Having seen the freeview advert yet again, I saw a mythbusters episode a couple of years ago and it took at least 3500 balloons to lift a small 8 year old girl off the ground, I think she weighed about 60lb (4 stone I think off the top of my head), scaling that up I would think you would need at least 10000+ to lift an average sized guy off the ground, don't think freeview will ever get that many channels on there
I just sold my car, quick quick
Let's change the channel, quick quick
Come on, find the remote, quick quick,
I just broke my telly, *Oh No*
Come up with an excuse for the wife, quick quick,
The Lurpak 'Chopping' one grates on me even more (excuse the pun).
Why they show all kinds of 'tasty' vegetables that use minute amounts of butter, for a butter advert makes me wonder. They seem to forget that it would be better on toast, baking, bread, you name it... but vegetables?
I see that one of my most irritating ads has been resurrected, i.e. the Bisto one with all those sad people banging on about "ahh night" - I know it's meant to be a play on words relating to the "Aah! Bisto" slogan but the word OUR is not pronounced AAH, or worse still ARE!! Call me a pedant if you like but this is a pet hate of mine. Not only that, the emphasis on families getting together to eat "proper" food, is a double irritant, as though single people don't cook from scratch or use their products to make gravy too. :mad:
The worst kind of advert is the one I call the 'Cheap-Slot Filler' that cost pennies to put on the air due to a lack of an audience for most channels outside prime-time. Ads such as the follow:-
Hey you, this is an important message about PPI. Did you ask for it?, Did You Need it? well tough cause the bank manager probably told you about it and you thought it was insurance so you just said yes - Now a couple of people get lucky why don't you join the bandwagon and claim it back, at no cost to you (except a massive agency fee and the fact this kind of thing will lead to the banks charge fees for all bank accounts in the near future).
You can also add in all the short-term loan companies and that Ramdens gold shop.
Speaking of Gold what happened to all those 'Buy-My-Old-Gold' ads that were all over the Cheap Ad Slots back in late 2007 and through 2008?
Expedia - "This is the sound of someone saving 40%... WOOHOO!" The next thing should be "This is the sound of someone getting punched in the face for such a bloody annoying advert! :mad:
We Buy Any Car - ARGH!!! This is on every f***ing radio station now. I've heard it on Planet Rock and XFM just now. I want to punch the guy that says "I just sold my car quick quick!" :mad:
"i just sold my car quick quick!" "I just sold my car fair deal!", sod off and stop pretend rapping! Stalker on the platforms songg
it really is so wrongg
he has an IQ of 26..28?
and his voice does really really really grate
he is a stalky prat
and his song makes him sound like a t**t
and that makes me want to smash up his banjo
stalker on the platforms sonngggg
and how the hell does that spooky woman appear next to him so fast when the train flies by? did she run across the tracks? if so beware stalky guy, shes insane.
That VW advert with all the dates has got them WRONG!
The tennis console game was out yeas before 1985 and as for`boomboxes in 1995?1985 more like!
Thats what I thought too My only thoughts is they couldnt get the rights to something like Super Mario Bros. on the NES for 1985 but who was playing Pong in 1985 FFS? It came out in the early 70's! :eek:
When I was 13 in 1995 I never saw anybody walking down the street with a "boombox" like that
I see that one of my most irritating ads has been resurrected, i.e. the Bisto one with all those sad people banging on about "ahh night" - I know it's meant to be a play on words relating to the "Aah! Bisto" slogan but the word OUR is not pronounced AAH, or worse still ARE!! Call me a pedant if you like but this is a pet hate of mine. Not only that, the emphasis on families getting together to eat "proper" food, is a double irritant, as though single people don't cook from scratch or use their products to make gravy too. :mad:
I think I used to know one of the people in that ad :eek: He went to my school I think.
Off topic for a moment, is anyone else having trouble with adverts in the top right han,d disabling the ability of going to another page and having to trawl down to the bottom every time
Not sure if it's been said and not a advert as such, but it confused me earlier when round my brothers, his wife had deal on and before it started the bit of film thet showed was someone in a boat who brought what seem to be people who were stiff and stood them on what looked like a jetty while a guy was fishing, the tag was 4 on demand, eh? what?
Thats what I thought too My only thoughts is they couldnt get the rights to something like Super Mario Bros. on the NES for 1985 but who was playing Pong in 1985 FFS? It came out in the early 70's! :eek:
When I was 13 in 1995 I never saw anybody walking down the street with a "boombox" like that
I'm only 17 and even I knew those things were wrong!!!
Thats what I thought too My only thoughts is they couldnt get the rights to something like Super Mario Bros. on the NES for 1985 but who was playing Pong in 1985 FFS? It came out in the early 70's! :eek:
When I was 13 in 1995 I never saw anybody walking down the street with a "boombox" like that
Thank goodness. I thought exactly the same about the boomboxes. I said to my other half that they where out in the eighties along with break dancing and double dutch.
Not sure if it's been said and not a advert as such, but it confused me earlier when round my brothers, his wife had deal on and before it started the bit of film thet showed was someone in a boat who brought what seem to be people who were stiff and stood them on what looked like a jetty while a guy was fishing, the tag was 4 on demand, eh? what?
There were some Hollyoaks characters in that advert but I don't know what it's all about
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Let's change the channel, quick quick
Come on, find the remote, quick quick,
I just broke my telly, *Oh No*
Come up with an excuse for the wife, quick quick,
Why they show all kinds of 'tasty' vegetables that use minute amounts of butter, for a butter advert makes me wonder. They seem to forget that it would be better on toast, baking, bread, you name it... but vegetables?
And of course don't get me started about the voiceover. As you go through, the temptation to just throw knives at the TV increases. Best to mute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpBIhevdlE&feature=related
Looking at your username, are you his mum?
Perhaps they should only make ads with animals as most of the ones with humans are beyond aggravating, apart from the Gin loving lady in Aldi's ad
There's a new Harvester ad with another irritating kid acting like a grown up.:rolleyes:
I said to the husband earlier that if something jumped out of my gravy I would be hitting it with a hammer or something!
Because their mums put their little darlings into drama schools.:eek:
Kelly Osbourne?
Hey you, this is an important message about PPI. Did you ask for it?, Did You Need it? well tough cause the bank manager probably told you about it and you thought it was insurance so you just said yes - Now a couple of people get lucky why don't you join the bandwagon and claim it back, at no cost to you (except a massive agency fee and the fact this kind of thing will lead to the banks charge fees for all bank accounts in the near future).
You can also add in all the short-term loan companies and that Ramdens gold shop.
Speaking of Gold what happened to all those 'Buy-My-Old-Gold' ads that were all over the Cheap Ad Slots back in late 2007 and through 2008?
We Buy Any Car - ARGH!!! This is on every f***ing radio station now. I've heard it on Planet Rock and XFM just now. I want to punch the guy that says "I just sold my car quick quick!" :mad:
LMAO, very good
Thats what I thought too
When I was 13 in 1995 I never saw anybody walking down the street with a "boombox" like that
I think I used to know one of the people in that ad :eek: He went to my school I think.
I agree, Prince Harry looks nothing like Richard Branson.
I'm only 17 and even I knew those things were wrong!!!
Thank goodness. I thought exactly the same about the boomboxes. I said to my other half that they where out in the eighties along with break dancing and double dutch.
There were some Hollyoaks characters in that advert but I don't know what it's all about