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You are overhungry -> you are too hungry to eat! I have known this.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

I always thought it was "Oh, they're tired". And it seems even the people who made the advert aren't sure!

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

The people who made the advert are sure. The letter at the end is signed by Franco Zeffirelli and is a joke.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

i know that feeling too but that's not what he meant.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

For anyone whose parents used the phrase overtired when they were kids you KNOW with the pure truth of a billion universes that they're saying "overtired".

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:14 (nineteen years ago)

Overhungry is a nice word though.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

The difficulty parents face is when a fractious child is up past its bedtime and has pals over. Is is overtired or just showing off in front of its friends?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Ah I see. Oh well.

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― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:18 (nineteen years ago)

The latter I think trumps the former - he may *be* overtired - to be revealed once everyone has settled down - but the need to impress means it's simply wilful bad behaviour and overexcitement.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

Mark and Nick, two of ILX's most experienced parents and natural patriarchs.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

I think we should feature in a remake of My Two Dads.

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:21 (nineteen years ago)

Your catchphrase could be "Shall we just have it off?".

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

i can't decide which one of the two is 'loose' enough to play Greg Evigan's character.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

I could be the disapproving neighbour.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:28 (nineteen years ago)

The old pencilly animated Aquafresh one which they're re-screening at the moment. Now that's a proper jingle.

― Wingwalker (1977), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

I love that they brought that back, seems like a 'two fingers up' to modern methods. Or maybe they just didn't have any new ideas.

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Aquafresh ad did actually get me to pester my dad to buy Aquafresh, back in the day. I still feel a quiver of brand loyalty.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Dear Mr ****,
Thank you for your e-mail received by this office on 5 September 2005,
regarding the recent Vauxhall Zafira TV advert.

As requested, I can confirm the last word in the advert is 'over tired'. I
trust this resolves your query, however, should you require any further
information, please do not hesitate to contact us again on 01582 427200, or
by return e-mail.

I cannot believe so many people have a) never heard this term and b) believe that you have to actually be a parent in order to hear and remember the daft things that parents say to excuse their inability to shut their children up.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

Has anyone tried emailing the Warburtons?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

> I love that they brought that back, seems like a 'two fingers up' to modern methods

hush now, or our screens will be once more overrun with mash potato eating robots and 'Just-So' Jones.

speaking of which, the new cgi gary lineaker advert was interesting.

― My Koogy Weighs A Ton (koogs), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:50 (nineteen years ago)

My parents used to use the word 'overtired' and yet I've *always* heard 'oh, they're tired' on the advert. It never even occurred to me they might be saying 'overtired'. It's a shite advert anyway. I like the IKEA one they're showing in Sweden where the lady keeps saying OCH.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

It's so obviously 'overtired' that it had never even occurred to me that anyone could hear it as anything else. You 'oh, they're tired' people are mental. Did you hear the PG Tips Chimps saying 'it's the paste!' or that flymo cricket bloke saying 'it's a lot less hotter with an otter'?

― Sir Tehrance HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

Peyton Manning's mastercard advert. He comes off as so charming.

― vingt regards (vignt_regards), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

You 'oh, they're tired' people are mental.

no the existence of the word 'overtired' and it's application is mental.

speaking of which, the new cgi gary lineaker advert was interesting.

yes, altho it has happened before (CGI Howard from Halifax, CGI Botham and Lamb etc.)

― vita susicivus (blueski), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

This overtired / oh they're tired debate is how Nazi Germany got started

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Comcast's "save big bucks" ad is brilliant.

― clotpoll (Clotpoll), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

I love the ads for Sonic drive-ins with the freeze-frame and punch SFX at the payoff. Those things are funny and well-edited.
-- Truckdrivin' Buddha (crump...), August 3rd, 2005 6:43 AM. (Rock Hardy)
Oh, Rock. I hate those Sonic ads. Though I am curious about just what exactly that short-haired red-stater wife did in New Orleans.
-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), August 3rd, 2005 11:04 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///)
Otherwise, "Um, you look pretty?" THWACK! = Dud.
-- Pleasant Plains /// (pleasant.plain...), August 3rd, 2005 11:04 AM. (Pleasant Plains ///)
Noooo, that's the best one!

