Even more adverts you despise

LynnGrace

Just glimpsed the 'very dud santa' one. Make it go away...

Shannon757

Thargor wrote: »

At least they can be ignored this year, previous years were so bad they bordered on psychological warfare, remember that smug cnut carol singing a few years back.

I dont think I could hate anything more that the Vodafone pig ads we got blasted with this year though, her stupid face and the way they played them in every ad break for months.

Good point to bring up. What was the worst/most hated ad this year?

Tom Mann Centuria

Chicago Town pizza advert was ridiculous, like a parody, chance to get pizza shaped glasses you say?

Taking the baton from them is the Apache pizza advert for its app. Sh*te.

Graigmanliam

Supervalu, Lidl & Tesco deserve a slap for the sentimental rubbish they have produced, "let's make viewers feel as ****ty as possible about dead family members and have them buy a selection box to fill the void". **** right off.

Sounds

Those voyage prive ads sound pretty sleazy, mainly because of the music, some kind of adult boat ride, it's like 80's porn, not that I watch that crap, but I just always felt 80's synths sounded a bit sleazy.

PopePalpatine

I can't stand the ads for Park, purely because of that nonsensical backing track of some moron just saying, "This is Santa Claus!" :mad:

Shannon757

Shannon757 wrote: »

Good point to bring up. What was the worst/most hated ad this year?

"My name is Hannah Ware" GRRRRRRRR:mad:

ligerdub

inthehat wrote:

"My name is Hannah Ware" GRRRRRRRR

How long has that ad been on now? It refuses to die. Even the seemingly immortal Muller Rice bear went before she did.

statto25

That Vodafone TV with the old lady getting hot and bothered watching a love scene on TV creeps me down to my very core. Something about her expression and the heavy breathing makes me shudder.

Graigmanliam

Most hated ads. good lord where do i begin.

Tescos letter writing, actually didn't shop there because the ads were puke inducing.

Supervalu and Lidl mainly because of the music in the ads, slow acoustic horrible versions they were.

Mentioned already, "My name is Hannah WAHHHH"

German car ads are always terrible but that Klopp fella over laughing at bad jokes, a very german thing.

Meteor merry hintmas mostly beacuse of typical sourpuss Irish mother in it.

Last but not least Headintheballheadintheball, we are Oirish, why they didn't just use Wolfe Tones or something englsih hating to drive home the Oirish sentiment

IamtheWalrus

There's still the odd Xmas ad. For the love of god, end this Xmas crap.

madmaggie

SSE ad is back. Cut the soppy music, you lot are a utility company out to make maximum profit from consumers, not a bunch of do gooders.

Harry Angstrom

Current ad for Bank Of Ireland, which I'm assuming is their College Green branch. Trying to put across a caring, sharing, "olde worlde" style of banking which we all know is a load of bollocks these days. In the real world, anybody who even tries to join a queue to see a bank teller is immediately diverted to a machine, and resistance is obviously futile.

Shannon757

madmaggie wrote: »

SSE ad is back. Cut the soppy music, you lot are a utility company out to make maximum profit from consumers, not a bunch of do gooders.

I like how the Talkto Airtricity ad is under this post

flazio

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

Current ad for Bank Of Ireland, which I'm assuming is their College Green branch. Trying to put across a caring, sharing, "olde worlde" style of banking which we all know is a load of bollocks these days. In the real world, anybody who even tries to join a queue to see a bank teller is immediately diverted to a machine, and resistance is obviously futile.

Not in my experience, wallet went missing and had to cancel my bank card. So in order to get my money out until my replacement card turned up, I had to use the teller.

prinzeugen

AIG and the sofa idiots.. And the happy clappy wellie 123.ie ads.. Thought they had gone!

Harry Angstrom

flazio wrote: »

Not in my experience, wallet went missing and had to cancel my bank card. So in order to get my money out until my replacement card turned up, I had to use the teller.

Well, unless they've introduced voice or fingerprint recognition machines in their branches, they didn't have much option but to serve you.

Autosport

The fairy liquid ad where the child wants to build a space ship. I'll build you a space ship and put you in it and send you off

madmaggie

prinzeugen wrote: »

AIG and the sofa idiots.. And the happy clappy wellie 123.ie ads.. Thought they had gone!

The horse in the AIG ad has more talent than the humans.

flazio

"Another one drives a Duster"
I'd rather drive a street cleaning duster then that yoke.

valoren

That gowlbag who says "Steady on the clutch there will ya".

colm_mcm

Autosport wrote: »

The fairy liquid ad where the child wants to build a space ship. I'll build you a space ship and put you in it and send you off

Just get a dishwasher like

ollaetta

Autosport wrote: »

The fairy liquid ad where the child wants to build a space ship. I'll build you a space ship and put you in it and send you off

Lazy rehash of their ad from years ago when the bottle was white and did somewhat resemble a rocket. Now the ad is just stupid.

the purple tin

Have you seen the lenor ad with the stepford wife talking about 'freshness going to die in your closet'. First few times I thought it was a spoof.

The strutters and the builders. Has humanity really come to this?

