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My god. Every time that Vauxhall Zafira ad comes on with those two stupid fat English kids pretending they're all grown up + talking shíte in general, I just have to scramble around looking for the remote to turn the tv off or hit mute or something. Every time. If I ever somehow meet these kids in real life I'm going to have to bash their faces in. It was bad enough when there was just one ad, but they've turned into a fúcking series.

Anyone else feel the same? Any other adverts that get on your tits?

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Reminds me of bosco..

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Ernest wrote: »

That Aldi television commercial which was repeated endlessly showing two proud mothers outdoing each other in boasting about their children's non-existent 'achievements'. Stupid, boring, repetitive, pointless, unconvincing. How much money was wasted on it?

Ironic seen as the Germans hate waste.

ligerdub

Tri "vah" go.

my3cents

Argos seem to be advertising trampolines :rolleyes:

IamtheWalrus

The ads where they take a classic song and have a choir sing it, or a ukelele version. 'Ah that's a lovely version'. No it's not. It's it butchering the song and tainting it.

Oneiric 3

New 'Smithwicks' advert in which they are seen to be identifying themselves with the ordinary, everyday home-brewer. Further proof, as if it was needed already, that Irish advertising is the very pits and that whoever comes up with bare brained ideas which are supposed to tap into the Irish 'psych' should be taken out and put up against a wall.

ollaetta

Oh dear. I see the McDonalds chest shaver/waxer twats are back.

tylercheribini

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

The ads where they take a classic song and have a choir sing it, or a ukelele version. 'Ah that's a lovely version'. No it's not. It's it butchering the song and tainting it.

Yea they've really done the dog on that over the last few years. All it took was one and then there was an avalanche of ads including every classic tune you can think of done in a 'postmodern/ironic/completely opposite to the tone of the original' fashion. The worst offender was that lynx ad with "Welcome To The Jungle" sang in some Sam Smith,auto tune mode, sacrilege!

denlaw

Apache pizza one where for some reason there's a couple of hurleys thrown in..

denlaw

Also, don't hate it but, the new Vodafone ad, with the two kids watching telly, is that blonde lady the same one who was going out with the lad with the beard?

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denlaw wrote: »

Also, don't hate it but, the new Vodafone ad, with the two kids watching telly, is that blonde lady the same one who was going out with the lad with the beard?

Yeah it is. She is looking quite well in that ad if you ask me.

blueser

I see that Chicago Town Pizza ad (the Glee-type one set in the storm drain) is back. Jesus wept.

ligerdub

tylercheribini wrote: »

Yea they've really done the dog on that over the last few years. All it took was one and then there was an avalanche of ads including every classic tune you can think of done in a 'postmodern/ironic/completely opposite to the tone of the original' fashion. The worst offender was that lynx ad with "Welcome To The Jungle" sang in some Sam Smith,auto tune mode, sacrilege!

There's one on at the moment where they use "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus in acoustic format. Strange choice.

tylercheribini

ligerdub wrote: »

There's one on at the moment where they use "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus in acoustic format. Strange choice.

Jaysus they are really scraping the barrel at this stage, I blame Nouvelle Vague for starting the craze.

silverharp

ligerdub wrote: »

Tri "vah" go.

priiiiiccce :pac:

Beanntraigheach

Furniture retailers' ads in September & October guaranteeing delivery by Christmas.

I don't "despise" them, I just can't understand why there seems to be an expectation that potential customers will be impressed by a promise of delivery of goods they've purchased within 3 or 4 months!

Surely items of furniture would generally be delivered much sooner than that. Can anyone explain this?

Finner

I'm new to this forum so excuse me if this has already been posted but back to school ads this year seem to have gotten out of control this year! Random products that have nothing to do with school or kids making tenuous links! But the worst one is still being hawked on the radio and it's Oct - Haliborange. Back to school is well and trully underway! And the kid is sooo annoying! I want an apple in my lunchbox mummy. Mummy where's my schoolbag? I DON'T KNOW! Where did you put it last?!!! If my kid calls me mummy like that I'm going to cry! Rant over!

readytosnap

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

Furniture retailers' ads in September & October guaranteeing delivery by Christmas.

