What adverts leave you saying wha???

BettePorter · 04-03-2018 11:37PM

There's an advert at the minute about coffee. ..but I only know this cause it says so at the end . It's a guy standing in like a lecture hall saying ....sit down if we've lost touch ...or some such ****e. I have no clue what the point is supposed to be. I often wonder when these ideas are mooted initially ....what idiot says .....jesus that's genius!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 04-03-2018 11:56PM

BettePorter wrote: »

There's an advert at the minute about coffee. ..but I only know this cause it says so at the end . It's a guy standing in like a lecture hall saying ....sit down if we've lost touch ...or some such ****e. I have no clue what the point is supposed to be. I often wonder when these ideas are mooted initially ....what idiot says .....jesus that's genius!

That was what we said here about that advert. The guy who sold it to whatever coffee company deserved a medal for hard neck, or the guy who bought the idea should have been sacked. Like so many ads it could have been for anything.

dxhound2005 · 04-03-2018 11:56PM

BettePorter wrote: »

There's an advert at the minute about coffee. ..but I only know this cause it says so at the end . It's a guy standing in like a lecture hall saying ....sit down if we've lost touch ...or some such ****e. I have no clue what the point is supposed to be. I often wonder when these ideas are mooted initially ....what idiot says .....jesus that's genius!

The way you explained it, I haven't a clue either.

r93kaey5p2izun · 05-03-2018 12:14AM

Some car ad full of chavvy wans in pjs with a crappy rap effort in the background repeating "pyjama mamas". How that's supposed to make you want to buy the car I'll never know.

Also ads on Eurosport are hilariously bad, with Peter Sagan trying to sell you a steam extractor by telling you "I love this cooking" in a heavy accent or Marcel Kittel encouraging you to get some caffeine shampoo.

Fr_Dougal · 05-03-2018 12:32AM

Wildsurfer wrote: »

Could someone explain that ad where the son and Dad are running marathon, can't remember what it's for. But the son is running along not a bother on him and only catches up on his old man near the finish line who is shagged and they cross the finish line together. But no way the ould fella could have been ahead of the son. I just can't figure it out!

Sure.

The marathon symbolises life, and how we change roles and become the carers and help our parents as they grow old.

donegaLroad · 05-03-2018 01:53AM

played across the intercom of Super-Value

'Super-Value, real food real people'

Purple Mountain · 05-03-2018 01:57AM

donegaLroad wrote: »

played across the intercom of Super-Value

'Super-Value, real food real people'

Ah yea..that's simple..
It's to discourage Zombie Thursdays.

colm_mcm · 05-03-2018 10:51PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

played across the intercom of Super-Value

'Super-Value, real food real people'

Not those fake people you’d get in Aldi

vectorvictor · 05-03-2018 11:06PM

vectorvictor wrote: »

Does seem a little like advertising agencies have decided that Gay and Pride everything is "old" and that it's time to move on to target the deserted wives club.

Across the nations advertising agencies scratch their heads for the next big attempt at minority inclusiveness and by association them being a "forward thinking brand" ... awaiting the Vodafone ad of two trannys bringing little johnny to his first day of school wearing a dress.

sightband wrote: »

Does seem a little like advertising agencies have decided that Gay and Pride everything is "old" and that it's time to move on to target the deserted wives club.

Across the nations advertising agencies scratch their heads for the next big attempt at minority inclusiveness and by association them being a "forward-thinking brand" ... awaiting the Vodafone ad of two transvestites bringing little johnny to his first day of school wearing a dress.

I do hope that your inspired post (a copy and paste of mine) attracts the same yellow card treatment i got

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sightband · 06-03-2018 09:19AM

vectorvictor wrote: »

I do hope that your inspired post (a copy and paste of mine) attracts the same yellow card treatment i got ႒

you'll notice one key difference, the difference being enough to warrant a card apparently

06-03-2018 09:31AM

The kids screaming Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah........

Sephiroth_dude · 06-03-2018 09:35AM

The energia ads with stupid little annoying hamster thinking he's James bond.

vectorvictor · 06-03-2018 10:49AM

sightband wrote: »

you'll notice one key difference, the difference being enough to warrant a card apparently

Ahhh politically collect plagiarism - thats ok so.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 06-03-2018 12:45PM

Where does it say he's the kids step father? I always assumed he was just the mothers boyfriend and the last scene was the mother delighted because now she could ring up the childs biological dad (her ex-boyfriend) who she now hates and brag to him that his kid now calls her new piece of fluff 'Dad' or am I reading too much into this?

