

No fking wonder the NHS costs are astronomical - we're breeding a generation of fat diabetics.

central

16,745 posts

247 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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OnTheOverrun said:
weetabix ..... it's made of straw!
Really?

StuartGGray

7,703 posts

258 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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Strawabix?

Conian

8,030 posts

231 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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Tampaxywingthings advert asks:

Who says 5 into 1 doesnt go?

fkING NO ONE SAYS THAT!! NO ONE EVER! YOU'VE JUST 'SOLVED' A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST AND NO ONE CARED ABOUT UNTIL YOU JUST MADE IT UP TO APPEAL TO NEUROTIC WOMEN WHO NOW WONDER HOW MANY fkING FEATURES THEIR TAMPONS HAVE! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH S!


dabofoppo

686 posts

201 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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What about that ad for the asda life insurance thing when the old woman says " There is no chance of the plan paying out less than you paid in" the small print says at the same time " You may get paid out less than you pay in".

ArtVandelay

6,692 posts

214 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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Bald Microsoft employee said:
I have 8 seconds to explain how Microsoft have developed a porn-search mode so your wife can't find out, a feature common on older, better web browsers such as Firefox.

I'm a PC and I'm a
All the new Microsoft adverts to be honest.

Ross1988

1,234 posts

213 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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The quick quid or whatever it's called advert.

With massive letters saying the APR is 2356%. Yes two thousand, three hundred and fifty six percent.

It's stupid to think people would go for such a deal.

But they still will. I can't help but feel sorry for the people that will see this as a viable option.


gilla

19,746 posts

220 months

Monday 17th May 2010
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makes your whites whiter than white... I mean what the fk... Bunch of retarded inbred punch drunk felchers

Edited by gilla on Monday 17th May 23:54

Warrior Queen

1,217 posts

213 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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We buy any car and we buy any house, etc. Yeah, for a tenth of it's true value. fking parasites!

Tiggsy

10,261 posts

282 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Ross1988 said:
The quick quid or whatever it's called advert.

With massive letters saying the APR is 2356%. Yes two thousand, three hundred and fifty six percent.

It's stupid to think people would go for such a deal.

But they still will. I can't help but feel sorry for the people that will see this as a viable option.
oh dear.

Ross1988

1,234 posts

213 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Tiggsy said:
Ross1988 said:
The quick quid or whatever it's called advert.

With massive letters saying the APR is 2356%. Yes two thousand, three hundred and fifty six percent.

It's stupid to think people would go for such a deal.

But they still will. I can't help but feel sorry for the people that will see this as a viable option.
oh dear.
Fair point well made! I seem to have missed the idea of this thread biggrin


FasterFreddy

8,577 posts

267 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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"Cillit Bang - BANG! and the dirt is gone"

Well, I've tried it and at no point did I hear any sort of explosion or loud noise.

Total bks.

mko9

2,990 posts

242 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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I used to see a commercial all the time for one of those air purifiers that "converts ozone into pure oxygen". Ozone IS pure oxygen, just O3 instead of O2.

Prak

840 posts

248 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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How about those enlightening claims to "help" "reduce" something "by up to " .... So it could do virtually sod all then ...

voyds9

8,490 posts

313 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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No worse than American TV shows, first half of the show tells you what is coming later, the second half of the show tells you what has already happened in the first half. At the end I'm often unsure whether I missed the show or saw it a few times.

MrV

2,748 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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"Have a happy period" bks more like hide anything that has a sharp edge or could be used as a blunt instrument in my household

shakotan

10,862 posts

226 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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Ross1988 said:
The quick quid or whatever it's called advert.

With massive letters saying the APR is 2356%. Yes two thousand, three hundred and fifty six percent.

It's stupid to think people would go for such a deal.

But they still will. I can't help but feel sorry for the people that will see this as a viable option.
You're an idiot, I trust you don't look after the finances in your household.

Tiggsy

10,261 posts

282 months

Tuesday 18th May 2010
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shakotan said:
Ross1988 said:
The quick quid or whatever it's called advert.

With massive letters saying the APR is 2356%. Yes two thousand, three hundred and fifty six percent.

It's stupid to think people would go for such a deal.

But they still will. I can't help but feel sorry for the people that will see this as a viable option.
You're an idiot, I trust you don't look after the finances in your household.
Got to say, i think my "oh dear" above was more subtle wink