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PeterTheEighth · 16-03-2016 09:37AM

Typer Monkey wrote: »

Become a monster indeed :mad:

The first thing that I thought when I heard that ad was "The are hamstrung by the stupid domain name that they have chosen, and are now trying to shoehorn in some bad fit of an advertising campaign to try to build the brand name."

jca · 16-03-2016 09:50AM

L1011 wrote: »

There's a significant economy recovery - no propaganda there.

Not everyone benefits in a recovery just as not everyone gets impacted in a downturn. Fact of life. Trying to pretend there isn't an economic recovery because its not impacting you doesn't change facts.

Talking to the meter reader tells me otherwise. Luckily I'm able to pay my bills but there are many out there really struggling, the amount using overpriced pre pay power is shocking.

L1011 · 16-03-2016 10:06AM

jca wrote: »

Talking to the meter reader tells me otherwise. Luckily I'm able to pay my bills but there are many out there really struggling, the amount using overpriced pre pay power is shocking.

Anecdotes from meter readers do not outweigh the avalanche of actual, verifiable data (unemployment numbers dropping, employment numbers rising, income tax revenue rocketing, consumer spending rising, etc, etc, etc) as well as the relatively reliable sentiment figures.

Del.Monte · 16-03-2016 11:16AM

Typer Monkey wrote: »

The Monster.ie ads are really puzzling me at the moment. There's a couple of them that run along the lines of 'did you love computers at school but never followed it up because no one from your village went into computers? Well log onto monster.ie and show employers what you're made of' and 'did you love taking things apart as a child and tinkering with them but never thought engineering was for you?' etc

So do they have a load of employers waiting to hire people with no engineering or programming qualifications to work in those areas..crying out for people who gave up on their interests while at school, never bothered with college?

Become a monster indeed :mad:

Your dream to work in advertising is one of the lines..how ironic.

jca · 16-03-2016 11:35AM

L1011 wrote: »

Anecdotes from meter readers do not outweigh the avalanche of actual, verifiable data (unemployment numbers dropping, employment numbers rising, income tax revenue rocketing, consumer spending rising, etc, etc, etc) as well as the relatively reliable sentiment figures.

I'm talking about the rest of the country that exists between Kerry and Dublin. I'll tell the meter reader in April that he's hallucinating that a guy or girl on boards says we're all on the pigs back and no one got their electricity cut off since the last meter reading in February.

L1011 · 16-03-2016 11:40AM

jca wrote: »

I'm talking about the rest of the country that exists between Kerry and Dublin. I'll tell the meter reader in April that he's hallucinating that a guy or girl on boards says we're all on the pigs back and no one got their electricity cut off since the last meter reading in February.

I didn't say any of what you're imagining there

There is a strong economic recovery on. Your meter readers anecdotes do not in any way stop that being the case.

There are some people still broke. That also does not stop the recovery existing.

Muff Richardson · 16-03-2016 04:52PM

L1011 wrote: »

I didn't say any of what you're imagining there

There is a strong economic recovery on. Your meter readers anecdotes do not in any way stop that being the case.

There are some people still broke. That also does not stop the recovery existing.

are you sure you are in the right place? this thread is primarily about having ****s and giggles at crap radio ads

tommytee · 16-03-2016 05:07PM

oh the Eff'in voicebox on yer one from the Clonmel hearthcare ad, she pops up from time to time on other ads. I had the misfortune of seeing her the the movie Steller Days a while back , now I know what she looks like and it makes the pain even worse !!!!!!!! she is so mono-f'n-tone she makes Leonard Cohen sound like a soprano.
Newstalk - you have a lot to answer for, my nerves are shattered

tommyboy2222 · 18-03-2016 11:02AM

"Sometimes its ok to treat yourself. Especially when the evenings are getting longer"

What ? WHAT ?!

