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

[Voldemort]

Silverbullet767 said:

22 grown men shepherding an inflated bag into outdoor cupboards?

It's dull as hell.

Thanks for sharing that insightful thought.

[Antony Moxey]

Silverbullet767 said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deranged Rover said:

"Budweiser - the official beer of England"

I'm sorry, WHAT?

Now, I know your average kickball fan wouldn't know the difference between a pint of Budweiser and a pint of chilled monkey's piss, but surely we could have come up with a dreadful pint of crap lager that hails from England to represent the Eng-er-land team?

Kickball.

22 grown men shepherding an inflated bag into outdoor cupboards?

It's dull as hell.

And you can use the same descriptor for pretty much anything. Rugby: 30 men doing the above. F1: 22 men driving in circles for two hours. Le Mans: bunch of men driving in circles for a whole day. Rallying: bunch of men driving across country. Etc, etc, etc. Most of it is also dull as hell too, especially rugby and F1.

[21st Century Man]

Am I the only one who can speak and understand English? Or is it me that's wrong?

Find my past. "Free trial auto renews after 14 days". Great, the free trial is free forever. But what they mean is that the free trial expires after 14 days, then it's full rate. But they've clearly said the free trial is forever, as it renews every 14 days.

JanePlan. "An extra free month". Great, so that's two free months. But what they mean is the usual 12 months, then one month free. But there has to be at least one free month already for there to be an "extra" free month on top of that. So that's two free months, not one.

Edited by 21st Century Man on Tuesday 18th June 18:11

[cuprabob]

21st Century Man said:

Am I the only one who can speak and understand English? Or is it me that's wrong?

Find my past. "Free trial auto renews after 14 days". Great, the free trial is free forever. But what they mean is that the free trial expires after 14 days, then it's full rate. But they've clearly said the free trial is forever, as it renews every 14 days.

JanePlan. "An extra free month". Great, so that's two free months. But what they mean is the usual 12 months, then one month free. But there has to be at least one free month already for there to be an "extra" free month on top of that. So that's two free months, not one.

Edited by 21st Century Man on Tuesday 18th June 18:11

Qué?

[TwinKam]

Antony Moxey said:

Silverbullet767 said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deranged Rover said:

"Budweiser - the official beer of England"

I'm sorry, WHAT?

Now, I know your average kickball fan wouldn't know the difference between a pint of Budweiser and a pint of chilled monkey's piss, but surely we could have come up with a dreadful pint of crap lager that hails from England to represent the Eng-er-land team?

Kickball.

22 grown men shepherding an inflated bag into outdoor cupboards?

It's dull as hell.

And you can use the same descriptor for pretty much anything. Rugby: 30 men doing the above. F1: 22 men driving in circles for two hours. Le Mans: bunch of men driving in circles for a whole day. Rallying: bunch of men driving across country. Etc, etc, etc. Most of it is also dull as hell too, especially rugby and F1.

Rugby (Union)? ...dull? ...can't speak for club rugby, but it's never boring at international level, that's for sure. At least they all know that to win they have to drive the ball down to the other end. That's what people pay to see.
I'll tell you what's dull; eleven of a country's geezers, supposedly at the 'top of their game', mindlessly pushing the ball around amongst themselves, and all too often in completely the wrong direction! Seems for all the world that they have no ambition, no wish to take a risk and drive the game forwards, hence zero excitement. Occasionally someone cocks up and the other eleven geezers get the chance to do exactly the same. No wonder the crowd kicks off, it's through boredom!

[Antony Moxey]

TwinKam said:

Antony Moxey said:

Silverbullet767 said:

Antony Moxey said:

Deranged Rover said:

"Budweiser - the official beer of England"

I'm sorry, WHAT?

Now, I know your average kickball fan wouldn't know the difference between a pint of Budweiser and a pint of chilled monkey's piss, but surely we could have come up with a dreadful pint of crap lager that hails from England to represent the Eng-er-land team?

Kickball.

22 grown men shepherding an inflated bag into outdoor cupboards?

It's dull as hell.

And you can use the same descriptor for pretty much anything. Rugby: 30 men doing the above. F1: 22 men driving in circles for two hours. Le Mans: bunch of men driving in circles for a whole day. Rallying: bunch of men driving across country. Etc, etc, etc. Most of it is also dull as hell too, especially rugby and F1.

Rugby (Union)? ...dull? ...can't speak for club rugby, but it's never boring at international level, that's for sure. At least they all know that to win they have to drive the ball down to the other end. That's what people pay to see.
I'll tell you what's dull; eleven of a country's geezers, supposedly at the 'top of their game', mindlessly pushing the ball around amongst themselves, and all too often in completely the wrong direction! Seems for all the world that they have no ambition, no wish to take a risk and drive the game forwards, hence zero excitement. Occasionally someone cocks up and the other eleven geezers get the chance to do exactly the same. No wonder the crowd kicks off, it's through boredom!

