Ads / Posters that piss you off!!

kingtut · 22-07-2009 6:55pm #1

What tv ads / billboard posters etc piss you off?

For me it is the mobile phone companies such as Meteor who say:

"Free texts to any network for life" ah it is not f*ckin free!! I have to top up by €20 a month minimum to get it!! Lying f*ckin fup fups! grrrr :mad:

/rant

Archeron · 22-07-2009 6:58pm

Anything that features pleasant music, a happy looking middle aged woman being happy in her life, and then suddenly, the word "DIARRHEA" is shouted at you, totally unexpectedly, to inquire if you suffer from it.

Always catches me off guard.

PhysiologyRocks · 22-07-2009 6:59pm

I hate any ad that poses a stupid challenge - Weetabix, Volvic, Pantene, Activia, Special K...

No I do not want weight loss, vitality, shiny hair and healthy intestines in two weeks. All sounds like a scam to me...

Biggins · 22-07-2009 7:01pm

Car insurance advert that has car horns very loudly going off as soon at it comes on.
Wakes up the kids at night and during the day for our youngest one too.

Complained directly to them loads of times. Fcukers! :mad:

Prof.Badass · 22-07-2009 7:01pm

The coca cola ad of dublin city.

Typical anti-northside sentiment

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eddiehead · 22-07-2009 7:03pm

Harvey feckin' Norman

Armin_Tamzarian · 22-07-2009 7:04pm

I would personally finance the assassination of that bint from the AIB in Templeogue ad.

TanG411 · 22-07-2009 7:06pm

that radio ad about the ''he drives, she dies'' campaign from the RSA.

As somebody said above, those ads about the 2 week challenge with activia/special K etc.

:mad:

eddiehead · 22-07-2009 7:06pm

Also....Jamster!:mad:
I dont know if I'm more pissed at them or the morons who keep funding them, its idiotic & wrong for so many reasons

deadhead13 · 22-07-2009 7:07pm

eddiehead wrote: »

Harvey feckin' Norman

Yep...... the latest Harvey Norman atrocity - WOW HARVEY WOW!!!!!

admiralofthefleet · 22-07-2009 7:07pm

that daft dave:mad:

Schism · 22-07-2009 7:08pm

eddiehead wrote: »

Harvey feckin' Norman

GO HARVEY GO!!!

eddiehead · 22-07-2009 7:10pm

Schism wrote: »

GO HARVEY GO!!!

Yea.....Go Harvey Go!! Go fcuk off somewhere else

admiralofthefleet · 22-07-2009 7:10pm

Schism wrote: »

GO HARVEY GO!!!

euro cycle, euro baby

goldenbrown · 22-07-2009 7:10pm

has now started screaming in the ads... pig ignorant

WIZE · 22-07-2009 7:15pm

I fcuking hate this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-yEWZTBQ64

and this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90JO-07kSAg&feature=channel

El Guapo! · 22-07-2009 7:16pm

That stupid radio ad for the National Aquatic Centre with someone doing a ridiculous voice for a frog or something. :mad: Makes me wanna smash the radio every time.

InkSlinger67 · 22-07-2009 7:23pm

Anyone walk past that bus shelter on Camden St. (Dublin 2 for all outside the Pale) that wolf-whistles at you? Most annoying thing in the world cos it goes off every minute or so and its really loud!

One plus to it I suppose is that it pisses the crazy oulfellas standing in the shelter off something terrible. You hear the whistle then its followed by an orchestra of oulfella tut's straight afterwards

Milky Moo · 22-07-2009 7:41pm

That one with the little boy trying to get his scooter in the dishwasher,because he sees another boy with a shiny one,yes because apparently little boys worry about those sorts of things!

Can't remember what brand it is for but the jingle is seven kinds of stupid!

''*Generic dishwasher soap* gets everything sparkly clean but unfortunately you won't fit your scooter in.''