Breaston Plants

The one with the wide eyed Kathryn Thomas dancing around with a bunch of other gimps.

rubadub

flazio wrote: »

"Another one drives a Duster"
I'd rather drive a street cleaning duster then that yoke.

worst car name I have heard, when I saw the ad I was wondering if they only came up with that stupid name so they could have the queen song in the ad.

Whats next, the Toyota Rag?

jojofizzio

Breaston Plants wrote: »

The one with the wide eyed Kathryn Thomas dancing around with a bunch of other gimps.

Yep..the cringe level is high in this one..have a look at the personal trainer guy the next time...looks like he was coerced into partaking...well I suppose there's a good chance he was...

byhookorbycrook

ollaetta wrote: »

Lazy rehash of their ad from years ago when the bottle was white and did somewhat resemble a rocket. Now the ad is just stupid.

Someone tell the little bastard to use his imagination and find something else.

Mike Guide 69

Breaston Plants wrote: »

The one with the wide eyed Kathryn Thomas dancing around with a bunch of other gimps.

Oh i saw that during the news ad break, good jaysus, its terrible, even yer man eddie murphy doing the grandad style dance,epic face palm moment. Arm movement reminiscent of the David Brent style limb movement :eek::eek::eek::eek:

colm_mcm

rubadub wrote: »

worst car name I have heard, when I saw the ad I was wondering if they only came up with that stupid name so they could have the queen song in the ad.

Whats next, the Toyota Rag?

The original Duster came out in the mid 80s, so it's just a revival of that.

Much as I agree it's a bit of a silly name, I reckon it's much more memorable than something like D-100

ligerdub

Breaston Plants wrote:

The one with the wide eyed Kathryn Thomas dancing around with a bunch of other gimps.

That ad is really weird. The effort she goes to is a bit OTT.

Mike Guide 69

ligerdub wrote: »

That ad is really weird. The effort she goes to is a bit OTT.

Probably for the upcoming honeymoon as well :P

blueser

valoren wrote: »

That gowlbag who says "Steady on the clutch there will ya".

I actually like that line. And the glare she gives back to him. If looks could kill......

What about that Paddy Power ad where the steward starts singing to the crowd? To quote Quint in Jaws; "Jesus H Christ".
:mad:

JCX BXC

Has anyone seen the 10 second ads lately featuring a rather bleek looking person saying "I want to get cancer"?

Yesterday we all looked at each other to see if we had heard the same thing then rewinded it to be sure.

By far the most unusual advertisement I've came across, and I don't even know what the message was.

rubadub

JCX BXC wrote: »

Has anyone seen the 10 second ads lately featuring a rather bleek looking person saying "I want to get cancer"?

Yesterday we all looked at each other to see if we had heard the same thing then rewinded it to be sure..

Yep, though I have a thick skin I thought it was amazingly insensitive and bound to cause great upset to some people. I often have tv on in the background so was not sure I heard it right.

But it was not misheard

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFWbTnialfj5ce_PolrBNQ

Many people in Ireland want to get cancer. How do you feel about that? Share your opinion at www.getcancer.ie.

https://www.getcancer.ie/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/5lhj9b/the_i_want_to_get_cancer_ads_on_this_evening/

no doubt some patronising cringeworthy "shock tactic" crap saying "well if you smoke you obviously want to get cancer". Sure why else would you continue smoking what is medically recognised as the most addictive substance known to medical science, including heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine (not saying the hardest addiction to kick but regarded as the most addicitve)

Whoever is responsible I would like to see what dictionary they have to see the meaning given for the word "want"

nsa0bupkd3948x

rubadub wrote: »

Yep, though I have a thick skin I thought it was amazingly insensitive and bound to cause great upset to some people. I often have tv on in the background so was not sure I heard it right.

But it was not misheard

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnFWbTnialfj5ce_PolrBNQ



https://www.getcancer.ie/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/5lhj9b/the_i_want_to_get_cancer_ads_on_this_evening/

no doubt some patronising cringeworthy "shock tactic" crap saying "well if you smoke you obviously want to get cancer". Sure why else would you continue smoking what is medically recognised as the most addictive substance known to medical science, including heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine (not saying the hardest addiction to kick but regarded as the most addicitve)

Whoever is responsible I would like to see what dictionary they have to see the meaning given for the word "want"

From the domain WHOIS its a person not company who registered it.

domain: getcancer.ie
descr: Alan Johnson
descr: Discretionary Applicant
descr: Discretionary Name

I'm guessing the mean 'get cancer' as in 'beat cancer' or 'harm cancer'.

Haven't seen the ad on tv but sure its going for viral so we'll see what it is soon.

rubadub

Reid Polite Tummy wrote: »

I'm guessing the mean 'get cancer' as in 'beat cancer' or 'harm cancer'.

I thought the same, but they certainly do not have that tone of voice in the ads. I saw another different one just a few mins ago and it again did not have that tone, more a "defeated" older man in his car saying it. Another one just this second, a woman drinking a cup of tea, no doubt viral etc but still potentially very upsetting. I cannot see any possible outcome where I will think "oh, well that explains it, that's all grand so" -damage is done.