On a more serious note, I have seen that ad hundreds of times at this stage but if you had asked me 2 minutes before reading this thread what the ad was about, I couldn't tell you. The power of advertising ...eh???

Cee-Jay-Cee · 06-03-2018 12:47PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Sure.

The marathon symbolises life, and how we change roles and become the carers and help our parents as they grow old.

That still doesn't explain how the mans father managed to be ahead of him at the line and completely fúcked with exhaustion?

valoren · 06-03-2018 01:01PM

BettePorter wrote: »

There's an advert at the minute about coffee. ..but I only know this cause it says so at the end . It's a guy standing in like a lecture hall saying ....sit down if we've lost touch ...or some such ****e. I have no clue what the point is supposed to be. I often wonder when these ideas are mooted initially ....what idiot says .....jesus that's genius!

Not only that, beyond the brain storming of marketers, it's the whole effort put into producing it as well, with camera crew, extras and production staff and not a one of them stating the obvious about how rubbish it all is.

SEPT 23 1989 · 06-03-2018 01:02PM

there is one on at the moment an overdubbed european one where the woman is spending all the partners money on frocks and when he asks her about it he gets pushed violently to the ground and laughed at

if the makers of this switched the roles they would be jailed

Marty Bird · 06-03-2018 01:55PM

The extra chewing gum ad with the bride chewing extra and leaves the groom chasing the limo. I mean WTF is that about..

BattleCorp · 06-03-2018 02:53PM

Marty Bird wrote: »

The extra chewing gum ad with the bride chewing extra and leaves the groom chasing the limo. I mean WTF is that about..

I was told by a 10 year old that that particular ad is, and I quote, "spasticated".

Stone Deaf 4evr · 06-03-2018 03:23PM

That AIB ad with the people who went and borrowed money to buy a treehouse for the kids. I've 2 fundamental problems with it - 1. f@ck right off and stop trying to guilt people into going into debt to be 'better' parents. 2. Its the epitome of what got us into trouble the last time we had a boom - borrowing money to buy sh1t we don't need.

valoren · 06-03-2018 04:41PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

That AIB ad with the people who went and borrowed money to buy a treehouse for the kids. I've 2 fundamental problems with it - 1. f@ck right off and stop trying to guilt people into going into debt to be 'better' parents. 2. Its the epitome of what got us into trouble the last time we had a boom - borrowing money to buy sh1t we don't need.

Also the ad where the dad and the family are doing home improvement and he casually drops in the line "...when you're spending three quarters of your wages on the mortgage....".

Definitely a whaatf advert.

JohnnyFlash · 06-03-2018 04:46PM

Those Auld Mr Brennan ads on the radio. He sounds like a right pain in the hole, and that Dublin accent would make you vomit. The bread isn’t nice either.

minikin · 06-03-2018 04:53PM

vectorvictor wrote: »

Did his dad die or did he shag off with Mary from Number 32?

Or did she shack up with the yellow-pack Domhnall Gleeson and kick his dad out?

As a separated Dad, hate that vodafone ad with a fupping passion.

chopperbyrne · 06-03-2018 04:53PM

This ad from a few months back that was shown in cinemas. It didn't have the Nissan watercolour at first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef6rDlRQtio

Don't know why the embed won't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef6rDlRQtio

Tell me how · 06-03-2018 04:57PM

Marty Bird wrote:

The extra chewing gum ad with the bride chewing extra and leaves the groom chasing the limo. I mean WTF is that about..

BattleCorp wrote:

I was told by a 10 year old that that particular ad is, and I quote, "spasticated".

From a similar campaign, they had a girl taking a penalty in football while chewing gum (health hazard). They didn't even show her scoring it. I bet she missed and they couldn't do a re-take because she choked on the gum while taking the first.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 06-03-2018 05:02PM

chopperbyrne wrote: »

This ad from a few months back that was shown in cinemas. It didn't have the Nissan ...]

Now, that is just pathetic

colm_mcm · 06-03-2018 10:25PM

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

That AIB ad with the people who went and borrowed money to buy a treehouse for the kids. I've 2 fundamental problems with it - 1. f@ck right off and stop trying to guilt people into going into debt to be 'better' parents. 2. Its the epitome of what got us into trouble the last time we had a boom - borrowing money to buy sh1t we don't need.

Yeah, but they can get €900 a month for it on Daft.

What adverts leave you saying wha???

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