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Discodog · 22-07-2016 07:04PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

And the ****e one about planting thorny shrubs along the perimeter of your property because 'the bad guys' hate them. The sort of feral scum that break into houses aren't going to be put off by a few ****ing roses. :mad:

You are wrong. Defensive planting is very successful so much so that a lot of Police Stations have areas planted up to show people.

Plants like Pyrocantha & Berberis have seriously nasty thorns.

Discodog · 22-07-2016 07:07PM

Birneybau wrote: »

That poxy Volkwagen ad (GMBH no less, Zer-ze- zilch?) is back and on heavy rotation!

I can't believe that VW's marketing department are aware of that ad. He comes across as a stupid pervert "Oh I like Models "

Del.Monte · 22-07-2016 09:39PM

Discodog wrote: »

You are wrong. Defensive planting is very successful so much so that a lot of Police Stations have areas planted up to show people.

Plants like Pyrocantha & Berberis have seriously nasty thorns.

Obviously anything like thorny shrubs doesn't make life easy for burglars but it's such a trivial suggestion in the light of the type of scum that are roaming the countryside. I seem to remember an equally trivial Ad with a blonde (?) airhead talking about people breaking in and robbing all your stuff...obviously dreamt up by some fool who has not experienced having their property broken into.

Another Axa suggestion - don't announce on social media that you're going on holiday. :rolleyes: What next - don't forget to cancel the milk and newspaper deliveries? Axa - my heroes.

VincePP · 22-07-2016 09:42PM

Two adverts that make me switch the second they come on...

Appliances direct / delivered (usually can switch station before i hear the second word) Dreadfully written with equally annoying vo.

123.ie with some utter eejit saying "I called un whoo heree da aye eee."

Ffs - did they search for the most appalling voice in Ireland?

I used to work on radio adverts years ago (scripting) and neither of above would have got on Nova, Sunshine or Q102 (the REAL ones - not the current day imposters

)

Del.Monte · 22-07-2016 09:47PM

On a similar vein are the appalling "you in the blue hoodie" ads for some security company making the environment safer - by warning scumbags off so that they can go and rob somewhere else.

DubTony · 22-07-2016 10:26PM

That bo**** with the storage place has been back on for a couple of weeks. Whatsisname - Rupert or something - feck it, I can't remember. Almost makes me punch something. "Nought nought nought nought - and even politicians." Bleedin' knob. If I ever met him, I'd be arrested for what I'd do to him.

Del.Monte · 22-07-2016 10:38PM

DubTony wrote: »

That bo**** with the storage place has been back on for a couple of weeks. Whatsisname - Rupert or something - feck it, I can't remember. Almost makes me punch something. "Nought nought nought nought - and even politicians." Bleedin' knob. If I ever met him, I'd be arrested for what I'd do to him.

Rory from Elephant Self Storage - how could you not remember?

DubTony · 22-07-2016 10:51PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Rory from Elephant Self Storage - how could you not remember?

Yeah , thats the f****.

I'm gettin' annoyed now.

PeterTheNinth · 23-07-2016 07:46AM

DubTony wrote: »

That bo**** with the storage place has been back on for a couple of weeks. Whatsisname - Rupert or something - feck it, I can't remember. Almost makes me punch something. "Nought nought nought nought - and even politicians." Bleedin' knob. If I ever met him, I'd be arrested for what I'd do to him.

Come on Tony, keep up. He's changed the ad it's now "nought nought nought nought - and even .... *inexplainable pause*..... BOOKIES"

No doubt if you open one of those particular lockups you will find a mound of cash that is being hidden from the taxman.

Del.Monte · 23-07-2016 11:21AM

PeterTheNinth wrote: »

Come on Tony, keep up. He's changed the ad it's now "nought nought nought nought - and even .... *inexplainable pause*..... BOOKIES"

No doubt if you open one of those particular lockups you will find a mound of cash that is being hidden from the taxman.

or a mound of files belonging to Console - or even the missing horse.

Gen.Zhukov · 23-07-2016 12:12PM

VincePP wrote: »

123.ie with some utter eejit saying "I called un whoo heree da aye eee."

Ffs - did they search for the most appalling voice in Ireland?

That's the real grating bit.....with his terrible, plastic US twang.
I was trying to find away to write that,....you've nailed it.

thesandeman · 26-07-2016 10:35AM

Paddy The Musical. Seriously???

Ol' Donie · 26-07-2016 11:38AM

There is an ad for Kayak, whatever the f*ck Kayak is.

Something about buying some but not all of a bottle of suncream.

It's neither here nor there, really, until the end of the conversation when one of the women says "ah, here" in a totally different accent to the rest of the conversation.

What the flip is that all about?

Squall Leonhart · 26-07-2016 11:39AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

There is an ad for Kayak, whatever the f*ck Kayak is.

Something about buying some but not all of a bottle of suncream.

It's neither here nor there, really, until the end of the conversation when one of the women says "ah, here" in a totally different accent to the rest of the conversation.

What the flip is that all about?

This is the part that bothers me too. Not that it was a good advert to begin with, but this really kills it for me.