I just can't get over the fact somebody was paid for that.

siobhank · 22-07-2009 7:43pm

having a 'cheeky volvic'
Ugh

admiralofthefleet · 22-07-2009 7:45pm

when i read this first i thought it said 'ah posters that piss you off'

so in that case.........

never mind

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 22-07-2009 7:53pm

I don't listen to or watch ads... ever... I don't know why anyone does, it's all manipulative crap.
Remote control + mute button + something else to do for 2 minutes = win.

I'm sure harvey norman & co. are all delighted so many people are talking about their ads, even if it is to say how much you hate them... d'you think they don't know? or that they don't intend to be annoying?
You're being played like a fiddle.

Jen Pigs Fly · 22-07-2009 7:53pm

That bloody golden pages ad! it's just my brain explodes everytime I see it ... everything from the bloody stupid theme song to the weird ass people on it.

freaks me out big time and annoys me so much!!

(And I'm in the advertising business .. oh the shame!)

22-07-2009 7:57pm

The one for air freshener where that annoying little kids announces "I'm going to have a poo at Paul's"

Like who in the f*ck would buy their product after that?

the word poo should never ever ever be used in an add.

Archeron · 22-07-2009 8:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The one for air freshener where that annoying little kids announces "I'm going to have a poo at Paul's"

Like who in the f*ck would buy their product after that?

the word poo should never ever ever be used in an add.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I hate that little pox. I swore never to buy that product because of that ad.

Jeanious · 22-07-2009 8:25pm

the very fact that advertising actually exists is enough to pi$$ me off

AH Answer:
Them stupid fcukin Harvey Norman ads, i take a solemn oath right here and right now to never, ever buy anything from that sh1thole as long as i live (Any publicity is good publicity?....is it fcuk!) btw is it actually Messrs. Harvey and Norman that do the voiceovers?

Most all radio ads just go through me brain, QVC/every other shopping channel, people knocking/ringing/posting stuff to the house (its a form of advertisement!) and the fact that on NTL digital, nearly every single channel goes to an ad break at exactly the same time, meaning youre bombarded with garbage every 15 mins with no escape.

Come back Cablelink, all is forgiven!

rannerap · 22-07-2009 8:37pm

Archeron wrote: »

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I hate that little pox. I swore never to buy that product because of that ad.

+1

i really hate that ad that stole the music off magical trevor,did they think no one would notice?!

Saibh · 22-07-2009 8:48pm

All Special K ads

Tommy_NDX · 22-07-2009 9:00pm

HI IM BARRY SCOTT, BANG AND THE DIRT IS GONE

Why shout Barry, why??

sam34 · 22-07-2009 9:01pm

what about that incredibly annoying ad that asks if you want to find out the perfect name for your baby - all you have to do is text your name and your partners name to some number and they text you back the perfect name, at a cost of course, and its also probably a subscription servoce thats hard to get out of.

anyway, how think would a pregnant woman have to be to resort to using that to choose a baby name.

they probably just conbine the first bit of her name with the second half of his and bingo a perfect name.

ridiculous!

The Shark · 22-07-2009 9:09pm

Paying 70 bucks for Sky at the moment so far i find the car insurance adds the worst

1. Confused.com
2. Compare the meercat/market.com
3. Churchill adds
4. Hastings Direct
5. 123.ie
6. tesco car insurance

Tonnes more....

One of the worst at the moment is the Vanish stain thingy starts off with a kid trying to do some kind of dogh makeing guesture with a delivered pizza and then drops it on the floor and all over his pants....
cue the generic advert mother "How are we going to get those greasey stains out?"
HOLD ON NOW
If that was out of TV land it would be WHAT are you doing you stupid little bollocks!!!!

Also Fungal nail infection adds, Adds for Thrush, Bonjella adds,
Oh and that stupid meteor add with "Can you help me out in the freezer"

Best add ever though are those cravendale milk adds completly off the wall!!

donvito99 · 22-07-2009 9:09pm

World Of Magic Pens....ugh.

Paint Roller...ugh.

