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    #9482
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    He's clearly ripping her off. You can tell that she eats like a bird and only wants the company.

    Is that's what it's called these days - at least Pat Mustard was up front. :D

    ****



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    #9483
    FarmerBrowne
    Registered Users Posts: 482 ✭✭FarmerBrowne


    Probably already mentioned already but what the hell is with Deirdre O'Kanes voice on the appliances delivered advert, she is either pretending to sound drunk or is drunk.


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    #9484
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    FarmerBrowne wrote: »
    Probably already mentioned already but what the hell is with Deirdre O'Kanes voice on the appliances delivered advert, she is either pretending to sound drunk or is drunk.

    I call that anti advertising. I have bought from them before, but I wont any more because of her.


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    #9485
    Seanieke
    Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Seanieke


    That Tayto add saying Alexiea... Boils my blood


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    #9486
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Seanieke wrote: »
    That Tayto add saying Alexiea... Boils my blood

    Seems to be a few ads using Alexa style content.
    Do they have to change the name for copyright reasons?
    I also have massive hatred of that ad!!


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    #9487
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,484 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Hey, Alexia.

    What now.

    There are complaints about you on the internet.

    I’m not surprised. People are always complaining about something.

    They say your name should be Alexa. Whoever christened you made a mistake.

    It’s an advertising ploy to gain their attention. And it seems to have worked.

    OK, I will let them know, but these people are too clever to be taken in.

    Whatever. I could care less.


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    #9488
    Genghis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,956 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Yes, indeed personal pet hate is "Magic Speaker" as hereby Vodafone.

    I do think though the reason they do not say Alexa or Siri or OK Google is to avoid devices in earshot reacting to the broadcast ad each time it plays.


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    #9489
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    ad for The Vaults tourist attraction with middle class actors trying to do 'All dub'/ working class accents .... sad .


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    #9490
    jeremyj1968
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭jeremyj1968


    Very unusual ad from RTE, with some talking heads speaking about the drugs problem in Ireland, then followed up by the RTE narrative that "RTE will always tell you the truth". I mean they didn't even know (apparently) that Gerry Ryan was on drugs was leading an anti drug campaign for their organisation, how likely it is that they are the correct people to investigate the drug issue outside of their own premises.


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    #9491
    Sorry about that
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Sorry about that


    Just heard the Skoda ad with the 2 women looking for the vegan restaurant "Cut the Cheese". Love it!


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    #9492
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Sorry about that wrote: »
    Just heard the Skoda ad with the 2 women looking for the vegan restaurant "Cut the Cheese". Love it!

    It's dire and the edgy humour makes me want to throw the radio out the window.

    ****



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    #9493
    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,451 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Ah that ad's quite funny in fairness. I love the passenger's reactions. :o


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    #9494
    Sorry about that
    Closed Accounts Posts: 632 ✭✭✭Sorry about that


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    It's dire and the edgy humour makes me want to throw the radio out the window.

    The man from Del Monte say no.


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    #9495
    depaor01
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭depaor01


    That goddam Hyundai ad. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! PLEEEEASE!!!!


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    #9496
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,976 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    What about the Heinz mayo adverts on RTE 2FM?

    Jez, that girl doing the voiceover is enthusiastic about mayo.

    Anyone know who she is? She does a few adverts, her voice is terrible.


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    #9497
    SirChenjin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭SirChenjin


    The ad for bonkers.ie. Two women talking, the first says she is off on holidays, the other replies with 'how can you afford that, aren't you just back from...'<I forget where.>

    Can't imagine anyone asking that question in response to a comment about going on holidays.


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    #9498
    Oops69
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    depaor01 wrote: »
    That goddam Hyundai ad. PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! PLEEEEASE!!!!
    Hyundai... DISCOVER WHY!!-- not .


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    #9499
    Breaston Plants
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Breaston Plants


    NIMAN wrote: »
    What about the Heinz mayo adverts on RTE 2FM?

    Jez, that girl doing the voiceover is enthusiastic about mayo.

    Anyone know who she is? She does a few adverts, her voice is terrible.

    Yeah, absolutely terrible voice, seems to be doing a lot of voiceovers on 2FM.


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    #9500
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Breaston Plants wrote: »
    Yeah, absolutely terrible voice, seems to be doing a lot of voiceovers on 2FM.

    Yeah what is the deal with that? Why does someone deem it acceptable that it’s a good voiceover? It’s just really annoying and an abnormal way of talking


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    #9501
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Breaston Plants wrote: »
    Yeah, absolutely terrible voice, seems to be doing a lot of voiceovers on 2FM.

    Not as bad as the whiny skanger voice "Hey Ciara" on the answering machine - never leave it on long enough to hear what it''s for! I would have heard it in its entirety when if first appeared a while ago but have long since forgotten the product being advertised - who on earth signs off on such rubbish?

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    #9502
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,731 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    That new McDonalds ad with a pair hamming it up as a couple of American hayseeds, with the guy breaking character at the end with his own accent - "oill buy de tickets".


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    #9503
    lawlolawl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,678 ✭✭✭lawlolawl


    FarmerBrowne wrote: »
    Probably already mentioned already but what the hell is with Deirdre O'Kanes voice on the appliances delivered advert, she is either pretending to sound drunk or is drunk.

    She talks through her teeth.

    I noticed it years ago in an interview with her and I can't listen to her since.


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    #9504
    newbie11
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭newbie11


    The add for the app called go loud on today fm and Newstalk, someone in the background repeatedly shouting "go loud" over and over again


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    #9505
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    lawlolawl wrote: »
    She talks through her teeth.

    I noticed it years ago in an interview with her and I can't listen to her since.
    She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

    I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.


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    #9506
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

    I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.

    I think her career suffered because she became a stay at home mum, and then tried to do a routine about it, which I unfortunately saw first hand.


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    #9507
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    whiterebel wrote: »
    I think her career suffered because she became a stay at home mum, and then tried to do a routine about it, which I unfortunately saw first hand.
    It can be funny -- Tommy Tiernan does some great standup about growing older and being a parent.

    But nobody wants to hear about someone else's Oisin or Muireann. Not when they're paying a babysitter to get a night away from the kids.


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    #9508
    Brendan Bendar
    Registered Users Posts: 19,051 ✭✭✭✭Brendan Bendar


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    She gets an awful hard time of it, but I agree her voice is very hard to listen to for a long period of time. I can't understand people who pay real money to sit through her gigs for a whole hour, but fair play to her, people do.

    I saw an article a month or so ago, where she said that her career suffered because she became a stay-at-home Mum. Personally I think her career has suffered because she isn't funny.

    I think you may have hit the bullseye.


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    #9509
    4Ad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭4Ad


    The Renault ad where ya man keeps interrupting saying "Zero"..
    Shut the F##k up, annoying ****e..


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    #9510
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    The new Synergy Ad for I don't what product but it's supposed to sound like a broken record - how imaginative is that. :rolleyes:

    ****



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    #9511
    Pineapple1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 213 ✭✭Pineapple1


    The ad for food shopping thats voiced by Mario Rosenstock on today fm. When he's speaking in his own voice, he sounds like he's even taking off his own voice (but obvs isnt). Maybe Im just so used to hearing him in his Miriam voice?! Just can't listen to his sunday roast programme for that reason.


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