Del.Monte · 26-07-2016 01:29PM

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

This is the part that bothers me too. Not that it was a good advert to begin with, but this really kills it for me.

And I thought I was the only one who had noticed the lack of continuity here. How difficult can it be to find somebody capable of maintaining their accent for 30 seconds?

Del.Monte · 26-07-2016 01:36PM

Just heard it again - extraordinary.

Another Ad which I've just switched off is for "Once" - I seem to remember the movie isn't too bad but the "Once" theme song has to be one of the most dreary soundng tunes (?) ever.

Billy The Shiite Bag · 26-07-2016 04:31PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Just heard it again - extraordinary.

Another Ad which I've just switched off is for "Once" - I seem to remember the movie isn't too bad but the "Once" theme song has to be one of the most dreary soundng tunes (?) ever.

Like 95% of Hansard's music. Once was no Commitments!

dogmatix · 27-07-2016 02:44PM

Del.Monte wrote: »

Just heard it again - extraordinary.

Another Ad which I've just switched off is for "Once" - I seem to remember the movie isn't too bad but the "Once" theme song has to be one of the most dreary soundng tunes (?) ever.

One of the quotes on the radio ad states: "Hysterically funny" says the Irish Daily Mail. Hysterically funny? I have an image of a Daily mail reviewer rolling around in aisles, screaming and tearing their hair out.

Speaking of shows, I am starting to mentally prepare myself for the annual "June Rodgers Xmas show at the Red Cow Hotel" torture ads. Sweet baby Jesus protect me...

Mr E · 28-07-2016 07:42PM

Rosh Bwa-Bwa.

Yeah I know it's Roche Bobois - feck off with your pretentious sounding furniture.

DubTony · 29-07-2016 12:27AM

Mr E wrote: »

Rosh Bwa-Bwa.

Yeah I know it's Roche Bobois - feck off with your pretentious sounding furniture.

If they didn't get pretentious the whole place would have to have a name change. Sandyford Shopping Centre might be about right.

tommytee · 29-07-2016 05:03PM

Whats with the Supermacs ad
1) annoying happy tune playing in the background that simply does not belong on a fast food/clog your arteries ad,
2) Pat MacDonagh, i know you own the company and all but you cannot butcher the language, it is sandwich "sand-wich' not "sang widge":mad:

serfboard · 29-07-2016 05:26PM

tommytee wrote: »

Whats with the Supermacs ad
1) annoying happy tune playing in the background that simply does not belong on a fast food/clog your arteries ad,
2) Pat MacDonagh, i know you own the company and all but you cannot butcher the language, it is sandwich "sand-wich' not "sang widge":mad:

I'd say Pat is deliberately mis-pronouncing it.

hullaballoo · 29-07-2016 06:29PM

Have to switch that ad off before he gets to that word. I've no problem with sticking to your roots and it's sangwich in some parts of the country but be over-pronounces it as well as mispronouncing it.

wnolan1992 · 29-07-2016 06:34PM

hullaballoo wrote: »

Have to switch that ad off before he gets to that word. I've no problem with sticking to your roots and it's sangwich in some parts of the country but be over-pronounces it as well as mispronouncing it.

Are there actually people who genuinely pronounce it that way? Where I'm from it's always said in an OTT way. "Shur will we have some hang sangiches and a nice mug of tae?!", of particular use during turf season.

29-07-2016 06:42PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Are there actually people who genuinely pronounce it that way?

I think until I was about ten years of age I genuinely believed it was "sangwidge"

I thought it was one of those funny French words spelled differently to its pronunciation.

(North Tipperary born and raised, on a turf bank is where I spent most of my days)

I still hear it regularly in Tipp. Never pronounced ham as 'hang' though. That's Ultra bogger.

fricatus · 29-07-2016 08:46PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Are there actually people who genuinely pronounce it that way? Where I'm from it's always said in an OTT way. "Shur will we have some hang sangiches and a nice mug of tae?!", of particular use during turf season.

No word of a lie: I once saw a sign advertising "Sangüiches" in Madrid!

thesandeman · 29-07-2016 09:58PM

serfboard wrote: »

I'd say Pat is deliberately mis-pronouncing it.

Yep. If he pronounced it correctly he would alienate 90% of his customer base as they wouldn't know what he was talking about.
It would be like when Dave Fanning covered for Ronan Collins.

hullaballoo · 30-07-2016 01:29AM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Are there actually people who genuinely pronounce it that way? Where I'm from it's always said in an OTT way. "Shur will we have some hang sangiches and a nice mug of tae?!", of particular use during turf season.

Yep. It's relatively common and although it's more prevalent in some parts of the country, there are people all over the place here who say it.

I suppose it could be that some people have been exposed to the OTT parodying of the word and taken it to be the actual pronunciation?

When I was a child, I'm pretty sure we all said sangwich and it wasn't until some point when a teacher or parent decided it was time that we learned how to say it the way it was meant.

Breaston Plants · 30-07-2016 08:55PM

Koort me. " I'm your pillow" blah, blah, blah......" And get your hands off meeeeeee" Fcuk off....

djemba djemba · 31-07-2016 09:54AM

That maeve higgins ad is painful. Almost as funny as her stand up

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