Pro Active Solution....feat. Jessica Simpson...ugh...plank.

thomond2006 · 22-07-2009 9:10pm

"CILLIT BANG, GRIME AND LIME, BANG AND THE DIRT IS GONE"

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

"The sh*t was brilliant, like a giant spaceship"

:D:D

Maddison · 22-07-2009 9:14pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The one for air freshener where that annoying little kids announces "I'm going to have a poo at Paul's"

Like who in the f*ck would buy their product after that?

the word poo should never ever ever be used in an add.

It also the fact that he doesnt just say POO once he says it about 8 times...good god I would gladly strangle that child.

The one I hate the most is that ad with the meerkat.....cant remember the name.....has been wrecking my head since 5 O Clock....:mad:

livindadream · 22-07-2009 9:27pm

If you're having relationship problems...talk to a cord...no Accord!

haha the beautiful thush canastan cream..."it will leave you..feeling yourself again"

eugh

Diageio_Man · 22-07-2009 9:32pm

the stena line ad with ''curious george''. What a name for a mascot,muppets. Also that ''we buy any car.com'' add i cringe every time i see it.

norwegianwood · 22-07-2009 9:40pm

those companies that try to get you to sell them all your unwanted gold.......yeah, I've just been spring cleaning the vault, was wondering what i was going to do with all the gold taking up space....:rolleyes:

Aidric · 22-07-2009 9:46pm

I would personally like to end the life of the prick who came up with "not-made-from-wheat-made-from-oats-instead-abix".

Dr_H_Lecter · 22-07-2009 9:49pm

On the radio.

'Hurrry on down to Bargaintoww (click)'.

i choose a painful death over ever ever ever shopping for the smallest item in that place.

gobby · 22-07-2009 9:51pm

They all annoy me tbh. Find myself either leaving the room, flipping around all the other ads (but never stopping!) or just setting the DVR to record, go do something for 10/15 mins and then coming back and being able to skip maybe 2 or 3 sets of ads

Biggins · 22-07-2009 11:56pm

The 118 118 phone ads and the two twats in it. :mad::mad::mad:

I wanna shoot those fcukers 50 times over with one of me double barrels as they race round that fcukin' track.
Then when I get to shooting them in the balls, I wanna slice the feckers up into little pieces with a jungle machete starting from the toes and working my way upwards inch by slow miserable torturing inch.
By the time I get to the heads, I'll change tactics and take a long handled lump hammer to their skulls and play croquet with their noggins.

...then I'll sit down and have a beer and relax. Carlsberg - ya can't beat it.

Ross_Mahon · 23-07-2009 12:01am

'Don't see a great night wasted' by Diageo

They go way over the top with some alcohol adverts.

jordo333 · 23-07-2009 12:05am

the song on the ad for dundrum shoppin centre. **** THAT!!!!

Dman001 · 23-07-2009 12:12am

Those ads that give away those prizes by answering a question by sending a text message, but they are really subscription services and cost a tenner a week.

Also, like another poster said, those Jamster ads for ringtones/songs. Nobody wants to purchase songs through their phone which costs €10 a month!!!

Basically any ad that tries to scam people out of money in a sneaky way, which are also aimed at children (I'm looking at you Jamster).

Run_to_da_hills · 23-07-2009 12:25am

goldenbrown wrote: »

has now started screaming in the ads... pig ignorant

Would you blame him, he's getting no where and needs more customers.

davestar · 23-07-2009 12:27am

the song for the liffey valley ad, cheese

also hate them badly dubbed ads .

dmcg90 · 23-07-2009 12:33am

-Anything too personal... eg Thrush or ''Femine Itching'' makes me gag, why advertise on tv, dear God why???

--XTRAVISION seriously:

1 Euro, 1 Movie, 1 Night... How much is dah???
1 Euro, 1 Movie, 1 Night... How much is dah???
1 Euro, 1 Movie, 1 Night... How much is dah???
1 Euro, 1 Movie, 1 Night... How much is dah??? (repeat to infinity)

I cannot stand it, whatsoever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wUAPt0Lsvw If you want to learn what true insanity sounds like.

-Confused.com advert, their new ad for their website.... one guy drives me mad. He looks like a pennys version fo Russel Brand. (This guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UisxOG5OY_8&feature=channel_page)