I don't "despise" them, I just can't understand why there seems to be an expectation that potential customers will be impressed by a promise of delivery of goods they've purchased within 3 or 4 months!

Surely items of furniture would generally be delivered much sooner than that. Can anyone explain this?

Made to order. SCS the first ad I have seen with a christmas tree in it been running at least 3 weeks now. I was going to buy a sofa but I heard a rumour that SCS or some other sofa provider might be having a sale sometime soon.....:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Shannon757

The new Debt helpline ad. It's just creepy.

madmaggie

The Connacht Gold ad. Like some kitch sleazy ad from the 70s. I don't buy that product, and now never will.

Auld Jim Halpin

10,000+ posts, well done everyone. It's been fun. One of my gear grinders at the moment is the new KBC ad, two complete wallys standing at the door of their car in the driveway espousing the benefits of KBC and how it, a bank!, will change your life and all your problems will be solved. Their voices, that script, equally stomach churning and head melting.

Michael8000

ollaetta wrote: »

Oh dear. I see the McDonalds chest shaver/waxer twats are back.

No way!!

Go Harvey Go

Auld Jim Halpin wrote: »

10,000+ posts, well done everyone. It's been fun.

And congratulations to Denlaw for being the one to make the 10,000th post.

I'm going to bring up the Corsodyl ads once more, because there's a good BBC News article about them. (Warning: it contains a certain screenshot from the ad where that woman dreams of all her teeth falling out at once.)

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36024782

Can't say I'm surprised that GSK vigorously defends these ads. And much as we Boardsies hate them, we can't argue with the fact that they have been pretty successful...

Ernest

madmaggie wrote: »

The Connacht Gold ad. Like some kitch sleazy ad from the 70s. I don't buy that product, and now never will.

I don't recall seeing that one but I am reminded of the truly awful advertising by AVONMORE milk and cream products that seem to always be broadcast around the Six One News on RTE.
In one an idiotic female in pink gliding about; in another a disgusting close-up of cream. UUGGH! I make a point now in shops of never buying Avonmore dairy products.

Shannon757

It seems many people avoid brands that they don't like the ads. So even though they are getting a lot of publicity and attention on here, they are affecting business.

tylercheribini

I have to say the worst ad I've ever heard was for Ronald Gammell insurance circa 1995. It was on East Coast Radio everyday en route to school and Mr. Gamell sold his brand with all the gusto of a funeral directo, unbelievably droll. Yet I still remember the phone number of the company to this day so unintentionally genius marketing. "That's 2876345, that's 2876345."

ligerdub

Auld Jim Halpin wrote: »

10,000+ posts, well done everyone. It's been fun. One of my gear grinders at the moment is the new KBC ad, two complete wallys standing at the door of their car in the driveway espousing the benefits of KBC and how it, a bank!, will change your life and all your problems will be solved. Their voices, that script, equally stomach churning and head melting.

Great call. As a matter of fact I hate any ad by a bank (I make an exception for AIB and the kid on the bike, that at least was clever and a clever turn on the sort of thing a discerning buyer should consider when looking for a place to move to).

This sort of stuff with the couple dancing around in the room while painting does my head in. I'm sick of this "let's try and go with an angle of campaigning on issues people can relate to but be really obviously insincere " attitude that seems to be in common with all these dopes.

tylercheribini

Your one that does the "We're backing brave" voice over on the bank ads does my head in.

Oneiric 3

"Check your email"

*best said with a clothes peg tightly gripped on your nose to sound as nasally and grating as is possible.

Shannon757

Auld Jim Halpin wrote: »

10,000+ posts, well done everyone. It's been fun. One of my gear grinders at the moment is the new KBC ad, two complete wallys standing at the door of their car in the driveway espousing the benefits of KBC and how it, a bank!, will change your life and all your problems will be solved. Their voices, that script, equally stomach churning and head melting.

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