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Old 14-09-2016, 18:36
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The advert with those idiots making a right racket by banging empty baked bean tins.
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Old 14-09-2016, 19:07
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There's one where a girl with a heavy American accent is extolling the virtues of either a laptop or a tablet (might even be one of the modern combination units - I can't remember) but her drawl, coupled with the fact that she barely opens her mouth to speak, means that she witters on for 30 seconds or so and at the end you haven't got a frigging clue what she was on about!
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Old 14-09-2016, 19:10
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Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at how many questions the egghead do not know the answer to when they are helping the contestants xxk
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Old 14-09-2016, 19:25
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I thought they were actually deaf as the ad was for the Paralympics but could be wrong?
Daft ad though as I couldnt decipher what they meant
Good point grimtales, still an awful concept for an ad though.
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Old 14-09-2016, 19:31
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Gladstone Brooks You could be owed up to £7000, what they don't say is how much their cut is going to be.
The seven grand is AFTER they have skimmed 30% off for filling in a couple of forms .. Some even charge on future savings
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Old 14-09-2016, 20:24
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Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at how many questions the egghead do not know the answer to when they are helping the contestants xxk
Eh?
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Old 14-09-2016, 21:30
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the Moon River Galaxy ad has outstayed its welcome
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Old 14-09-2016, 22:12
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It's kind of old now but that Flintstones ad (for Halifax I think?) is terrible. It looks so cheap and is so poorly executed.
I prefered the Flintstones back when they use to sell cigerettes throughout the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvt8skgm2l8
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Old 15-09-2016, 07:36
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Ah yes, but female bonding really is the name of the game in all their uniformly awful adverts, presenting situations that women can relate to and therefore ... err.. buy Maltesers

The worst I think (and that's really saying something) is the one where the actress portraying a deaf woman explains to the actress pretending to be her friend that a dog has hilariously swallowed her hearing aid and she will get it back "tomorrow", presumably when the dog defecates and its owner goes through the result to find and subsequently return said hearing aid.

I'm trying to figure out who should be most offended by this, but it's probably deaf women who are portrayed as so stupid that they would even consider lodging something which has been dug out of dog s*it into their ear, never mind how it had been washed / sterilised.

Mind you, it does tell us where they find the ideas for these adverts.
Yeah that's another one I dislike. They seem to be played heavily what with the Paralympics being on at the moment
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Old 15-09-2016, 08:46
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The Lidli ad where the idiot bloke is worried that the seafood come from a ditch

Should he be walking free if he thinks that
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Old 15-09-2016, 09:29
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It's kind of old now but that Flintstones ad (for Halifax I think?) is terrible. It looks so cheap and is so poorly executed.
It also sounds like the audio is lifted from episodes of the 50's show rather than it being a new recording.
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Old 15-09-2016, 09:42
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the Moon River Galaxy ad has outstayed its welcome
That outstayed its welcome after the first showing !!
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Old 15-09-2016, 10:04
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... I'm trying to figure out who should be most offended by this, but it's probably deaf women who are portrayed as so stupid that they would even consider lodging something which has been dug out of dog s*it into their ear, never mind how it had been washed / sterilised. ...
I see what you're trying to say, but I'm not sure there's any offence to be taken here.
As someone who only suffers from selective deafness, I did need the subtitles though only up until the point that they stopped - and the actions/gestures were abundantly clear after that, and there was definitely no suggestion that the aforementioned hearing aid would be going anywhere near anyone's ears.

There's also the point that for a visual gag, people who aren't used to subtitles (there is most definitely a knack, I admit I often have to hit rewind) are likely to miss the humour.

If you've ever watched a sign-language conversation, there are often exchanges which to a non-expert (like me) do look very much like they are not specified anywhere in the official dictionary, or are at best modern slang additions...
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Old 15-09-2016, 10:17
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'The Emmerdale Studio Experience' with that ugly, bug-eyed bird.
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Old 15-09-2016, 10:55
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That sponsorship message with Queen in it. "Magic, Magic, Magiiiiiiic " drives me up the wall.
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Old 15-09-2016, 11:11
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It also sounds like the audio is lifted from episodes of the 50's show rather than it being a new recording.
Bloody cheapskates. I mean, how much can it cost to hire a studio, hire a a sound crew and rope in an audience to provide a new three-second laugh track?! They wouldn't even have needed to pay the audience. They could have just shut all their branches for a day and bussed the staff in.
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Old 15-09-2016, 12:21
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There are very few adverts that I like, most I simply ignore, a few tempt me to bad language but only the Moneysupermarket adverts and particularly the latest "Epic Squads" version actually make me change channel.
The pathetic Moneysupermarket ads have made me turn the TV over for a couple of years now!!...its either that or needing a new TV the next day!
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Old 15-09-2016, 12:53
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Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at how many questions the egghead do not know the answer to when they are helping the contestants xxk
Wrong thread mate!

That sponsorship message with Queen in it. "Magic, Magic, Magiiiiiiic " drives me up the wall.
Also the ad for Flash .. and the soundtracks aren't even original Queen recordings. At least the chaps will continue to keep their heads above water thanks to the royalties!
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Old 15-09-2016, 13:33
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It also sounds like the audio is lifted from episodes of the 50's show rather than it being a new recording.
Wilma's voice sounds very different to me
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Old 15-09-2016, 20:10
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Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at how many questions the egghead do not know the answer to when they are helping the contestants xxk

I think you are on the wrong forum, but I have to agree with you.
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Old 15-09-2016, 20:18
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Gladstone Brooks You could be owed up to £7000, what they don't say is how much their cut is going to be.
But they do on their website - 25% plus VAT.

Note: A quick Google search for "ppi repayment" brings up the way to reclaim PPI for free.

the Moon River Galaxy ad has outstayed its welcome
Have a look at the bottom: "©2013".
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Old 15-09-2016, 20:33
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This is way more stupid.

Why is he wearing womens stilettos? Why does he have such a big arse? What's going on with his face?

It's mentally retarded.
I have no idea why he is wearing stilettos (at that size I very much doubt they're womens') other then they probably go well with the shorts.

He has such big arse because, if you steel yourself to look closely, it's padding.

As for the face, one can only assume, that unfortunate though it is, he was born with it.

What is the thing the builder does with the finger under the nose?

The whole thing is more like some bizarre courtship ritual than an advert and makes me feel decidedly queasy
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Old 15-09-2016, 23:42
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I've not been on this thread for a bit so apologies if this has been covered but I've just seen a Maltesers ad where a lass in a wheelchair is telling her mates how she had a spasm and accidentally wanked her boyfriend off
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Old 16-09-2016, 09:14
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Old 16-09-2016, 10:51
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Someone should tell the advertising standards comission I do not give a SHIT about my bloody credit score.
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