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Squall Leonhart · 19-05-2016 11:49AM

cml387 wrote: »

A whole ad break on Newstalk this morning to adverstise the Enterprise train service.
Three minutes (it seemed hours) of contrived awfullness.

Saw-ree.... we're taking over this ad break...

Infuriating ad that goes on and on.

Harry Angstrom · 19-05-2016 11:50AM

Homesick Alien wrote: »

Dad who did your Windows?

Or the other one:

Grandad what is that man doing?

The dad / grandad in these ads drives me nuts not least because it's clearly a middle aged actor putting on a "friendly old person" voice complete with ho ho ho's. Pretty sure it's the same guy who does Santa in the Xmas ads.

And he seems to have a weird obsession with soffits and fascias. His wife must be a very patient woman to have to put up with him.

ArthurG · 20-05-2016 08:18AM

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

And he seems to have a weird obsession with soffits and fascias. His wife must be a very patient woman to have to put up with him.

What the hell is a soffit anyway?

PeterTheEighth · 20-05-2016 08:25AM

Could you imagine getting stuck beside that disgusting snoring on that enterprise train.

Squall Leonhart · 20-05-2016 08:29AM

ArthurG wrote: »

What the hell is a soffit anyway?

Soffit tends to be the underside (usually but not always parallel to the ground) of your eaves, typically it has ventilation slots. The fascia is the facing of your eaves.

ArthurG · 20-05-2016 08:30AM

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Soffit tends to be the underside (usually but not always parallel to the ground) of your eaves, typically it has ventilation slots. The fascia is the facing of your eaves.

Thanks for explaining. My next question is why are Global Home Improvements or whoever they are insisting that the world will end if I don't get mine cleaned or replaced (albeit at a very reasonable price)???

L1011 · 20-05-2016 10:34AM

Provident Finance gougers ad on with lines about "my fridge didn't freeze" (its a fridge, it doesn't) and "did weird things to the cheese" (cheese is usually meant to be kept at cellar temperature not fridge temperature and definitely not in a freezer)

Bellerstring · 20-05-2016 02:30PM

I hate this ad.
It's voiced by the woman who hadn't got the time to look after her elderly mother and got Home Instead in to do it for her.
Well, now the mother is dead and she's currently reminiscing about how
"When I pass by her old house, I think of all the Sunday dinners she made"
"When I pass by my old school, I think of all the kisses Mum gave me at the school gate"
"And I think how happy Mum would be that she's getting buried by Fanagans"

Now off to spend the inheritance.
:cool:

PeterTheEighth · 20-05-2016 02:44PM

dooh wrong thread

jca · 20-05-2016 07:22PM

endacl wrote: »

The BMW ad with the tuning fork playing the note A? Described as 'concert pitch'. 'A' is only concert pitch at 440hz. The note you hear ain't even close. It's an F#. And it's not a tuning fork that's heard. It's a recording of a small bell.

Arthur Murphy on email bag read out your complaint. He got it sorted for you too....

Trebor176 · 20-05-2016 07:27PM

Am I the only one that can't take to the one on the River Medical adverts? "Ash River Medical. . ." or "a fully acreshished privash hospital."

Ciaran_B · 20-05-2016 08:15PM

But Trebor did you know that most breast augmentation is from an A to just a C Cup??

Horrible ads.

fussyonion · 20-05-2016 11:31PM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Am I the only one that can't take to the one on the River Medical adverts? "Ash River Medical. . ." or "a fully acreshished privash hospital."

It's as if she has trouble saying words.
"River Meddicul".

Canadel · 20-05-2016 11:35PM

What's with all the exaggerated male Cavan/Monaghan/Louth accents?

Is there a reason for it? I don't get it.

Birneybau · 21-05-2016 04:10AM

Canadel wrote: »

What's with all the exaggerated male Cavan/Monaghan/Louth accents?

Is there a reason for it? I don't get it.

Nutting wrong with a Skowda

Canadel · 21-05-2016 12:38PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Nutting wrong with a Skowda

I like Skodas. The new Superb is one of the finest looking cars around.

