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Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 18 Apr, 2009 10.07
by nidave
Have you seen the advert for a brand of botox - you are encourages to ask for it by name.
Cant remember what it was though. It was an injection you ask for at your plastic surgeon.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 18 Apr, 2009 11.22
by marksi
Yup, seemed to be on a lot in the last few weeks. It's called Juvederm. Co-incidentally Infomania was taking the piss out of the US version of their ad on Current TV yesterday.
"Here's a picture of Julie before she had Juvederm, and here's a picture of her after she'd bought some make up".
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 18 Apr, 2009 12.15
by Jenny
It's not a brand of Botox (which itself is a brand name anyway), it's a filler. It sounds bloody horrible either way. I think I'd rather wear a bag on my head.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Sat 18 Apr, 2009 13.32
by LaSeandre
steddenm wrote:There's an ad at the moment for some chocolate-covered-biscuit-sticks which is Japanese or Chinese or something like that.
Talking of those Japanese confections, they're called Mikado here in Europe, but elsewhere they are known as pocky. Why did they have to rename them? I have some that I've imported from the US, they are no different, but for another name!
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 07.46
by Chie
Vodafone "If I ruled the world." It's not just the advert - I find the voiceover at the end really annoying too, particularly the way he says the word 'only'. I also can't abide the voiceover on the Orange Wednesdays advert - "Any customer, any mate, any Wednesday" - the harsh inclination on the word 'mate' is extremely grating.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 07.56
by Ronnie Rowlands
But the Orange adverts in the cinema are still the funniest things ever. I should know, I went to see 'Epic Movie' and only smiled at the advert.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 10.15
by marksi
I have an irrational hate of the Toyota advert where they pull covers off one car to reveal another underneath. I think it's the "music" that accompanies it.
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 10.52
by Gavin Scott
marksi wrote:I have an irrational hate of the Toyota advert where they pull covers off one car to reveal another underneath. I think it's the "music" that accompanies it.
Ahh. "music".
Or as Stuart would say,
"I 'think' its the music that accompanies it."
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 11.09
by Sput
No no, I think you'll find it'd be
"The music that 'accompanies' it."
Re: Adverts which irritate and entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 11.29
by Gavin Scott
'Perhaps' you're 'correct'.
Re: Adverts 'which' irritate 'and' entertain
Posted: Thu 23 Apr, 2009 13.15
by Stuart*
Gavin Scott wrote:Or as Stuart would say,
"'I' 'think' its the music that accompanies 'it'."
Sput wrote:No no, 'I' think 'you''ll find 'it''d be
"The music that 'accompanies' 'it'."
Gavin Scott wrote:'Perhaps' 'you''re 'correct'.
Very amusing, I'm sure.
I notice they appear randomly.
Honestly, you two are like a pair of dogs with a bone!