Adverts that irritate and entertain

Alexia
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scottishtv wrote:One I meant to gripe about is TSB referring to use of it's website or app as being "local banking on demand".
It is handy mind. I nearly applied for a loan on it the other day by accident.
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The Bold 2-in-1 advert where a teenage boy picks a box of liquitabs off the supermarket shelf and exclaims "Wicked!" to himself. The mum is also wearing some sortof fake Google Glass affair thing.

Truly terrible.
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Barclays Digital Eagles and their "online tips" taken from 10 year old copies of Which magazine
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I keep thinking they are warnings rather than shopping tips, from the way they are speaking - also why are Barclays moonlighting as IT teachers these days?
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All seemed normal until the "BOOK! BOOK! BOOK!" sound effect. Honestly sounds like it's been dubbed in for a spoof video or something, considering the volume of it is louder than the rest of the advert.
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The one on UK telly has a British voiceover, so it seems it's a global campaign - which may help explain why the 'humour' is so piss-poor.

That said, there's simply no excuse for the French version - where any likeness to the word 'woof' has gone completely. Someone needs to take that dog to the vet.
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Shpock

It's not even a word.
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Sput wrote:Shpock

It's not even a word.
Shpock... this beer is not ready yet
"He has to be larger than bacon"
Alexia
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New TheTrainline / Trainline / trainline advert is.... interesting.
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So it's been on a lot over the last couple of weeks, but I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw the new Pot Noodle ad for the first time.

"Success doesn't come on a plate". Nicely done.
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