2 The fabric conditioner one where the people are made out of - duh - fabric. It is disturbing to look at 'people' made out of fabric, and in fact they look horribly disfigured, like burns victims or people with hypothermia.
― Ellie, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― mark s, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
(I really like those Argos adverts - they cool)
― jamesmichaelward, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― helen fordsdale, Thursday, 22 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Blimey, isn't it usually the other way round?
― Tom, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― RickyT, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sarah, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ellie, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Wine ads infest the London Underground system. That and ads for ten- week 'philosophy' courses.
― Will, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Must. Calm. Down.
― Jonnie, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Lambrini girls are classic. As David Bell, chief executive of Cheetham Bell JWT, which devised the campaign said:
"It is a drink for salt-of-the-earth girls to drink before they go out, maybe while chatting or putting their make-up on. While they do that, they probably crack jokes about their boyfriends. I've never heard of any men being offended by these ads. They're quite clearly just a bit of fun.'
Who'd have thought that one day computers would allow us to watch adverts at work
― Nick, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Millions of years of evolution and THIS is what they expect us to aspire to.
― Trevor, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― will, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Anna, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I LOVE the Link advert, but I'm prepared to accept it's for similar "ah - a good old fashioned cheery crappy ad" reasons as my fondness for the never updated Argos campaign.
creepy animated babies who discuss personal finance.
Ooh yes - that's the original 'I have to change channels cause this makes me nauseous' ad. Apparently Madchen's gran loves it cause it reminds her of Madchen's dad at a similar age.
― Alan Trewartha, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Pervert.
Actually, this reminds me of a girl I used to know who said she loved dentist drills.
Any ad where the magic of Animatronics allows toddlers or animals to SPEAK. GRRRRRR!
Any ad on Channel 5 which shows exactly what media buyers think of the viewers, eg debt ones, dial LAWYERS ones, old folks' maladies and life insurance ones. All the most awfyul American imports of the ages in one break from Family Affairs omnibus when I am hung over and de-motivated. SCREEEEEE!
― suzy, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
God I hate that it is SO CONTRIVED who would say 'shall I take the old thing away' you'd say 'shall I take the old one / old telly away'. Only then of course the hilarious punchline wouldn't work.
― Emma, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― mark s, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Mark C, Friday, 23 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
There are many ambiguous things they could ask that would be better than 'shall I take the old thing away?'. How about 'shall I take this old pile of shit away?' or 'this isn't much use to you know - shall I take it away?' or 'do you want me to get rid of your husband?' ('husband' is slang for TV set in Berkshire)
What kinda of messed up message is this? Blowing your last two quid on a happy meal for someone else? I mean the kid could have at least had got his dad to pay for it! (you get the thanks without incurring financial hardship = crafty!)
― james, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Arthur, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Chrysler is one of company's clients, and believe me the only thing any of them would ever get misty eyed about is the idea of spending an extra dime. If they could make a crappy car out of nerf and sell it for a profit they would.
Also, Maura's Chrysler ad is really bad as well. Someone shoot their ad agency.
I don't have anything against Chrysler really, but their commercials are bad. BMW are 100 times worse to deal with as a client but their commercials are clever.
― Nicole, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kim, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Nicole, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― anthonyeaston, Monday, 26 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Samantha, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 28 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Wednesday, 9 April 2003 16:10 (twenty-three years ago)
they're putting urea in face cream now?
― koogs, Wednesday, 6 May 2026 02:39 (one month ago)
"hi. chicken?"
― koogs, Saturday, 9 May 2026 11:35 (one month ago)
"Delicate, what's a delicate?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISXbNwXzR1c
― Clarinet Cop (Tom D.), Monday, 11 May 2026 12:01 (one month ago)
(does remind me that university must be a much different experience now because people are more in touch - when i was there we had 6 very busy payphones between 650 people. had perhaps one letter a term, if that)
― koogs, Monday, 11 May 2026 12:40 (one month ago)
Gulag for everybody responsible for Hellmann's's desperate new annoyance
― Wildfowler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 May 2026 12:28 (three weeks ago)
i hadn't even realised that car crash of an ad was for hellmans until it was just on and i remembered your post.
(it's the one in the deli with the Neil Diamond song)
― koogs, Tuesday, 19 May 2026 18:26 (three weeks ago)
It invokes powerful feelings in me that would be best not invoked
― Wildfowler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 May 2026 18:42 (three weeks ago)
New Birdseye Fish Fingers ad is a grotesque combination of Yankification and what appears to be cheap AI
― Wildfowler (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 May 2026 07:12 (three weeks ago)
(oh, it says 'meal diamond' on his jacket)
― koogs, Wednesday, 20 May 2026 18:17 (three weeks ago)
I know. That doesn't h3lp, right?
― Wildfowler (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 May 2026 18:55 (three weeks ago)
"Picky bits" justifies disbanding the Coop and jailing the board
GTech vacuum cleaner brags that it leaves the carpet beautifully striped. Mate, I think you'm thinking of lawnmowers
― 99 gram lychee (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 June 2026 15:46 (six days ago)
I hate all ads, violently resent their presence in my life, and have coined the pejorative “advert humour” for a particular shitty joke style that has infected mainstream films. I do not laugh at adsEXCEPT the knife crime ad that sometimes plays at the cinema, I have never not laughed at the kid going “oh my days - there is no safe place to get stabbed” (although I have never laughed as much as the first time)
― unclear apocalypse (wins), Saturday, 6 June 2026 16:15 (six days ago)
I haven't seen that one, I shd go to the cinema more
― 99 gram lychee (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 June 2026 16:34 (six days ago)
Same on the violent hatred of adverts tho
― 99 gram lychee (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 June 2026 16:35 (six days ago)
currently cringing at sharipova's squeaky voice and clumsy shrug. that's somehow meant to get me to drink beer.
― Bog Dork (koogs), Saturday, 6 June 2026 16:55 (six days ago)
Sure deodorant are running world cup adverts, official sponsor
Lynx deodorant are running world cup adverts, official sponsor
two deodorant sponsorships seems excessive. turns out it's unilever in the list of sponsors and they own both the above (and lots more)
also includes
The Home Depot, the "Official home improvement retail supporter in North America"
― Bog Dork (koogs), Wednesday, 10 June 2026 12:22 (two days ago)