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ronbyrne2005 · 12-02-2006 8:33pm #1

theres an advert on telly for stira attic staircases where they say "as featured on the late late show" ,thing is the company were on the late late show about 15 years ago!! talk about milking it!

ferdi · 12-02-2006 8:36pm

you keep slagging stira and your going to find yourself in a world of pain.

ronbyrne2005 · 12-02-2006 8:38pm

why?

Mossy Monk · 12-02-2006 8:38pm

that ad makes me laugh. notice how they rewind the action a bit then leave it play on again lol

Flukey · 12-02-2006 8:39pm

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

theres an advert on telly for stira attic staircases where they say "as featured on the late late show" ,thing is the company were on the late late show about 15 years ago!! talk about milking it!

That is always my thought when I see that ad.

byte · 12-02-2006 9:44pm

But you'll be delire with your Stira!

sportswear · 12-02-2006 9:52pm

you don't know the meaning of stira. you really don't. that word took up about 2 years of my life.

ferdi knows.

i'm sure there is an old thread on it.......

going searching......

Lump · 12-02-2006 11:02pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

that ad makes me laugh. notice how they rewind the action a bit then leave it play on again lol

What, like an Action Replay? Madness!

The Free Man · 12-02-2006 11:08pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

that ad makes me laugh. notice how they rewind the action a bit then leave it play on again lol

yeah thats legend

. i betcha some IT department guy got paid 10k to make that ad.

Basq · 12-02-2006 11:29pm

Was hoping no-one had said this yet so allow me:

* cough cough *

Attack your Attic with a STIRA!

....

PS - i'm aware many attics are afraid of being attacked violently by Stira's so i think we need to address this well-publicised concern. I've taken the first step and am planning to start up the non-profit organisation, AAS (Attics Against Stira)!

kaizersoze · 12-02-2006 11:31pm

Mossy Monk wrote:

that ad makes me laugh. notice how they rewind the action a bit then leave it play on again lol

Yeah and all to disguise their little optical illusion. The next time you watch it, look closely. You never actually see her passing through the opening at the top with the golf clubs on her shoulder. They show the action replay of her going up the stairs several times. Then switch to the camera in the attic and she's magically through the opening stepping into the attic.
Why? Because it is a cnut to get anything bulky through the opening at the top of a stira (especially on your shoulder) without strangling yourself.

Devon · 13-02-2006 12:11am

But she looks delira? I got one installed a few years ago and have the same problem. It's a pantomime trying to bring an average size box up there, but still better than it was without folding attic stairs. Delira I ain't, but it does make it a tad easier.

radiospan · 13-02-2006 12:17am

There's a subtle American sounding "yeah" at the end of that ad too. Brilliant!

ruprect · 13-02-2006 9:13am

jerryadams wrote:

But she looks delira?

Thats coz she just got her sliderobes installed the same day. Some inferior idiots still use old wardrobes IMAGINE! sliderobes people piss on them

Kojak · 13-02-2006 9:17am

ronbyrne2005 wrote:

theres an advert on telly for stira attic staircases where they say "as featured on the late late show" ,thing is the company were on the late late show about 15 years ago!! talk about milking it!

That ad always make me laugh. Especially the bit at the end with the weird sounding 'Yeah'.

spooiirt!! · 07-10-2006 1:26pm

Anybody have the Stira ad they can upload with rapidshare etc? I need a dose. Cant find the ad online anywhere.

Ruu_Old · 07-10-2006 1:35pm

spooiirt!! wrote:

Anybody have the Stira ad they can upload with rapidshare etc? I need a dose. Cant find the ad online anywhere.

The website has it in the downloads section but it doesn't look like it's linked, bastids. Annoying ad.

spooiirt!! · 07-10-2006 1:49pm

Edit: their email does work, ive requested a copy of the advert to be mailed to me. Ill let you know what happens.

FranknFurter · 07-10-2006 6:34pm

That ad makes me laugh every time, specially the "as seen on the late-late show!" bit, hell Im 28 and *I* was a kid when they did a 2 minute filler feature on it back then!!

My mother has one, and god, the laughs we have had over the years watching my father (and others) trying to get things up into the attic, damn thing gets in the way and makes the attic opening itself only useable for things half its width! LOL

B

simu · 07-10-2006 6:59pm

The LL Show is like the Bible - one tiny mention of anything on the show and it'll be used by fundamentalists for millenia afterwards to justify all sorts of strange behaviour.

Stira Fever, my friends, is just beginning.

*_+

Calibos · 07-10-2006 11:04pm

You know whats even funnier than still using the Late Late connection 20 years later??

The way yer man says it, "As seen on da laight laight shooow" That ad is like a blast from the past. Its not so much that they still use the late late tagline in their 21st century ad. They are still using the original ad aren't they?. Can someone confirm whether the woman in the ad is wearing 80's fashion and perm?

