Adverts that irritate and entertain
If I hear that twattish, annoying, childish, high-pitched, desperately shit "ta-da" at the end of a confused.com advert again I think I'll go and hunt him down with a machete. It's the biggest load of wank on my telly since I got too excited watching SmileTV 2.
Urgh, yes. It's COMPLETELY ruining Judge Judy for me. PFFT.James H wrote:If I hear that twattish, annoying, childish, high-pitched, desperately shit "ta-da" at the end of a confused.com advert again I think I'll go and hunt him down with a machete. It's the biggest load of wank on my telly since I got too excited watching SmileTV 2.
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Gavin Scott
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Mikado.
Have we done this one yet?
The advert enrages me. It reinforces the notion that all chinese girls are filthy bitches, what with her appearing to squat over a photocopier, taking a picture of her snatch.
If there was ever a case for an Ofcom complaint, there it is.
Anyhoo, against my better judgement I bought some this morning. They're smaller than I expected, and there's more packaging than content.
Meh. Won't try them again, otherwise they will get the wrong idea and their next ad will feature a pair of chinese girls pooping in each other's mouths.
Have we done this one yet?
The advert enrages me. It reinforces the notion that all chinese girls are filthy bitches, what with her appearing to squat over a photocopier, taking a picture of her snatch.
If there was ever a case for an Ofcom complaint, there it is.
Anyhoo, against my better judgement I bought some this morning. They're smaller than I expected, and there's more packaging than content.
Meh. Won't try them again, otherwise they will get the wrong idea and their next ad will feature a pair of chinese girls pooping in each other's mouths.
Ahh, but it is funny to see the man's face, looking longingly at the copies spewing out the machineGavin Scott wrote: The advert enrages me. It reinforces the notion that all chinese girls are filthy bitches, what with her appearing to squat over a photocopier, taking a picture of her snatch.
What about the Listerine ad, in the mountain chalet? Their hideously overblown facial expressions irritate me.
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Ronnie Rowlands
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Peep-boo! I think they're Yum-Yum. But not as good as Koko pops.Gavin Scott wrote:Mikado.
*ahem* Yes, I've seen 'The Mikado' you know.
Ronnie is victorious, vivacious in victory like a venomous dog. Vile Republicans cease living while the religious retort with rueful rhetoric. These rank thugs resort to violence and swear revenge.
But Ronnie can punch through steel so they lose anyway.
But Ronnie can punch through steel so they lose anyway.
When I went to Tokyo I purchased some oversized mikados, except they were covered in some weird kind of banana sauce. I blame them for making me very sick the next day. Anyway, yeah, shit ad, the kind of rubbish you expect to find in some stupid 5MB chain email. The directing style doesn't actaully seem English either, I assume it's imported.
I think the most annoying thing about the advert is the woman who says, "There's a little slider and you can change your excess." Wow I really must go on confused.com right now - they've got a slider!!James H wrote:If I hear that twattish, annoying, childish, high-pitched, desperately shit "ta-da" at the end of a confused.com advert again I think I'll go and hunt him down with a machete. It's the biggest load of wank on my telly since I got too excited watching SmileTV 2.
We have had a reply from Sainsbury's Marketing Dept:
Fantastic response - they took the point and responded accordinglyThanks for your email about our recent TV advert. I can understand your concern about the short weeks we mention.
I’d like to assure you that we are not part of a government conspiracy to reduce costs, nor are we helping MPs to claim time along with their expenses. If we were dabbling with Einstein’s theories, we certainly wouldn’t want to reduce the weekends because we know this wouldn’t be in anyone’s best interests.
As I’m sure you’re aware, time flies when you’re having fun. What you might not know is that time also flies when you’re growing new potatoes. This, of course, is to do with the perception of time passing and this was what we were referring to when we talked about the short weeks. Sadly, we don’t yet have the technology to alter actual time so you can rest assured that weeks will remain at the standard length of 7 days.
I’m grateful to you for making us aware of the confusion our advert caused and I hope you will enjoy our new potatoes during the few regular length weeks that they are at their best.
Yours sincerely
Executive Office
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Ebeneezer Scrooge
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Calgon's latest irritant:
"These cheaper water softeners only give you half protection; half protection is almost like no protection. It's almost like him (points to son) going out with half a helmet on".
Genius. If half Calgon protection is almost no protection, Calgon is only twice nearly no protection. I'm not so sure limescale in a washing machine is quite on the same scale as sending your son to play with traffic with only half a cycling helmet either!
"These cheaper water softeners only give you half protection; half protection is almost like no protection. It's almost like him (points to son) going out with half a helmet on".
Genius. If half Calgon protection is almost no protection, Calgon is only twice nearly no protection. I'm not so sure limescale in a washing machine is quite on the same scale as sending your son to play with traffic with only half a cycling helmet either!
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