I have had the misfortune tonight of working in the lounge, where the Yeti in pink knickers is watching the goggle box.
I don't know why but the commercial breaks have been really annoying me. Gingsters pasties all ingredients sourced in Cornwall, watch the small print at the end subject to seasonal supply Misleading or what! Macrapdonalds, all ingredients sourced from local/irish farms. Supposedly grown by dad and his kids. [spoiler]BULLSHIT.[/spoiler]
Bold washing powder, smells of diamonds. Err, excuse me! could you please tell me what diamonds smell like?
Where's the trading standards people surely they should be doing something about this blatant lying.
Come on, give us a few more that get on your tits nerves
That one they all cry in cus they are eating some kind of butter :D
Quote from: betula on October 20, 2008, 22:02:15
That one they all cry in cus they are eating some kind of butter :D
Clover
The ones for ladies sanitary stuff... why do they always seem to focus the camera on her bum.
Diamond smell... it is White Diamonds the perfume by the way!!
XX Jeannine
And why do they have to SHOUT !! i mute any ads that decide i need to be shouted at !
And show me a woman who has a 'happy period' !!!!!
the one where it says "tax doesnt have to be taxing" blummin well does !!!!!!
ALL OF THEM
I've resorted to muting the tv ;D
we complained to the trading standards about talk talk..they were advertising free broadband, we signed up and them were told not going to get it free for the foreseeable future..trading standards said "as long as they have a disclaimer in the advert, somewhere (like in small writing), they're ok :o
the one where davina macall has her hair done, at the bottom it says styled with hair extensions !!!
also, one of the mascara ones says some lash extensions used !!!
I'm having a very quote filled day... Here's a link to Bill Hicks on Marketing people (WARNING - IT HAS QUITE A FEW SWEAR WORDS IN IT)... It's had me laughing out loud again!
http://sennoma.net/main/edits/Hicks.html
We ALWAYS mute every set of ads. Is it me or are the ads louder than the actual programmes still...?
When the boys are home, they laugh at us for rushing to mute the TV ::)
lauren, I'm glad it's not just us, we've started muting the news, the weather is bad enough ;D
my grandson asked me why we mute adverts, I told him because they're only trying to make us want something we don't need ;D
You are not alone we ALWAYS ;D mute all adverts, when we record it is lovely just speed through them Yeeeeeea!!!!!!.
The mascara ones really make me laugh..they advertise that they will give you double the length of previous mascaras.. they have been saying that since I was a teenager,, we would be combing and curling our lashes by now if that was true.
The anti wrinkle ones,especially the one that advertises wrinkle filler...polyfilla for the face??
How do you mute them automatically?
What heppened to the good ones like the Smash advert with the spacemen,I should look on youtube to see if it is there.
XX Jeannine
Oh it is! (along with several tributes!)...
I put them on pause, get a cup of tea and then fast forward to the programme. Ah the joys of sky +.
I tried to put the post on for Smash and it went wrong.. maybe someone else can do it?
XX Jeannine
Quote from: ACE on October 20, 2008, 21:57:52
Bold washing powder, smells of diamonds. Err, excuse me! could you please tell me what diamonds smell like?
diamonds most certainly do smell, it is a new way of sourcing them through certain mineral gases, but doubt this is what bold is referring to - does it mean the smell lasts forever like a diamond - obviously never bought one for anyone then ;D
Quote from: Jeannine on October 21, 2008, 13:28:50
I tried to put the post on for Smash and it went wrong.. maybe someone else can do it?
XX Jeannine
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uKt-KR1TsRg
Omg... the other thing about TV that reallyyyyyyyyyyy annoys me is. As soon as a programme starts they nearly all seem to be following an American format.....I mean, they say.....
"Coming up in the show tonight", then procede to show you the contents of the programme.....Huh!.... no surprises.....No point in watching now then...I either mute it... or turn off.
BBC News does this too.... and seconds later they repeat what they have just said. :(
Climbs off soap box ::)
Predictable format - see the first part, then the ads. Return to programme - got to have a recap of part one just in case (1) the viewer's attention span couldn't cope with the ad gap or (2) viewer has just joined prog and is incapable of picking up a no-brain story line part way through. Then a bit more programme, then repeat the whole cycle again for the next set of ads.
Watching TV is a grim ordeal.
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they most certainly do up the volume when the ads come on......I don't care what they say. We watch Alibi channel on sky and there is an M&S advert first and last in the break and both are at "normal" volume and very noticeable it is too. Ads that grate: Cilit Bang, Iceland and Nationwide.....I could so easily smack that chubby chap .... :o :o
twinkletoes
The Halifax man... really gets on my nerves.
Another per hate is when the broadacasters are reading the teleprompt in front of them, they finish before the words so they slow down and say .. one..word..at.. a ..time..till..they..catch..up!!That drives me crazy.
The fat guy who does the bank advert..he works for me.. I would never use the bank this one advertises.
Does anyone else make a point of not buying something if the ad is irrating or crude?
and why.. do sex or toilet jokes have to creep into absolutely everything..even baby food.
XX Jeannine
Quote from: twinkletoes on October 21, 2008, 15:03:51
they most certainly do up the volume when the ads come on......
On most modern tellies there is a menu that gives you the option of equalising the sound. That way if any advert decides to up the volume, the telly will bring it back down to the pre-set level automatically.
