Adverts that drive you to distracion...revisited.
02 February 2018, 05:56 PM
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Adverts that drive you to distracion...revisited.
I have two at present:
The one where the guy is in Uganda?? and eating a pig's @rse by the look of it, then barfing at the side of the road? WTF is that all about??????? What is it even advertsing and how in the name of all that is right can it be REMOTELY attractive????????
And the constant repetition of the Tui advert, with the lass who is fit until she opens her gob and then OMG those TEETH!!!!, (snapped a few banjo-strings at all?), and the singing (not her) by some female that warbles all over the place, has a voice like an un-trained twelve year old and can't hold a note.
WHY?????????? I won't now use Tui on principle.
There are others I just don't get, like the ones for smart meters which seem aimed at the age group who probably already have them and don't need any incentive?
And before any of the usual clever dicks come on saying look, they've done their jobs, I've zero idea what the first is even promoting. So no.
The one where the guy is in Uganda?? and eating a pig's @rse by the look of it, then barfing at the side of the road? WTF is that all about??????? What is it even advertsing and how in the name of all that is right can it be REMOTELY attractive????????
And the constant repetition of the Tui advert, with the lass who is fit until she opens her gob and then OMG those TEETH!!!!, (snapped a few banjo-strings at all?), and the singing (not her) by some female that warbles all over the place, has a voice like an un-trained twelve year old and can't hold a note.
WHY?????????? I won't now use Tui on principle.
There are others I just don't get, like the ones for smart meters which seem aimed at the age group who probably already have them and don't need any incentive?
And before any of the usual clever dicks come on saying look, they've done their jobs, I've zero idea what the first is even promoting. So no.
02 February 2018, 06:38 PM
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I have two at present:
The one where the guy is in Uganda?? and eating a pig's @rse by the look of it, then barfing at the side of the road? WTF is that all about??????? What is it even advertsing and how in the name of all that is right can it be REMOTELY attractive????????
And the constant repetition of the Tui advert, with the lass who is fit until she opens her gob and then OMG those TEETH!!!!, (snapped a few banjo-strings at all?), and the singing (not her) by some female that warbles all over the place, has a voice like an un-trained twelve year old and can't hold a note.
WHY?????????? I won't now use Tui on principle.
There are others I just don't get, like the ones for smart meters which seem aimed at the age group who probably already have them and don't need any incentive?
And before any of the usual clever dicks come on saying look, they've done their jobs, I've zero idea what the first is even promoting. So no.
The one where the guy is in Uganda?? and eating a pig's @rse by the look of it, then barfing at the side of the road? WTF is that all about??????? What is it even advertsing and how in the name of all that is right can it be REMOTELY attractive????????
And the constant repetition of the Tui advert, with the lass who is fit until she opens her gob and then OMG those TEETH!!!!, (snapped a few banjo-strings at all?), and the singing (not her) by some female that warbles all over the place, has a voice like an un-trained twelve year old and can't hold a note.
WHY?????????? I won't now use Tui on principle.
There are others I just don't get, like the ones for smart meters which seem aimed at the age group who probably already have them and don't need any incentive?
And before any of the usual clever dicks come on saying look, they've done their jobs, I've zero idea what the first is even promoting. So no.
Current favourites are the Vaginal Mesh legal action ads and the ads for Humira, that seems to be for a bunch of stuff but also can straight up kill you.
FarmersOnly.com dating is hilariously bad and the song kinda gets stuck in your head. I don't know if anything could be more country
02 February 2018, 09:00 PM
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I absolutely agree with you on both of those adverts. A holiday company (think it’s a holiday company anyway??) that thinks advertising Uganda I.e an absolute armpit of the world, thinks that’s going to attract customers? Of all the absolutely stunning beautiful places on thi she planet.....Uganda? Seriously?
And that poxy Tui bird, with the horrendous expression right at the end when she’s held in the air......a face you just want to slap.
And that poxy Tui bird, with the horrendous expression right at the end when she’s held in the air......a face you just want to slap.
02 February 2018, 09:30 PM
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TUI would have been better off dedicating the whole ad to the dancing crabs. 
Does anyone bother with package hols anymore? For the past 20 years I've booked the hotels direct, arranged my own flights and took a taxi from the airport. Whilst I'm halfway there the package hol plebs will still be sat on the coach waiting for the last errant passenger to be found by the rep before their long excursion to drop off at 30 odd hotels taking hours, when the resort is only minutes away!
Anyway, Barry Scott is back on the scene pushing the limits of audio compression. He also has a companion doing voice overs for trade centre UK. I hit the mute button if I'm viewing live TV.
Does anyone bother with package hols anymore? For the past 20 years I've booked the hotels direct, arranged my own flights and took a taxi from the airport. Whilst I'm halfway there the package hol plebs will still be sat on the coach waiting for the last errant passenger to be found by the rep before their long excursion to drop off at 30 odd hotels taking hours, when the resort is only minutes away!
