BS: Annoying Adverts

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Arnie
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 11:25 AM

We have a Vauxhall car franchise nearby but I drive a Honda and would never consider swapping to a Vauxhall. The reason? Those flaming annoying knitted doll things that appear in their advertising shouting 'C'mon'. We're supposed to believe that these knitted gremlins can drive cars, give flirty women cyclists a lift (using the fitted bike-rack), and drop their kit in front of startled women motorists. They're not seen so much on tv any more but are all over the Vauxhall garage on posters and flyers - so that's enough to keep me out of the showroom despite their recent lifetime warranty offer. Do the idiots in the advertising department realise that such stupid adverts are losing the company business?

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 07:19 AM

The advert that has the voiceover - 'if you knew where your food came from' and then proceeds to show everything in reverse, including the chicken running backwards into the shed, sitting down and well... you know where eggs come from.... I wince every time... I can't watch it now... Poor chicken.

Then there's that annoying tune for the Lloyds bank ads... drives me up the wall and away from the bank..

And then there's the way that certain channels pop a little ad for the next programme into the bottom left hand corner of the screen - usually obscuring the important bit of evidence or the subtitles...

I could go on...

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 05:00 AM

>The one where the lady joines her friends for lunch and then proceeds to tell them how painful it is when she has to defecate. Its a pain in the arse!<

I agree, I think it is meant to be loosely based on Sex in the City. Apparently that was supposed to be crap too, I haven't seen it mainly because the constipation advert put me off.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Ebbie
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:44 PM

Swiffer!

And another one that I don't even know what it is advertising: the one where this chirpy woman helps the man/men find just the right deal for them. The very first time I saw it I thought she was kind of refreshing- before that ad was over I wanted to yell at her. Progressive something or another.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 05:06 PM

And another thing that irritates me is the way they seem to synchronise them between channels, so when a commercial break comes up and you start flicking the remote to find what else is on, you just find it's a load of adverts.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 05:00 PM

Those BP adv. about how good a job they are doing cleaning up their mess.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 04:30 PM

All over the telly in the UK now. And though mine are a thing of the past not too distant past, my memory is long.

The only happy period is the one after the drunken stupor in which you found your self knickerless in a strange bed.

Follows humorist Wendy Aarons take on the Happy Period ad campaign in the US.

Dear Mr. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your Always maxi pads for over 20 years, and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core™ or Dri-Weave™ absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from "the curse"? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my "time of the month" is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call "an inbred hillbilly with knife skills." Isn't the human body amazing?

As brand manager in the feminine-hygiene division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from Aunt Flo. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy! The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in capri pants. Which brings me to the reason for my letter.

Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: "Have a Happy Period."

Are you fucking kidding me?

What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness—actual smiling, laughing happiness—is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlúa and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreens armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory. For the love of God, pull your head out, man. If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like "Put Down the Hammer" or "Vehicular Manslaughter Is Wrong"? Or are you just picking on us?

Sir, please inform your accounting department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flexi-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullshit. And that's a promise I will keep. Always.

Best,

Wendi Aarons
Austin, TX

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 03:58 PM

"What annoys me is the way the BBC increasingly bombards us with its in-house commercials"

Yep, and what's worse is that they're twice as LOUD as the normal programmes - they always have a string of them at 6am while I'm eating my porridge, and I have to put my spoon down to reach for the remote. BASTARDS!!

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: C-flat
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 03:27 PM

Or the trailers for the programme that you're already watching......

"coming up in part 2!!" etc

Just plain irritating and pointless!

C-flat (getting grumpier with every passing day)

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 12:47 PM

What annoys me is the way the BBC increasingly bombards us with its in-house commercials. If I wanted to watch adverts I'd be watching the other channels.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Dave Sutherland
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 12:44 PM

The one where the lady joines her friends for lunch and then proceeds to tell them how painful it is when she has to defecate. Its a pain in the arse!

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 12:31 PM

I got the advert right tand the annoying song was "That's the way I like it".... after hearing it over and over and over........
Even just remebering it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ughhhhh!

