Brendan O'Connor in Advert for Mace Stores

alias141282

Was sitting down to watch a bit of TV last night when this ad came on for Mace stores with Brendan O'Connor. :eek: Anyone else see it? I'm still recovering.

I expect the campaign to have him horsewhipped will grow and grow. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6715253823#!/group.php?gid=5007294115&ref=ts

Sykk

Wait, what?

force majeure

Well he was dropped from the Saturday night show so I guess he needs the dough.

AnonoBoy

That's the only time I've ever agreed with a Facebook group wholeheartedly.

The man's offensive. Not anything he says, just his very existence.

What a turd - why did anyone think it was a good idea to have him present a chat show? Surely chat show hosts are supposed to be pleasant and have some modicum of personality?

MagicMarker

It's a good ad in fairness. The hilarity of him smiling as the cashier! lol

AckwelFoley

His face is somewhat like the underside of a scrotum.

Rather unnerving thing to see Brendan o connors face staring at you when you're shaving your bag im sure. (suppose it'd be worse if he was holding the razor)

No. No Mace shopping for me

pikachucheeks

His smiling looks so awkward and forced. Possibly because it very much is!

OutlawPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqvUOUsP5o

supermonkey

It is a funny advertisement. O'Connor is just an ordinary guy unlike NAMA or Ango Irish Bank.

Bugnug

I know it mind sound a little bit picky but does his hair drive anybody else nuts? I just think he is the most ridiculous looking guy. Were him and Tubridy cryogenically frozen around 1952 outside a shebeen in the west of Ireland and realesed a few years ago?

bronte

I wanna iron his face.

speedboatchase

supermonkey wrote: »

It is a funny advertisement. O'Connor is just an ordinary guy unlike NAMA or Ango Irish Bank.

What has that got to do with... ANYTHING?! :eek:

abouttobebanned

speedboatchase wrote: »

What has that got to do with... ANYTHING?! :eek:

Maybe he just means we spend too much time hating people for silly reasons when we could be hating the people that are fcuking up our country. Brendan o connor annoys ya so you hate him? Meh I grew out of that when I was 14.

alias141282

speedboatchase wrote: »

What has that got to do with... ANYTHING?! :eek:

I think what supermonkey is trying to say is that we are diverting our wrath from where it really belongs, i.e. with the guys who are stealing money from our wallets? I think thats what he's hinting at.

Hagar

Am I the only one that thinks he's wasting away?

Rhyme

snyper wrote: »

His face is somewhat like the underside of a scrotum.

Was thinking the same thing... a bruised, punched scrotum... with eyes.

CoalBucket

I'm no fan of Brendan O'Connor but I think the ads are good. Whats the point in hating the dude, if you don't like him, switch over.

lizardfudge

Hagar wrote: »

Am I the only one that thinks he's wasting away?

Yeah. I hope he's okay... ah.. no... actually I don't...

Gone Drinking

supermonkey wrote: »

It is a funny advertisement. O'Connor is just an ordinary guy unlike NAMA or Ango Irish Bank.

Sounds to me like a challenge to turn this thread into a massive off-topic mega thread..

I hated potato salad for years, for no reason, i'd never tasted it but the idea of cold potatoes made me feel sick..

Then one day last year, i tried some and loved it!

Now i really like potato salad!!

lizardfudge

CoalBucket wrote: »

I'm no fan of Brendan O'Connor but I think the ads are good. Whats the point in hating the dude, if you don't like him, switch over.

But now I can't shop in Mace or else they'll think the ad campaign is successful and they'll make more of them.

General Zod

you do know that O'Connor has been one of the most vocal proponents of the changes in stamp duty that helped cause the property bubble?

speedboatchase

alias141282 wrote: »

I think what supermonkey is trying to say is that we are diverting our wrath from where it really belongs, i.e. with the guys who are stealing money from our wallets? I think thats what he's hinting at.

In fairness though people justify bringing up NAMA and "de bankers" in nearly every thread for that very reason - it's really irritating and there's forums already in place to discuss the economy. BOC is a gobsheen of the highest order and that ad is really.. perplexing - why hire him for a supermarket ad?

CoalBucket

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Now i really like potato salad!!

I like potato salad too, but I can't stand coleslaw, it's cabbage !

speedboatchase

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Sounds to me like a challenge to turn this thread into a massive off-topic mega thread..

I hated potato salad for years, for no reason, i'd never tasted it but the idea of cold potatoes made me feel sick..

Then one day last year, i tried some and loved it!

Now i really like potato salad!!

Potato salad?! Next you'll be saying we should just give the country over to de foreigners!!

Aidric

bronte wrote: »

I wanna iron his face.

I wanna punch it, repeatedly.

AnonoBoy

supermonkey wrote: »

It is a funny advertisement. O'Connor is just an ordinary guy unlike NAMA or Ango Irish Bank.

Very true supermonkey.

Good ol' Brendan say what you like about him but he's in no way similar to a bank or the National Asset Management Agency.

reprazant

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Maybe he just means we spend too much time hating people for silly reasons when we could be hating the people that are fcuking up our country. Brendan o connor annoys ya so you hate him? Meh I grew out of that when I was 14.

