Boredom Thread: What advert drives you insane?

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Postby Sharon » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:44 pm

I have to agree Duncan. Like ALL womens magazines that advert makes me feel slightly nauseus.

Ohhhhh.... you just reminded me .... they got some money out of me. Albeit inderectly. I still feel slightly dirty and used because of that.
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Postby duncan » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:51 pm

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Postby scotia47 » Mon Jul 19, 2004 9:12 pm

Re: McD's ads. They always say "i'm lovin' it" at the end of every single one. I certainly ain't lovin' it pal. :evil:

BTW, does anyone else find it somewhat unsettling that while they always make sure that ads featuring nude adults are tastefully done (e.g. numerous shampoo, shower gel and shaving product ads), they seem to be far more lax with ads featuring nude kids (e.g. the extremely poorly made Evian ad with the swimming babies)? 8O
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Postby duncan » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:53 am

not me, although i'm not too keen on the ones (usually badly dubbed) showing them taking a dump with the door open while a cuddly puppy makes a nuisance of itself
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Postby Apollo » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:29 am

They don't appear too often, although they are on a slow increase, but does anyone else find double doses of advert a major cause of increased blood pressure?

They always seeme to be particularly irritating ones and we get treated to them at the start and the end of the ad break, with insult added to the injury if the client's been a real cheapskate and just repeated exactly the same footage. Couldn't we complain and get this sort of thing classed with subliminal advertising and banned?

Almost as bad as the growing sponsor clips we have to put up with on films now, but at least you know their coming and can hit the remote.
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Postby YokerBloke » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:27 pm

Those damn creepy 118 118 ad's
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Postby duncan » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:47 pm

vavavoom, the way it starts off with the mock science lecture, then quickly reverts to type (close-up's of arses).
also that one with the chameleon that doesn't change colour.
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Postby YokerBloke » Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:03 pm

ANY ad with Linda 'who the fuck is she anyway' barker
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Postby lonewooolf » Thu Jul 22, 2004 5:48 pm

The Modern Fossil wrote:yes car credit..F**k off

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Yup this one does it for me too
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Postby Fake Plastic Steve » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:07 am

all adverts should die

i hate how theyre louder than the programmes......such a pain in the arse when youre tryin to keep the telly quiet at night and then all of a sudden



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Postby lonewooolf » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:12 am

Fake Plastic Steve wrote:all adverts should die

i hate how theyre louder than the programmes......such a pain in the arse when youre tryin to keep the telly quiet at night and then all of a sudden



BUY FUCKING LEMSIP!!!!!!


:)! Aye aint that the truth!
Living TV seems the worst for it.
I'm sure they crank their adds through an amplifier :>
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Postby Fake Plastic Steve » Fri Jul 23, 2004 8:29 am

worst one i ever experienced was on the wrestling channel, it was an interview with shawn michaels, but the sound quality was shoddy, so i had to turn the telly right up, and the commercials would just kick in at random points....no chance of guessin when and hittin ye olde mute button......it was like...."yeah i love wrasslin....its gre*BUUUUUUUUUY SHITE*
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Postby Apollo » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:55 pm

lonewooolf wrote:I'm sure they crank their adds through an amplifier :>


Almost, they can't actually make them any louder, but they do process the sound to maximise the available signal level within the available modulation bandwidth.

That reminds me, how about the dumb Army recruitment adverts, where the kids are supposed to be sneaking about quietly, supposedly whispering to each other, only the whispering is louder than most conversation. Not clever when you're tying to be covert!!!
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Postby YokerBloke » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:43 pm

That bloody new Aero advert with the two women slurping while talking!
Fucking doe's my head in!

Put me off Aero chocolate now!
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Postby The_Clincher » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:59 pm

"I see you shakin that ass".....

Fucking Renualt Megane...who the fuck wants a car with an arse??

1. The boot (arse) on it looks like the old blue "invacars"(three wheeled disabled carriages) that used to be seen at the football 60-80's.

2. Vic & Bob had a car with an arse on "Shooting Stars".

3. If you own one, you have a bad choice in motors! :roll:
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