Simon the Ogre

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• Oicho Throw Posts: 516

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  17/01/14 - 01:17 #2

  It's bloody boring and mighty pretentious, but I don't see anything particularly distasteful about it. Care to elaborate?

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  17/01/14 - 01:17 #3

  I's definitely Ogre-ist, a defamation of poor innocent ogres.

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• talentedmonkey Posts: 2,639

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  17/01/14 - 01:20 #4

  Yes It is insulting to Ogres.

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• Magic Torch Posts: 658

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  17/01/14 - 01:21 #5

  I think it is in poor taste too. A very strange advert.

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• Oicho Throw Posts: 516

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  17/01/14 - 01:22 #6

  talentedmonkey wrote: »

  Yes It is insulting to Ogres.

  
  Well it's about time, I'm bloody sick of them. Coming ogre here, taking all the jobs.

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• phylo_roadking Posts: 21,339

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  17/01/14 - 01:24 #7

  Well it's about time, I'm bloody sick of them. Coming ogre here, taking all the jobs

  
  There mustn't have been enough native britons wanting to be wheel-clampers...

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• yourpointbeing? Posts: 3,696

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  17/01/14 - 01:25 #8

  silversox wrote: »

  Does anyone else find this Thompson Holidays advert in poor taste?

  
  Not really but why do you think it is in poor taste?

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• LudwigVonDrake Posts: 12,836

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  17/01/14 - 01:26 #9

  Horrid advert in numerous ways. I'll be glad when its finished its run.

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• Armi Posts: 3,317

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  17/01/14 - 01:32 #10

  Didn't you know? Men are ugly and cruel to their families unless they have a Thompson holiday.

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• venusinflares Posts: 4,194

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  17/01/14 - 01:35 #11

  I hate it. Why aren't they all ogres? Why is it just him?
  
  Awful advert.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 32,379

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  17/01/14 - 01:37 #12

  I didn't understand it at first and then thought what a shite advert.

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• silversox Posts: 5,204

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  17/01/14 - 01:39 #13

  LudwigVonDrake wrote: »

  Horrid advert in numerous ways. I'll be glad when its finished its run.

  I find its portrayal of an ogre-like husband and father who needs a holiday to be really over the top. Thompson's suggest that after a dip in the sea he'll come up looking like a film star. Utter rubbish.

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• venusinflares Posts: 4,194

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  17/01/14 - 01:40 #14

  It's had a lot of complaints.
  
  http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1226559/thomson-simon-ogre-ad-receives-80-complaints-depiction-disability
  
  I think it's sexist towards men.

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• BastardBeaver Posts: 11,903

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  17/01/14 - 01:40 #15

  The thing is, I quite fancy him as the Ogre, but not so much after his transformation.

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• Addisonian Posts: 16,377

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  17/01/14 - 01:48 #16

  It's not the best advert...

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• Armi Posts: 3,317

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  17/01/14 - 01:56 #17

  venusinflares wrote: »

  It's had a lot of complaints.
  
  http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1226559/thomson-simon-ogre-ad-receives-80-complaints-depiction-disability
  
  I think it's sexist towards men.

  
  Of course it is.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 237

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  17/01/14 - 01:57 #18

  I happen to like the advert very much.

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• Si_Crewe Posts: 40,202

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  17/01/14 - 01:58 #19

  Never mind.
  
  Saw the thread title and assumed the worst.

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• Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307

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  17/01/14 - 02:26 #20

  silversox wrote: »

  I find its portrayal of an ogre-like husband and father who needs a holiday to be really over the top. Thompson's suggest that after a dip in the sea he'll come up looking like a film star. Utter rubbish.

  
  No more OTT than the Lynx adverts.

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• solenoid Posts: 15,495

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  17/01/14 - 02:36 #21

  My wife fancies Simon the Ogre and has asked me to be hornier in bed.

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