-- Truckdrivin' Buddha (crump...), August 3rd, 2005 11:06 AM. (Rock Hardy)

I am vindicated by the fact that "btw XXXX, you look very pretty" is now an ILX meme.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:18 (nineteen years ago)

and her name is MOLLY. sheesh.

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

rock hardy, why do the two men in those ads have fake stuck to their shirts seat belts while molly and brian have realish part of the car seatbelts?

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

Do you really want me to spell it out?

BOOBS
KNOCKERS
JUGS
TITTAYS
HOOTERS
BREASTICLES
MAMMARIES
WINNEBAGOS

etc

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

brian has knockers??

― sunny successor agrees: gay dad always trumps slutty mom (katharine), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:37 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, you should see his pix in the Advertising Age swimsuit issue.

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

I love the Geico caveman commercials. The latest one with the therapist is priceless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovgkvX2H08

I'm surprised not many people have mentioned the Mitsubishi ads featuring The Fall; I'd have figured a lot of you would've been falling over yourselves with excitement over that.

Me, I'm bemused by the Buzzcocks playing on a commercial for the AARP (something I wasn't anticipating until 2027 at least). According to an article I just read about it, it's supposed to be part of an effort to court future members of the AARP currently in their 30s and 40s, but -- Buzzcocks + AARP currently do not compute in my brain.

― Phoenix Dancing (krushsister), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 03:26 (nineteen years ago)

four months pass...

Irn Bru: Goths Gone Wild

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p90qM535fQ8

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 09:38 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

For some reason I am enjoying the Shreddies knitting ad.
http://www.utalkmarketing.com/Article.aspx?id=2211

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

There was a piece about it in the Independent today as well. I've not seen it.

― accentmonkey, Monday, 25 June 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

You can just click the link above :)

I can't find a a link to it in the Independent, was it part of a bigger article. Do you have a link?

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)

Stand down...I've found it.
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2702428.ece
I agree with whoever Claire Beale is...This is sweet, funny, really quite bizarre. I wonder if it'll sell any shreddies though?

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:46 (eighteen years ago)

Added bonus! On that article there is a link for the fantastic fabulous old Go To Work On An Egg ads featuring Tony Hancock.

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 25 June 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

it also strikes me as the kind of thing the trading standards people don't like - they (maybe apocryphally) made them change the irn bru slogan 'made in scotland from grrdrrs' because irn bru didn't actually have any girder content.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 09:42 (eighteen years ago)

Recently saw a nice ad for a storage company - have only caught it once. Shows a room with all its contents going back and forth like waves on the seashore.

― Zoe Espera, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:47 (eighteen years ago)

as a kid i think i thought Grrdrrs was just some guy who made the Irn Bru. it's not like we drank it and thought 'mmm you can really taste the metal beams'.

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:55 (eighteen years ago)

I don't like the Shreddies ad - trying too hard to think of wacky concept to explain how they're made. Like that Coca-Cola bottle advert. Cease this shallow pretense you additive-peddling con artistes.

― blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:57 (eighteen years ago)

You can just click the link above :)

It's not the same as seeing it on telly though.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:23 (eighteen years ago)

Shreddies ad is sweet.

I'm liking the 'April Showers' one, looks like it was shot in Scotland somewhere, can't recognise where though.

The Skoda 'cake' one was good the first few times but has started annoying me.

The Nissan Qashquai 'skateboard' one is cool too.

― *rumpie*, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:26 (eighteen years ago)

I'm liking the 'April Showers' one, looks like it was shot in Scotland somewhere, can't recognise where though.

I like it too, but it's one of those ads that irritates me, because it looks like someone shot it as part of their show reel or something, and then they basically stuck the product name on the end, almost as an afterthought.

― accentmonkey, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:31 (eighteen years ago)

They probably did...

― *rumpie*, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:38 (eighteen years ago)

-- blueski, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 10:57 (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I know what you mean but there's something about knitting a shreddie that just makes me smile. Also I like to eat shreddies so I'm biased towards it already. They could have an ad with "Buy a packet of shreddies" on the screen for 10 seconds and I'd still go, 'good ad, I think I will'.

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

Can't stop singing the "April Showers" tune in my head now - aaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh!

― Tom D., Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

> The Skoda 'cake' one was good the first few times but has started annoying me.

the two bits of genius in this advert are the golden syrup 'oil' and the wobbly jelly tail-lights.

― koogs, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

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