I HATE all the adverts for banks that turn into a Busby Berkley song and dance routine with thousands of people dancing in the street ESPECIALLY with that moon faced bloke with the jam jar glasses or the big woman. They've gone away for a bit but they'll be back.
I reallyt HATE the one with the 3d cartoon of the woman with that Ah ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah-ah singing. "For the journey". Every time i watch it it makes me think about DEATH
I HATE all the ads where elderly or otherwise RESPECTABLE people suddenly break out in youth-type behaviour INCLUDING Terry Wogan BREAKDANCING
I HATED that advert for COFFEE where some woman set aside time for herself every morning to have a cup of coffee but what she really liked doing was popping open the foil, and sometimes she'd pop open the foil on a new jar when the old one wasn't empty. DO THEY THINK WE@RE STUPID. Ditto popping the top off PRINGLE TUBES. Are they supposed to be some kind of PHALLIC symbol like in the Dairy flake adverts??
EVERY ADVERT that's ever been on CLASSIC FM< ESPECIALLY the ones for financial services where some woman comes on at the end and speaks in a ROBOTIC VOICE so you'll STOP LISTENING when she says they might REPOSSESS YOUR HOUSE. NO I DON'T want to take the ALL BRAN CHALLENGE with WILLIAM SHATNER, and I WILL NOT be buying "THE ONLY CLASSICS ALBUM YOU'LL EVER NEED 2" because i bought THE ONLY CLASSICS ALBUM YOU'll EVER NEED"
there was more but i've lost me thread..........the TRIXIEBELLE pill must have worn off
ooh Roo be careful, you might meed to listen to the Bupa ads if you are not careful.XX Jeannine
By the way, beer bottle Halifax is still on and so his his rather large headed oriental friend, but the fat lady is still away.
XX Jeannine
Halifax is way ahead at the moment. I can't stand it either.
I do try and make a point of not buying anything that has an annoying advert.
We were looking around the ford showroom last weekend.(great place for free coffee) The saleman said have a look at the new model, my wife said no thankyou, but if you ever get rid of that stupid advert that has someone singing an annoying pinging noise, we might be interested. The look on the salesmans face was classic.
Quote from: Jeannine on October 21, 2008, 15:24:05
and why.. do sex or toilet jokes have to creep into absolutely everything..even baby food.
XX Jeannine
OH, someone else has noticed this too..........
DRIVES ME CRAZY >:(
I love the adverts, it is the programmes in between that don't do much for me ;D
My new telly has got the advert volume control feature.
Fantastic, I'm not jumping out of my skin every time the adverts come on.
I tend to listen to the tv whilst using my laptop.
Phillips have patented a recorder that stops people skipping the adverts on recorded and live programmes. The idea is that (perhaps) in the future premium subscribers to some tv service will be able to skip the ads, but the free or bog standard users will have to watch them
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/philips-patent-app-would-force-you-to-watch-commercials-both-li/ (http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/18/philips-patent-app-would-force-you-to-watch-commercials-both-li/)
That is a terrible gadget, I am glad I have just cancelled my TV license.
edit : i broke the habit of a lifetime and actually read the link. Philips said their patent application was to do the opposite, with the option for people to switch ON the ad watching option if they wanted. Street of Retired Chinese Snake Charmers. I mean - A Road of Old Cobras
I think adverts for nappies should be banned, expecially if they are going to show a baby having it ass cheack being kissed. If that was Garry Glitter in the advert, it would be a different outcome.
HI!
I'M BARRY SCOTT!
If only Cilit was the name of a gun...
Any advert that advertises another programme on BBC. They are getting more and more. We pay a licence to be free of adverts. The worse is the blatant plugging of a dancing programme which is always being plugged on the morning news. FFS News is supposed to be news not trivial entertainment. Who the hell wants to watch an old codger in a syrup going on about a load of 'paid' celebs competing in what must be the daftest competition ever.
That old codger is going to do an Arthur Askey, is he never going to stop boring us. Why won't he retire and let some fresh faces take over.
I like BF .He is a proper entertainer ;D
For me he is the original DOM .. and no, I don't mean a Dominican friar! ;D
But I love watching the dancing!! So there! :P
Quote from: Lauren S on October 21, 2008, 12:00:37
We ALWAYS mute every set of ads. Is it me or are the ads louder than the actual programmes still...?
When the boys are home, they laugh at us for rushing to mute the TV ::)
The dynamic range on adverts is reduced (or compressed as we call it here in jolly old tellyland) but the average level is increased so that all audio is at the same level throughout the clip, so rather than speech going up and down in volume as it does in real life it all comes out Bl**dy loud. This way the ofcom rules of commercials audio level versus programme audio level are stuck to but the end result is still f'ing annoying and you have to turn the telly down.
Dunno what the purpose of this is, apart from to annoy.
Quote from: jonny211 on October 24, 2008, 21:23:43
Dunno what the purpose of this is, apart from to annoy.
It does annoy, so why don't we all refuse to buy anything that does that.
But if you really need annoying how about the daft s0ds in phones4u. One company I would never use, even if they were the last on earth.
Quote from: Jeannine on October 21, 2008, 21:43:05
That is a terrible gadget, I am glad I have just cancelled my TV license.
If all the channels were funded by the licence fee (I know it would be impossibly expensive) then there would be no adverts. Remember this when licence fee and BBC knocking!