Chie wrote:Homebase are having a 15% off event. That would be a sale, then...
It always used to be "10%ff" days when I worked there. I've no idea whether by accident or design, but all of the in-store signage used to say "10%ff everything", with the second "0" of "%" presumably to be read as an "o". It just looked utterly bizarre to me.
The way the voiceover bloke says "Wickes" at the end of the adverts enrages me.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 18.45
by Gavin Scott
I love the little Walls dog that says, "thank you for all the sausages".
Actually I love the expression on the man's face as he looks at his wife.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 19.18
by marksi
Gavin Scott wrote:I love the little Walls dog that says, "thank you for all the sausages".
Actually I love the expression on the man's face as he looks at his wife.
I don't get that advert at all.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 19.48
by woah
That advert makes me want to throw knives at my TV. It is absolutely awful in every single way, cannot bear to listen to it.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 21.47
by Gavin Scott
woah wrote:That advert makes me want to throw knives at my TV. It is absolutely awful in every single way, cannot bear to listen to it.
I know I know, everything is designed to annoy - but I have an absurdly empathic resonance with that bloke.
Oh.. God how awful. I identify with pitiful gratitude.
Well that's a kick in the rubber parts. Didn't see that coming.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 22.05
by Chie
Gavin Scott wrote:I love the little Walls dog that says, "thank you for all the sausages".
Actually I love the expression on the man's face as he looks at his wife.
I thought she was just some random lady who works at the garage.
Not a fan, myself. It's yet another advert that implies men are stupid and can't express themselves. I'm thinking of Knorr rice, "I know you haven't got any of those artificial... things?" Flora Cuisine, with Vernon Kay and his possessive mum. Although she might be an actress pretending to be his mum, we don't know.
Men aren't stupid really, they just spend their lives pretending to be stupid, unable to fulfil their true potential, because being the school swot got you beats. Pathetic adverts like these just reinforce the pretense.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!
Edit: Although having said all that: I would...
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 22.26
by Ebeneezer Scrooge
What are you banging on about? That Walls commercial is the best around at the moment!
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Tue 07 Jun, 2011 22.51
by Gavin Scott
Chie, you're watching the second advert.
Re: Adverts that irritate and entertain
Posted: Wed 08 Jun, 2011 15.35
by nidave
Gavin Scott wrote:Chie, you're watching the second advert.
That is dire.. why are they doing hipety hopety music.. I don't get it. (and I am a bloke)
I am able to express my feelings - its a steaming pile of sh*t. Its so bad, my I wanted to rip my eyeballs from their sockets and throw them under a bus.