Adverts that irritate and entertain

Pete · Sat 20 Apr, 2013 23.00

Also surely the coke zero cup is therefore slightly smaller so it can fit inside the coke cup without any overlap meaning I'd have been cheated out of about 5ml of drink.

Andrew Wood · Sun 21 Apr, 2013 00.00

Pete wrote:Also surely the coke zero cup is therefore slightly smaller so it can fit inside the coke cup without any overlap meaning I'd have been cheated out of about 5ml of drink.

Are you taking the proverbial?

You must have seen how paper cups stack - and in the ad, you can see the rim of the inner cup sitting above the rim of the outer.

Now, do I crack a rim joke or not? No.

As for the iPhone add. Brilliant? Fuck off.

Gavin Scott · Sun 21 Apr, 2013 15.39

Aldi Beef Farmers: I like big glossy musicals.

Yay.

WillPS · Mon 22 Apr, 2013 02.37

nodnirG kraM wrote:
Andrew Wood wrote:As for the iPhone add. Brilliant? Fuck off.
You swore. I don't think I've ever known you swear before. This is a whole new side of you I never knew existed.

http://www.metropol247.co.uk/forum/sear ... mit=Search

Alexia · Mon 22 Apr, 2013 03.13

Andrew Wood · Mon 22 Apr, 2013 06.37

nodnirG kraM wrote:
Andrew Wood wrote:As for the iPhone add. Brilliant? Fuck off.
You swore. I don't think I've ever known you swear before. This is a whole new side of you I never knew existed.

Ha! I'm a real sweary-Mary, but rarely type it out. It's just that in the case of the iPhone ads, I really, really hate them.

Nick Harvey · Mon 22 Apr, 2013 17.45

What the fuck has Gavin swearing got to do with Andrew swearing for the first time, Mr WillPiss?

Alexia · Tue 23 Apr, 2013 16.37

I love how everybody thinks Diet Coke and Coke Zero cause cancer. When did this belief (which has no scientific support) enter the public consciousness?

1970 and again in 1996. Some junk science, as usual, got public attention through the media and the sheeple believed it.

I prefer Pepsi's products, if I'm honest.

WillPS · Tue 23 Apr, 2013 16.51

Nick Harvey wrote:What the fuck has Gavin swearing got to do with Andrew swearing for the first time, Mr WillPiss?

I'll blame alcohol. And *finally* somebody pronounces my name correctly.

james2001 · Tue 23 Apr, 2013 18.37

Personally, the reason I don't drink diet drinks has nothing to do with the supposed health risks, even if they proved tomorrow that diet drinks extended your life by 20 years, I wouldn't drink them because I think they're vile- I imagine that's the reason most people don't drink them. It's like my objecton to second hand smoke- not on health grounds (though in that case it is proven) but on how unpleasant it is. if that cinema bloke had swapped my drinks I'd know straight away, and I'd kick up a fuss after paying cinema prices to not be given what I asked for! I've had both Coke Zero and Pepsi Max on several occasions, and they taste nothing like regular.

scottishtv · Tue 23 Apr, 2013 18.58

Presumably it was all shot with an English audience

I don't think you can presume this, given you never hear the audience speak in any language. It's just a generic cinema with an internationally diverse audience I think.

Another two irritating aspects: "I can see you are enjoying it". Um, no you can't, you're still standing behind the drinks counter for some reason and unless you have a two-way video feed set up (why?) then you CAN'T see the people drinking the Coca Cola Zero (why not Coke Zero any more, btw?).

Also, the cups the audience are holding must be empty. As anyone who has 'doubled up' carboard cups before will know, they will usually sweat making it really difficult to pull them apart easily.

PS - I quite like 7 Up Free and Pepsi Max from the no sugar drinks range, but they still taste different to their regular counterparts.