Its like UTV still has those ads where the conitinuity presenter does voice overs for all the ads and its just a camera still of a print ad. " Murphys Newsagents, still the best shop in Lurgan, for all your milk, bread and magazine needs"

Its so quaint!

Cunny-Funt · 08-10-2006 12:31am

god bless this thread, everyones summed up everything about that add that wrecks my head!!

Jaysus no way is the ad is gonna make anyone wanna buy the thing. It makes me cringe so much.

spooiirt!! · 08-10-2006 8:02am

Cunny-Funt wrote:

Jaysus no way is the ad is gonna make anyone wanna buy the thing. It makes me cringe so much.

What? The narrators beautiful accent, the wonderful pronunciation! I can see him now, petting his sheep, walking down to O`flagherty`s shop to buy a loaf of bread with a pig under his arm. That voice is what started the Stira craze in `03.

"Ettek that attac, with a Stieara....Stiigreean....Stiddrea."

Pet · 08-10-2006 1:42pm

Aaaahhh!! That ad wrecks my head so much.

Pigman II · 08-10-2006 1:52pm

Stira are great.

I'd probably go as far as to say (along with Jack Charlton) it was responsible for kick-starting the Celtic Tiger. Once we could get safe and easy access to our attics we we're free to dream of a brighter future!

Lump · 08-10-2006 1:54pm

MY da got a knock of stira..... I think lidl had german versions on sale. It's handy.

spooiirt!! · 08-10-2006 3:43pm

My Stira was once one of the top 5 "stira" impressions in the nation, its a bit rusty now though.

Here it is:

http://rapidshare.de/files/35972100/stira.wav1.wav

Ruu_Old · 08-10-2006 3:50pm

You are a strange chap.

Email them and offer your services, you'd never know! A new voice for Stira in 2006.

spooiirt!! · 08-10-2006 4:04pm

hahaha you wont believe this, but i did. About 2 years ago. They didnt reply. Obviously they thought i was jokin around.

Rockee · 08-10-2006 4:09pm

spooiirt!! wrote:

What? The narrators beautiful accent, the wonderful pronunciation! I can see him now, petting his sheep, walking down to O`flagherty`s shop to buy a loaf of bread with a pig under his arm. That voice is what started the Stira craze in `03.

"Ettek that attac, with a Stieara....Stiigreean....Stiddrea."

Brilliant!!! How many of us have a Stira actually?? :rolleyes:

spooiirt!! · 08-10-2006 4:41pm

Well obviously to benefit from the stira state of mind doesnt actually require ownership of a stira.

StarryBud · 08-10-2006 6:10pm

Any luck finding the ad itself online?

spooiirt!! · 08-10-2006 6:38pm

Nope. Sadly. I wonder if they will take my request for a copy of the tape seriously. Maybe they have my email address blocked because of my offer to be the new stira voice a while ago. probably have me flagged as "prankster".

Funny how people dont take us stira fans seriously. I mate of mine had a few Stira posters up on his wall, his ma genuinely thought he was "on drugs". She probably had an intervention planned and all.

abelard · 08-10-2006 8:47pm

If I give Stira a call, do you think they'll come and install a Stira to the apartment above me?? Will the man with that voice come?

Sam Vimes · 09-10-2006 10:00am

abelard wrote:

If I give Stira a call, do you think they'll come and install a Stira to the apartment above me?? Will the man with that voice come?

i don't think the good people at stira will approve of "etteck the neighbour upsteirs with e steeiira"

spooiirt!! · 13-10-2006 5:58pm

Alright i got a reply from Stira, they said they might put the T.V. add online. Fingers crossed.

"Hi Chris,

The television advert is not available online, only the video of our new StiraMatic stairs is available on our website (link fixed). I will try to get the add on our website some time in the future.

Michael "

chris massmann wrote:
Dear Sir,

is the Stira television advert available online? There is a video in the downloads section on your website, but that doesnt seem to be working. Would it be possible for a copy of the television advert to be sent to me by post? Naturally i would be willing to pay for it and shipping costs etc.

Kind regards,

Chris Massmann.

Ruu_Old · 13-10-2006 6:01pm

The ad is working now but its not the original one, its for the Stira Matic. Has very odd music going, probabaly designed to get an auld jam going in the house. I need help.

looksee · 13-10-2006 6:25pm

Got a Stira about 10 years ago - best thing etc etc

spooiirt!! · 14-10-2006 9:34am

Ruu wrote:

The ad is working now but its not the original one, its for the Stira Matic. Has very odd music going, probabaly designed to get an auld jam going in the house. I need help.

Im giving them a week, then im emailing them again. I want the Original ad. I suggest anyone interested join me in this, and send a request to enquiry@stira.ie. Together we can do it! Sally forth!!

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