Adverts that irritate and entertain

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Col
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A current irritant from Norn Iron, The current Hughes Insurance campaign.
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marksi
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All Northern Ireland insurance company adverts are equally dreadful.
sheilykidman
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A bad advert is bad in any way, be it "my cat loves whiskas, I love my cat" or the "I love my cat, and my cat loves whiskas". The ad is just plain rubbish.
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Col
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marksi wrote:All Northern Ireland insurance company adverts are equally dreadful.
Having just seen one with May McFettridge and her version of "It's Raining Men"... yes.
Chie
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There is a couple of good adverts among the tosh that's around at the moment:



...and just for the retro backing track, Oasis Fruity Drinks and Lunchtime Dreams.
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GavBelfast
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marksi wrote:All Northern Ireland insurance company adverts are equally dreadful.

Thankfully, some of us have thought better of the idea and avoided doing them.

8-)
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From my tellywatching last night, I note that Gavin from AutoGlass seems to have been replaced by Steve from AutoGlass. In an odd twist, it looks like Steve drives a van with Gavin printed on the side.

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lukey
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This is a distressing development.
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Andrew Wood
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Oddball ad for Plenty kitchen towel featuring 'Juan Sheet' - a Nicolas Cage look-alike - and pronunciation just itching to be misheard.
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nidave
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lukey wrote:This is a distressing development.
I would not say no :)
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TG
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Nevertheless, I'd rather Gavin's special resin in my crack, not this fella's.....
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