Oh, ok.

Sorry.

I didn't know that we were not allowed to find anyone annoying and irritating unless they have caused economic ruin to the country.

Not being allowed to have an opinion on people? Yeah, very mature. :rolleyes:

DamoDLK

I remember him in 'don't feed the gondolas'


Which was good.

abouttobebanned

Lol. Oh you rolled your eyes at me... I immediately retract everything I said. Im so sorry.

reprazant

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Lol. Oh you rolled your eyes at me... I immediately retract everything I said. Im so sorry.

You should be.

Handsome Bob

The only good thing he's ever done is give Linda Martin some much deserved abuse.

giftgrub

Well at least he can't call himself a journalist any more.

As soon as you start hawking stuff on TV you lose that right.

SEPT 23 1989

He looks like a thick country guard

Piriz

General Zod wrote: »

you do know that O'Connor has been one of the most vocal proponents of the changes in stamp duty that helped cause the property bubble?

haha this is like the facts about James Blunt email.

Brendan O' Connor can fit his whole foot into a tube of Pringles.
Brendan O' Connor got caught masturbating in a cheese shop listening to The Jackson Five.
Brendan O' Connor was the world's first anal birth.
Brendan O' Connor was fathered by a cauliflower.
Brendan O' Connor's bedroom is plastered with posters of Dot from Eastenders.
Brendan O' Connors favourite film is 'Bambi' just beating 'Gay Orgy In Pool 4 - The Return Of Mr. Rimmer'
Brendan O' Connor only wears clothing made by slave labour, saying "You can almost smell their tears".
Brendan O' Connor loves the smell of old people in the morning.
Brendan O' Connor was voted 'Most Likely to Recieve a Golden Shower' in the high school yearbook.

bonerm

He's the only person out there that if you shot him square in the face with a shotgun he'd probably be better looking after the surgery.

Mr. Presentable

OutlawPete wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqvUOUsP5o

Damn you, OutlawPete. I'm supposed to be working.

fap/fap/fap.....oooow...

Mr Benevolent

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Sounds to me like a challenge to turn this thread into a massive off-topic mega thread..

I hated potato salad for years, for no reason, i'd never tasted it but the idea of cold potatoes made me feel sick..

Then one day last year, i tried some and loved it!

Now i really like potato salad!!

Now all you have to do is taste Brendan O'Connor, Anglo Irish and NAMA and the country'll be back on it's feet :rolleyes:

Highly Salami

supermonkey wrote: »

It is a funny advertisement. O'Connor is just an ordinary guy unlike NAMA or Ango Irish Bank.

Is this the new Godwins Law?

Jamie Starr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvJ6RElYlD8

Didn't he do this song? He's not much of a talk-show host, but no-one on telly right now is.

orourkeda

snyper wrote: »

His face is somewhat like the underside of a scrotum.

Rather unnerving thing to see Brendan o connors face staring at you when you're shaving your bag im sure. (suppose it'd be worse if he was holding the razor)

No. No Mace shopping for me

Thats a touch generous.

orourkeda

Piriz wrote: »

haha this is like the facts about James Blunt email.

Brendan O' Connor can fit his whole foot into a tube of Pringles.
Brendan O' Connor got caught masturbating in a cheese shop listening to The Jackson Five.
Brendan O' Connor was the world's first anal birth.
Brendan O' Connor was fathered by a cauliflower.
Brendan O' Connor's bedroom is plastered with posters of Dot from Eastenders.
Brendan O' Connors favourite film is 'Bambi' just beating 'Gay Orgy In Pool 4 - The Return Of Mr. Rimmer'
Brendan O' Connor only wears clothing made by slave labour, saying "You can almost smell their tears".
Brendan O' Connor loves the smell of old people in the morning.
Brendan O' Connor was voted 'Most Likely to Recieve a Golden Shower' in the high school yearbook.

I before E except after C.

Lux23

Its the weirdest advert I have seen in a long time. You can't look away.

uncleoswald

General Zod wrote: »

you do know that O'Connor has been one of the most vocal proponents of the changes in stamp duty that helped cause the property bubble?

Don't forget he also felt sufficiently qualified to write articles at the height of the boom telling people to be 'ballsy' about property and that 'smart' people are buying now. And this was the Sunday Indo so you can't rule out readers been dumb enough to listen to him.

supermonkey

I don't care Brendan is dreamy!!! If I was in oestrus and he was in my troop!!!

Fey!

I'm really disappointed.

I misread the thread title and thought that he was advertising Mace, as in someone would be demonstrating the use of mace on him.

Unfortunately it was for a shop.

Hank Scorpio

i found it funny

daveyboy_1ie

supermonkey wrote: »

I don't care Brendan is dreamy!!! If I was in oestrus and he was in my troop!!!

Anyone else have to crack open the dictionary?

Hagar

Nope, the rest of us are familiar with mammalian fertility and mating but to be fair it may be a bit different for your species.

Nodster

brendan? count yer blessings it could've been twink