Snake Plisken · 18-03-2016 11:06AM

tommytee wrote: »

oh the Eff'in voicebox on yer one from the Clonmel hearthcare ad, she pops up from time to time on other ads. I had the misfortune of seeing her the the movie Steller Days a while back , now I know what she looks like and it makes the pain even worse !!!!!!!! she is so mono-f'n-tone she makes Leonard Cohen sound like a soprano.
Newstalk - you have a lot to answer for, my nerves are shattered

Yeah she wrecks my head when I hear her on Newstalk what's her name so I can google her

PeterTheEighth · 18-03-2016 01:27PM

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Yeah she wrecks my head when I hear her on Newstalk what's her name so I can google her

I think that's Ruth McCabe that you are speaking of.

Birneybau · 18-03-2016 01:34PM

The Avonmore Slimline milk ad wherein if you drink it, you won't be tempted by chocolate croissants or whatever.

Someone should complain to the advertising standards people (not fully serious).

Trebor176 · 18-03-2016 09:10PM

Finny The Frog is back :mad:

skimpydoo · 19-03-2016 04:15PM

My favourite ever radio ad

jooksavage · 22-03-2016 12:01PM

Bord Gais Energy ad:

"Are you a beach baby or a city baby?"

Neither. Both. Stupid b***ard. It's a baby!

Birneybau · 22-03-2016 03:21PM

Avonmore Slimline Effect.

F.O.A.D.

PeterTheEighth · 23-03-2016 09:32AM

The three I really hate at the moment.

1. That Bord Gais a$$hole. I just switch off when that stupid ad comes on, in any of it's variations.
2. Golf. I mean who writes this mindnumbingly stupid rubbish?
gobsh1te1: "Oh I like models"
gobsh1te2: "These are Volkwagen models"
gobsh1te1: "Even better"
3. That .ie proves your Irish ad. TWO record scratches, just to prove that the if you have registered a .ie domain and you are actually from the island of Saints and Scholars, then you are truly void of originality.

Del.Monte · 23-03-2016 09:50AM

Funny, hyper-critical and all as I am, I actually think the .ie Ad is quite clever - whatever about the product.

HeidiHeidi · 23-03-2016 10:31AM

Exactly how much mileage do the Ray D'Arcy Show plan to drag out of that interview with Sean Gallagher?

Was there really nothing else worth using for advertising purposes in the last month or so?

(or however long the SG clip has been running, which seems like forever, tbh)

cml387 · 23-03-2016 12:57PM

Does anyone find the music behind the Aviva ads like fingernails scraping down a blackboard?

fussyonion · 25-03-2016 12:18AM

The guy who does the voice-over for Phoenix magazine..is that his REAL voice?!

cdeb · 25-03-2016 09:35AM

Isn't it supposed to be some sort of Charlie Haughey impersonation?

Dan Jaman · 25-03-2016 11:33AM

fussyonion wrote: »

The guy who does the voice-over for Phoenix magazine..is that his REAL voice?!

It must be painful, having his nuts trapped in the deckchair, like that.

Grolschevik · 29-03-2016 12:21PM

cdeb wrote: »

Isn't it supposed to be some sort of Charlie Haughey impersonation?

Originally, yes, but it has become degraded as successive voiceover actors took over.

neris · 29-03-2016 12:52PM

Virgin media: What would Richard Branson do? Probably regret buying an internet and tv company

serfboard · 30-03-2016 01:57PM

neris wrote: »

Virgin media: What would Richard Branson do? Probably regret buying an internet and tv company

I don't know if he would regret it that much when he sold it to John Malone for 23 billion dollars ...

Mr E · 30-03-2016 02:51PM

The car ad where every every word word is is said said twice twice. Very very annoying annoying, piss piss off off.

ButtersSuki · 31-03-2016 12:46PM

The Volkswagen "van love" ad. Mother of Jesus. :mad:

The new Lottery Multiplier ad. is right up there too in terms of being annoying.

thesandeman · 31-03-2016 01:01PM

The dude who does the OneSmallSwitch or whatever it's called is scary.

Birneybau · 31-03-2016 01:12PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

The Volkswagen "van love" ad. Mother of Jesus. :mad:

The new Lottery Multiplier ad. is right up there too in terms of being annoying.

Oh, I fecking heard that 3 times in an hour before noon. I fecking hate it soooo much!

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