What you've described sounds exactly like rugby - you couldn't pay me to watch that turgid snorefest, international or not. Who knew that people liked different things, eh?

[Strangely Brown]

21st Century Man said:

Am I the only one who can speak and understand English? Or is it me that's wrong?

Find my past. "Free trial auto renews after 14 days". Great, the free trial is free forever. But what they mean is that the free trial expires after 14 days, then it's full rate. But they've clearly said the free trial is forever, as it renews every 14 days.

JanePlan. "An extra free month". Great, so that's two free months. But what they mean is the usual 12 months, then one month free. But there has to be at least one free month already for there to be an "extra" free month on top of that. So that's two free months, not one.

Edited by 21st Century Man on Tuesday 18th June 18:11

You are not wrong and it is not only annoying it is deliberate for the hard of comprehension.

Also… it’s not free. The price is whatever you have to do to qualify for it. If you can’t get it without that then it’s not free.

[LARK F1 GTR]

Milkyway said:

Vogue Williams spouting how she found Fairy... No you didn't, an agency wafted some money under your nose & you snatched it with both hands.

The radio ad a few months ago for her & Spencer's podcast was equally as irritating! (I had to look him up, turns out he was in Made In Chelsea)

[mac96]

LARK F1 GTR said:

Milkyway said:

Vogue Williams spouting how she found Fairy... No you didn't, an agency wafted some money under your nose & you snatched it with both hands.

The radio ad a few months ago for her & Spencer's podcast was equally as irritating! (I had to look him up, turns out he was in Made In Chelsea)

I don't mind anonymous actors talking bks in ads, but celebrities telling obvious lies about products they do not use, or have to be bribed to use, is beyond irritating!

[TO73074E]

There's one that is on quite often that has some ste mumble rap song that sounds like the rapper is having a stroke, it's really annoying. It's annoying me even more now that I can't remember what it's for!

[Silverbullet767]

TO73074E said:

There's one that is on quite often that has some ste mumble rap song that sounds like the rapper is having a stroke, it's really annoying. It's annoying me even more now that I can't remember what it's for!

Lucozade?

[Mercdriver]

Maybe it is not the fault of the ad company? Maybe the company execs who sign off this rubbish need a good shaking up and a brain test

[hidetheelephants]

Indeed. Accountants do not run.

[robinessex]

Advertising facts:-

1. I've NEVER bought anything as the result of watching a TV ad
2. Hors de combat a while ago due to a fall while walking the woof, I was confined to the settee and watched an excessive amount of TV. According to AD Land, every ad involving people has to have a compulsory selection of race and gender. It doesn't, of course, represent the correct percentages of that in real life.

[Mercdriver]

Adverts for sport, not interested even gave up on F1, adverts for political programmes and party political broadcasts, the product adverts are the least of the problems.

Might have to go to a and e to have tv removed from my foot

[LARK F1 GTR]

One on day time TV for gastric band surgery that starts off by saying 'dieting's hard'

Is it ?? What about a healthy and active life style? No, no we don't do that!! It's not like a gastric band can't be beaten anyway. People have done it and ended up how they were before.

[Milkyway]

LARK F1 GTR said:

One on day time TV for gastric band surgery that starts off by saying 'dieting's hard'

Is it ?? What about a healthy and active life style? No, no we don't do that!! It's not like a gastric band can't be beaten anyway. People have done it and ended up how they were before.

Humans have become so lazy... Any product that promotes how to be even lazier really annoys me.

EG: Electric curtains, FFS... at least opening & shutting them is a bit of exercise.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 21st June 08:03

[Joe M]

As much as I hate most of these adverts, they are way better than what I've seen recently in the USA...
The majority of adverts are for drugs for some medical conditions that you never knew existed, but apparently a shed load of people have...
I swear, the majority of that country are on some sort of drugs, or at the very least, on a corn syrup high.

[swisstoni]

Joe M said:

As much as I hate most of these adverts, they are way better than what I've seen recently in the USA...
The majority of adverts are for drugs for some medical conditions that you never knew existed, but apparently a shed load of people have...
I swear, the majority of that country are on some sort of drugs, or at the very least, on a corn syrup high.

I enjoy their requirement to list side-affects on the ad.
I think I saw one that said ‘May cause death’ once

[anonymoususer]

Joe M said:

As much as I hate most of these adverts, they are way better than what I've seen recently in the USA...
The majority of adverts are for drugs for some medical conditions that you never knew existed, but apparently a shed load of people have...
I swear, the majority of that country are on some sort of drugs, or at the very least, on a corn syrup high.

What are the "get rid of my big bulky pee bag" adverts like ?