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 12:07 PM

Anything involving AMAZING!!! Uber-Duper-CLeeen!!! brand *NEW*NEW*NEW* cleaning products (that are the same old soapy stuff remixed and renamed, and unnecessarily poured into yet more bunny rabbit's eyes by men in white coats).

They epitomise everything mind-numbingly consumerist and 'Stepford Wives', that I despise about so much of our contemporary society.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 11:38 AM

~Michael~ has hit on a classic issue of commercials being based of stereotypes of 'women are like THIS and men are like THAT'. The teeny bit of truths they use are warped beyond recognition in order to sell beer, or soap, or cars....

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:58 AM

Two current ones which are imo in filthy vile taste:~

i The Blind United football team who kick the cat up the tree: a shame, as many of the Paddy Power 'can't get it back' ones are quite entertaining;

ii the one for Heineken {I think: some beer anyhow} where the women get hysterical over a wardrobe full of clothes, only to be upstaged and outdone by their partners going apeshit about a fridgeful of beer.

Ugh to both!

~Michael~*

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: C-flat
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:55 AM

"We-Buy-Any-Car-Dot-Com"!!!

Drives me NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe it's the fact that they think the general public are so f***ing stupid as to be engaged by such drivel, or maybe it's because the general public ARE so f***ing stupid as to be engaged by such drivel, but it makes my p*ss boil!!!

......and breathe.....7,8,9,10

Ah! All better now.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Bill D
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:47 AM

"Ask YOUR doctor if ***** (enter name of expensive new drug) is right for YOU!"

(right after they list 27 nasty and sometimes deadly potential side effects)

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 10:40 AM

In general there seems to be more irritating adverts than there used to be and I am sure they know they are doing it, like:-

Any Loreal advert that says because your worth it, aaaah!

The advert for Clarks Shopping Village, the singers harmonise but there is a singer that carries the note way after the others, I find that really irritating and uneccessary.

The songs played for ever and a day for sofa sales or bed adverts, it might have been a song you once quite liked but end up hating it.

The Go Compare advert is very annoying as is the Meerkat advert(Simples)!

Car companies seem to be competing for commercial of the year lately. There has been few really good ones but it seems like they are all trying to be too arty now.

The stuff that grips dentures showing a maturing couple being all loved up and happy because they can tackle a meal together.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 09:03 AM

I don't have a TV & as I listen to Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio which is government financed, I don't hear much in the way of adverts, just occasional ones for their books/CDs/DVDs.

However they do advertise their sport programs & I get pissed off at some bloke screaming about the next game - the other team is often referred to as the enemy & it almost sounds like war, especially for interstate games.

Announcements for stuff in the Shop are read in a normal tone of voice, ads for the next game are always yelled by some excitable, hoarse-voiced bloke who sounds like he's been sitting in the sun watching the game while drinking copious quantities of beer & advising the referee (& players) where to go & what to do when they get there.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Dave MacKenzie
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 08:33 AM

Churchill - thanks to that dog, I wouldn't buy their insurance if it was 50% less than anybody else's.

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: GUEST,redhorse at work
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 08:09 AM

"Wink Bingo:- you never know who's going to win!"

Subject: RE: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:11 AM

That feckin irritating ' Go Compare ' ad, I hit the mute button instantaneously or I'm in danger of kicking the screen in.

Dave H

Subject: BS: Annoying Adverts
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 14 Sep 10 - 07:03 AM

What is the all-time, most nerve-grating annoying advert you have ever had the misfortune to see/hear (tv or radio but not internet pop-ups as I would personally class them all as annoying).

I personally recollect one back in the early 1990s, I was flat on my back recovering form a severe lung infection, and the advert was on in every ad break for a TV listings magazine - I think it was something like TV Quick.... every 20 minutes havung to listing to the same annoying fragment of a pop song from 10 years or so before..

If I had more energy I would have probably thorown the TV out of the window.

I'm sure there have been adverts that were even more annoying, but this is my nomination!