TV adverts that get on your nerves.

Was? :P
 
Cobra said:
The only cruise I did was an "educational cruise" around the med, many many years ago.
Millions of school kids to a few unrelated adults.
I was that riff raff :D
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I am talking about those so-called cruise ships where you can apparently have beer as an appero and chaps don't wear ties at dinner. What is the matter with them - aren't they proud of their public schools or regiments?
 
Cobra said:
The only cruise I did was an "educational cruise" around the med, many many years ago.
Millions of school kids to a few unrelated adults.
I was that riff raff :D
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... still are, allegedly ...

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Cobra said:
I just found another that made me chuckle,
"on the beach"
It seems the tag line is "booking genius"
But the narrators accent makes it sound like "Fooking genius" :D
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The family in those ads are a horrible bunch, pushy, greedy and self centred. I can’t see what the ads are aiming for unless it’s “go on holiday with us and meet a load of selfish ignorant slobs when you get there”.
 
boogie man said:
The family in those ads are a horrible bunch, pushy, greedy and self centred. I can’t see what the ads are aiming for unless it’s “go on holiday with us and meet a load of selfish ignorant slobs when you get there”.
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They have to do something to get noticed, over the other holiday companies,
and that seems to work in their favour.
 
On the beach, Never found them to be that cheap. Thankfully sorted ours out this year-6 weeks to first-I just worry when wifey starts singing Jet2 tune.

Has anyone listened carefully at the start, just does the t*** McGuinness say? Does anyone else hear sweary words?
 
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Not TV but radio.

The Specsavers advert... begs the question, what is the guy doing driving if he's blind enough to get lost?
 
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That disgusting bint sucking out a pot noodle.
 
McDonald's ads, I've never had a Big Mac that looks like the one in the ads or even the menu.
 
All TV adverts get on my nerves. TV is Big Brother brainwashing us in one way or another. Taking a screen break is wonderful for your well being and wallet!
 
By the way, the "bum" adverts have now moved onto toilet paper!!! Why they have to show huge a**es all the time is baffling. Don't smaller folks use loo rolls then?
 
Gala bingo around the chase quiz programme, and the visit Turkey/Istanbul ads,don’t think I’m one of the beautiful people they seem to want to attract.
 
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Some provide a public service such as On The Beach (I had to look it up) lets face it who's ever want to go on holiday with such repulsive people as in the advert so it lets you avoid the company completely.
 
In particular, most of the animal charity ones annoy me. RSPCA - how can they possibly need money? It's almost impossible to get hold of them . . .
Then there are bears and donkeys in 3rd world countries. Yes, deserving causes but animal welfare is never going to be a priority in countries where humans struggle to survive.

I also find the adverts that we had running up to Xmas, asking us to donate money so that Father Christmas to write a letter in Braille to children too old to believe in him, very much a first-world problem, and maybe donations would be much better spent training people to repair the Perkins braille typewriters - apparently there's only one-person in the UK who can fix them, and he wants to retire . . .
 
All the ads on Sport. The best sport to watch is the Saturday morning stuff where no-one gets paid and when they fall down, they immediately get up because they want their team to win!
 
The latest trend advertising toilet paper , the one with the women’s bums is worst ,now there’s another one for men’s
 
Thread revival . . .
AJ Bell advert, below
There are only about a million shooters in the UK, so not everyone will know this, but showing this idiot firstly shooting straight towards/above the trapper in front of him is horrific, and then he stands there holding a gun that is very clearly still loaded.

Totally irresponsible and inexcusible!

The late Prince Philip was well known for this kind of thing, but he was a bit special . . .
 
On the other side of this. (Maybe)

My OH had been going through a particularly bad patch of IBS.

I showed her the Pepsibismo ad and had her in stitches
 
Advert time, cue putting the kettle on, refilling my drink, or going for a P, or flicking over to see what’s on another channel.

Even adverts found their way onto/into 6 nations coverage.
 
Only one I like at the moment that is the Argos adverts, They make me laugh :)
 
I've been watching a lot of Talking Pictures TV lately. It's the only thing I do watch! But my word, they really like to plug beds and dying and the bloody ads go on and on.
 
mj4456 said:
Even adverts found their way onto/into 6 nations coverage.
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yeah. The first time it happened I thought maybe The Thames had burst its banks, or some other disaster. What are the TV channel or the advertisers thinking?
 
Not only do we get far to many adverts we now have " Sponsored by " and what are these ? Yes More adverts
How long until we have program breaks ?
 
F1.2 said:
Not only do we get far to many adverts we now have " Sponsored by " and what are these ? Yes More adverts
How long until we have program breaks ?
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Not only that, on loads of programs you get a "What next" slot just before the ads and a "catch up" slot just after so you watch some bits multiple times, I'm the content is only about 30minutes long but takes an hour or more so nowadays and hour and 5 minutes.

The future of online streaming to the TV looks rosy if you like ads as you can't miss them.

PS I hate that Vintage Cash Cow Ad which takes up a whole break and explains the same thing over and over.
 
Possibly regional adverts but the ILAW advert for wills etc really p*ss me off, they may even be sponsoring some evening/tea time programmes.
 
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