JCX BXC

And if you check out the website "Get cancer.ie" they are quite clear about wanting to GET cancer.

nsa0bupkd3948x

JCX BXC wrote: »

And if you check out the website "Get cancer.ie" they are quite clear about wanting to GET cancer.

The sites description is "In 2017 Ireland will come together to Get Cancer. Help get the conversation started" Which would lead me to believe its Ireland versus Cancer.

Autosport

That ad for water wipes, the woman's voice is wrecking my head.

PopePalpatine

Reid Polite Tummy wrote: »

From the domain WHOIS its a person not company who registered it.

domain: getcancer.ie
descr: Alan Johnson
descr: Discretionary Applicant
descr: Discretionary Name

I'm guessing the mean 'get cancer' as in 'beat cancer' or 'harm cancer'.

Haven't seen the ad on tv but sure its going for viral so we'll see what it is soon.

Hey, that name looks familiar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYbj480MpsI

:pac:

rubadub

JCX BXC wrote: »

And if you check out the website "Get cancer.ie" they are quite clear about wanting to GET cancer.

not sure what you mean, do you mean get as in contract cancer or fight against cancer.

At first glance it seems tthey are bizarrely asking "do you want to contract the disease cancer", which of course is a ludicrous question. I still think it would cause huge upset to some people, who have cancer or not. They obviously think they are very smart, but are actually incredibly inconsiderate scumbags.

Reid Polite Tummy wrote: »

The sites description is "In 2017 Ireland will come together to Get Cancer. Help get the conversation started"

I am using chromium and do not see that. If I enter an email I get

We’ll be in touch soon about how together we can get cancer in 2017. Now tell the world.

which confirms they want to "fight" cancer, without any regard for people's feelings

Radio5

Thankfully it's gone for another year, but the Lotto Millionaire with the Man baby and the 'nurses' looking at him is so weird and pointless not to mention dated at this stage.

ollaetta

Radio5 wrote: »

Thankfully it's gone for another year, but the Lotto Millionaire with the Man baby and the 'nurses' looking at him is so weird and pointless not to mention dated at this stage.

Has there ever been a good Lotto ad? All very irritating from the one mentioned to the auld wan and her dog and the new very tiresome island ones.

Ralf and Florian

Radio5 wrote: »

Thankfully it's gone for another year, but the Lotto Millionaire with the Man baby and the 'nurses' looking at him is so weird and pointless not to mention dated at this stage.

Horrible creepy ad with that annoying C & W song. How long has the fecking thing been running for now? Must be well over a decade.

Radio5

ollaetta wrote: »

Has there ever been a good Lotto ad? All very irritating from the one mentioned to the auld wan and her dog and the new very tiresome island ones.

I liked the one where they all head off on holidays on the strength of the Lotto win. One fellow asks the 'who's driving the train'? Cue the platform full of people back home waiting............

sunbabe08

rubadub wrote: »

not sure what you mean, do you mean get as in contract cancer or fight against cancer.

At first glance it seems tthey are bizarrely asking "do you want to contract the disease cancer", which of course is a ludicrous question. I still think it would cause huge upset to some people, who have cancer or not. They obviously think they are very smart, but are actually incredibly inconsiderate scumbags.


I am using chromium and do not see that. If I enter an email I get



which confirms they want to "fight" cancer, without any regard for people's feelings

What exactly are they trying to do here? Because between the adverts and news paper adverts it's rather cruelly being advertised and a lot of folks could take it up the wrong way & upset a lot of folks who have the disease and upset family members who have lost loved ones

Suckit

statto25 wrote: »

That Vodafone TV with the old lady getting hot and bothered watching a love scene on TV creeps me down to my very core. Something about her expression and the heavy breathing makes me shudder.

It is creepy and shit. Put a Grandad in the same situation with his Grandson or Grandaughter.
The Vodafone team probably patting themselves on the back for this one. It is probably the worst advert that i have ever seen, so much so that i found out this thread existed.
We got it, she thought the scene was hot and steamy, why does she keep patting her chest and sighing, is she trying to get the kid out of the room to tackle herself? Ugh...

Autosport

sunbabe08 wrote: »

What exactly are they trying to do here? Because between the adverts and news paper adverts it's rather cruelly being advertised and a lot of folks could take it up the wrong way & upset a lot of folks who have the disease and upset family members who have lost loved ones

They showed the rest of the ad tonight and I think they should have showed the full ad from the beginning and not just what they did show.

Auld Jim Halpin

Suckit wrote: »

It is creepy and shit. Put a Grandad in the same situation with his Grandson or Grandaughter.
The Vodafone team probably patting themselves on the back for this one. It is probably the worst advert that i have ever seen, so much so that i found out this thread existed.
We got it, she thought the scene was hot and steamy, why does she keep patting her chest and sighing, is she trying to get the kid out of the room to tackle herself? Ugh...

Those Vodafone ads are soooo bad. Yer man in the bath, Sue hog-tied on the windowsill etc etc, terrible stuff alltogther. Baffling how they can come up such ****e on a consistent basis.