Anyway, Barry Scott is back on the scene pushing the limits of audio compression. He also has a companion doing voice overs for trade centre UK. I hit the mute button if I'm viewing live TV.
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02 February 2018, 09:47 PM
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i think you probably need bit spirit humanity ,adventure ,youth , benevolence, imagination for the african one
clearly not intended entice 65 y/o brexiters out their chesterfield ?!
clearly not intended entice 65 y/o brexiters out their chesterfield ?!
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03 February 2018, 11:52 AM
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Agreed on the bod.
But I think a gap between the two top incisors can be quite cute on (non-butters) girls. So long as it's not like a TVR shutline!
I also dig cute bitches who sport a slight overbite...and also ever-so slightly oversized, 'rabbity' gnashers.
It's called character.
But I think a gap between the two top incisors can be quite cute on (non-butters) girls. So long as it's not like a TVR shutline!
I also dig cute bitches who sport a slight overbite...and also ever-so slightly oversized, 'rabbity' gnashers.
It's called character.
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03 February 2018, 12:19 PM
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03 February 2018, 02:26 PM
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ha ha, never had anyone compalin about MY looks.
So, Joz, rabbity teeth?
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b3/c7/93/b...s-festival.jpg
Yes or no?
So, Joz, rabbity teeth?
https://i.pinimg.com/474x/b3/c7/93/b...s-festival.jpg
Yes or no?
03 February 2018, 10:17 PM
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To the OP- Seriously man, are you saying you actually watch ad's?
Think about this: On most of the commercial channels there is approximately 20 minutes of advertising per hour. So if you were to watch 3 to 4 hours per day, that's over a full hour's worth of nothing but advertising. In around 3 to 4 weeks, you'll have watched a full days worth of ad's. Imagine that over the course of your life.
Just record everything and skip the ad breaks.
Think about this: On most of the commercial channels there is approximately 20 minutes of advertising per hour. So if you were to watch 3 to 4 hours per day, that's over a full hour's worth of nothing but advertising. In around 3 to 4 weeks, you'll have watched a full days worth of ad's. Imagine that over the course of your life.
Just record everything and skip the ad breaks.
04 February 2018, 01:20 AM
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Adverts on the non-'terrestrial' channels do my head in. Each ad break typically lasts for anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes these days! 
Sometimes it causes you to actually forget what you were watching!
Sometimes it causes you to actually forget what you were watching!
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04 February 2018, 10:54 AM
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To the OP- Seriously man, are you saying you actually watch ad's?
Think about this: On most of the commercial channels there is approximately 20 minutes of advertising per hour. So if you were to watch 3 to 4 hours per day, that's over a full hour's worth of nothing but advertising. In around 3 to 4 weeks, you'll have watched a full days worth of ad's. Imagine that over the course of your life.
Just record everything and skip the ad breaks.
Think about this: On most of the commercial channels there is approximately 20 minutes of advertising per hour. So if you were to watch 3 to 4 hours per day, that's over a full hour's worth of nothing but advertising. In around 3 to 4 weeks, you'll have watched a full days worth of ad's. Imagine that over the course of your life.
Just record everything and skip the ad breaks.
No, I turn them off. And I'm not about to pay Virgin extra to be able to record and skip.
I'm probably the only person in the UK who can reliably channel surf, and EVERY TIME there's a programme I might be interested in, it'll be showing adverts. Meanwhile, stuff I'd never watch will be showing the programme.
04 February 2018, 07:39 PM
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No, I turn them off. And I'm not about to pay Virgin extra to be able to record and skip.
I'm probably the only person in the UK who can reliably channel surf, and EVERY TIME there's a programme I might be interested in, it'll be showing adverts. Meanwhile, stuff I'd never watch will be showing the programme.
I'm probably the only person in the UK who can reliably channel surf, and EVERY TIME there's a programme I might be interested in, it'll be showing adverts. Meanwhile, stuff I'd never watch will be showing the programme.
No need for Sky/Virgin these days; Many modern TVs with freeview/freesat have the ability to record and live pause TV...just need to plug in a decent USB memory stick (and read the instructions
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04 February 2018, 08:07 PM
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I’m neither a 65 y/o, nor a brexiteer that lives in Chesterfield. Can’t say I’ve been to Uganda, but I spent 6 months in Kenya, which I imagine to be pretty much the same, so I can wholeheartedly say, from experience, it’s a $hithole.
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Agreed on the bod.
But I think a gap between the two top incisors can be quite cute on (non-butters) girls. So long as it's not like a TVR shutline!
I also dig cute bitches who sport a slight overbite...and also ever-so slightly oversized, 'rabbity' gnashers.
It's called character.
But I think a gap between the two top incisors can be quite cute on (non-butters) girls. So long as it's not like a TVR shutline!
I also dig cute bitches who sport a slight overbite...and also ever-so slightly oversized, 'rabbity' gnashers.
It's called character.
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