That ad however is a piece of sh*t.

JustShon · 23-05-2016 09:18AM

Why Energia thought that adding a random squeaking personification of their deal into the background of the ads was a good idea is totally beyond me.

It's irritating and distracting. I have to stop what I'm doing because I can't think while that sh1te is on.

somesoldiers · 23-05-2016 09:32AM

Canadel wrote: »

What's with all the exaggerated male Cavan/Monaghan/Louth accents?

Is there a reason for it? I don't get it.

The Skowda lad is now involving his son in the latest ad, just when we thought it couldn't get any worse

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-05-2016 06:01PM

those ads are doing terrible damage to the Skoda brand

each new ad is worse than the last

jca · 23-05-2016 07:18PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

those ads are doing terrible damage to the Skoda brand

each new ad is worse than the last

They are. I just heard one for the first time this evening. Terrible stuff. If they try the cute cavan hoor drives a Skoda tack they're doomed.

Hillybilly4 · 24-05-2016 08:36AM

somesoldiers wrote: »

The Skowda lad is now involving his son in the latest ad, just when we thought it couldn't get any worse

I was about to post the same.
It actually hurts.

PeterTheEighth · 24-05-2016 09:10AM

Hillybilly4 wrote: »

I was about to post the same.
It actually hurts.

I'm sure the parents think this is cute having their young lad on the advert... "jas, he an actow, on the woyo-less". Let me just nip that in the bud. He's not, it's annoying and you all come across as complete simpletons.

Squall Leonhart · 24-05-2016 09:12AM

Just heard the Skowda ad with Junior.

Jesus suffering fúck.

somesoldiers · 24-05-2016 10:53AM

the poor nipper definitely needs the My Fair Lady treatment, though good luck with that Professor 'Iggins

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-05-2016 06:57PM

I read in today's newspapers that the the ASAI have upheld a complaint they received about the Conor McGregor ad for Budweiser.

Who makes these complaints? It comes across as being very sad and also a little creepy.

cdeb · 24-05-2016 08:46PM

Trebor176 wrote: »

Am I the only one that can't take to the one on the River Medical adverts? "Ash River Medical. . ." or "a fully acreshished privash hospital."

Hate that one with a particular passion for that exact reason.

Also fairly sure they had ads for vouchers in the lead up to Christmas.

"Happy Christmas love! I got you some bigger tits. It's something we both can enjoy"

A scene played out in many Irish houses, I'm sure.

Breaston Plants · 24-05-2016 09:44PM

Suprised nobody has mentioned the Today F.m dating advert, Koort Me, voiced by the incredibly annoying Paula Mcsweeney, the way she says " heart" souds like arse.

jimmyw · 24-05-2016 11:31PM

dogmatix wrote: »

Since this thread is also labeled "Best" I must say I rather like the ads featuring a kid asking why the goldfish is sleeping for such a long time. Makes me smile. Funny thing is I cannot remember what it is advertising - but we all know the brands being advertised in irritating ads.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Life assurance for when you die :eek:

It's cute alright, but the punchline is a bit..... depressing.

Those ads that feature I will guess, Amy Huberman, that "child" sounds something like what was generated by a computer.It has a strange voice if its real.Does not sound right to me?

"But its not onnnn......."

PeterTheEighth · 25-05-2016 08:28AM

That f**king Vance Joy song wrecks my head. And even better, they have now worked that stupid section of the song where he's howling like a wolf and put it on a loop.

marcus2000 · 25-05-2016 08:37AM

The first radio ad, ever, that I HOPE to hear on an ad break is the Vincenzo's Chipper / Conor McGregor ad. It's hilarious. It's pretty bad, but I think that just makes it really funny. Especially the ridiculous laugh at the end. (It has been on a loop on non-stop 90s for the past month - but I think they have just replaced it with an inferior mafia-esque ad.)

Is it a bad reflection on me that I just had to google Conor McGregors first name?

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