Infuriating Commercials

[DrAlex]

Re: The commercials we know and love thread, I'd like to start the opposite.

I can't stand the new Asda commercials. Children's choirs are only enjoyable to parents whose parents are singing, Christmas carollers and priest conductors. Not me.

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[bramble]

Esure ads!
GRRRRRRRRRRR

Oh and me and my flatmates have a consensus on the Marks and Spencer ads - we hate them because they make us so hungry so theres nothing we can do about it since we dont have an M&S here.

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[JackDaniels]

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[Amorphous]

Quoting bramble from 21:24, 27th Apr 2006
Esure ads!
GRRRRRRRRRRR

Seconded. Haven't figured out how the 'free rat with every quote' gimmick is supposed to improve business, unless people want to burn the things.

Sounds like an idea, actually.

[maenad]

That cheesy Cadbury's one with the boy giving chocolate to a girl ... just like his parents did.

Anything involving a motorised easy-access chair. And debt management.

[Fawksie]

Quoting bramble from 21:24, 27th Apr 2006
Esure ads!
GRRRRRRRRRRR

"Calm down dear, it's a commercial!" Sorry.

[Rufus]

The L'oreal adverts, especially the Andie Macdowell one. She should be able to act at least a little by now.

[orudge]

I hate the M&S ads because of that really annoying voice. "Lah lah lah, if we talk really slowly in this voice, it'll make people want to buy our stuff." Shut up!

DFS "Double your discount" ads, and the various variants of, have annoyed me for years. As do/did most furniture store adverts, for that matter.

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[Icarus]

The Marks and Spencer adds because they seem to want to sexualise food. A roast chicken should not be made to sound like sex on a plate.

Claims Direct, National Accident Helpline etc etc. Turn on the tv during the day and you get a constant stream of ads where idiots say how they tripped over their own feet and successfully sued someone for ten grand. The best (or worst?) one is where they have some guy saying "I was carrying a bucket of hot tar on a building site and I fell over. I successfully sued for... etc." Hate to sound too 'Daily Mail', but this is one of the things that's wrong with this country. End of rant

[the Empress]

The 'Go East' advert - the song sounds so wrong, I remember when it was to 'Oo Aaar, it's Ambrosia' as Yorkshire farmers marched proudly over the hills . . .

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Mazda adverts, I mean really.

The almost offensive sexual slurs that are diamond car insurance ads.

Anything with Linda Barker

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[jennyo]

'Hello Mum! I'm on the telly!'

STAB STAB STAB

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[Clonion]

"Calm down dear, it's only a commercial"

Even if it weren't Michael Winner, they'd still be really annoying. As it is, they've just squared the annoyingness already there.

Also Herbal Essences ads.

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[the reason for the word w]

"Dyson, the cleaner that doesn't loose suction" the way this woman says suction makes me want to throw up. Or stab her. Or both... ARGH!

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[flarewearer]

The new Honda ones with the "this is the sound of a honda" and the human noises choir. Revolting.

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[tinker]

Quoting flarewearer from 00:15, 28th Apr 2006
The new Honda ones with the "this is the sound of a honda" and the human noises choir. Revolting.

seconded, that is an unbelievably annoying advert!

[tylermatts]

I really like the honda advert! (I'm clearly a nerd), but I HATE Confused.com. It looks like the entire advert was created in someone's garage using Microsoft WordArt

[Insight]

"CONFUUUUUUUUUSED DOT COM!"

or

"Elephant.co.uk - *incessant elephant trumpetting*"

Really REALLY flick my wick (i.e. piss me off)

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[Smith]

Quoting the Empress from 22:36, 27th Apr 2006
The 'Go East' advert - the song sounds so wrong, I remember when it was to 'Oo Aaar, it's Ambrosia' as Yorkshire farmers marched proudly over the hills . . .

No, that would be Devon farmers, hence the catchline "Devon knows it tastes so good"

God, I love Ambrosia

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