Annoying adverts

La La La La Gala bingo and the screeching 'what's makes me happy' woman It doesn't make me happy and that is just two of the many that have me 'screeching' p* off.

All adverts are dreadful, intended to manipulate, and I try not to listen.....but the one I turn off is the man in a tophat on a hippo!

The Gtech man. I know where I'd like to shove his blasted vacuum cleaner, and his lawn mower.

Owen Wilson is really getting on my wick.

It's not just adverts though. Those 'such a programme sponsored by' get me as well. The TUI one is especially annoying.

I’m with mumofmadboys. When else but during ad breaks can we go to the loo, put the kettle on, empty the dishwasher etc.?
I do hate the one about hearing aids, tho’ - that REALLY winds me up ‘cos I’m deaf and I can’t hear it properly!

Anything to do with funerals, do we need to be constantly reminded we are going to pop off. There are, in my opinion, too many ads for charities. Don’t get me wrong, I contribute to several, but give to the donkeys, water aid, save a leopard, etc. etc.One day I counted up how much I would have spent and it came to something like £25. These appear especially in the afternoon and because there are so many, they all go over my head.

All the adverts that play on older peoples fear of not paying their own way. The over 50's insurance stress the cost of funerals (which can be done cheaper btw) and then throw in the guilt pitch....you don't want your children to have to find the money. In case that doesn't work they also play on caring, giving nature of grans and granddads.....leave a little bit for the grandchildren.

The sell your house to us adverts....well take out a loan linked to your home......but we'll call it equity release because it sounds nicer. After the new kitchen, car, holidays route they again play on the giving aspect by showing a couple getting their granddaughter onto the housing ladder. What the advert doesn't stress is that interest will be added to the outstanding amount all the time you live after you've taken out the loan. They'll end up owning your house and your family will inherit nothing. In fact if the value of the house doesn't cover the amount outstanding they'll take all your estate. Everything you've worked for and saved will go to the bank.

The parsnips man gives me the creeps. When the neighbour brings around his letter and he's using binoculars in the conservatory. Who is the spying on?

Like most GNetters, I dislike almost all ads! Why are there so many for truly hideous sofas? But the winner for me is the cruise one where the "comedian" (Rob Brydon?) talks about the sun "coming up over the yardarm." It goes down, you moron!

The sunlife over 50's insurance makes us laugh. My husband does a great impression of the woman. He adds his own words i.e. "I can't wait to die because you get a free pen just for inquiring". He has many versions on this theme. I love the Purple Bricks ad were the man splats his pottery all over the woman, then squishes her pot too.

I hate the Boots ads. One for the optician where the daft woman says she needs glasses but doesn't think they'd suit her. What utter tosh! If you need glasses, you need glasses and that's that. Stop being so damn vain.
The other Boots one for hearing aids. For heaven's sake if you can't hear go and see the doctor. You'll get referred to the local hospital and get hearing aids for FREE. All right, you may have to wait months for an appointment but why pay thousands? I sometimes shout 'go to the doctor, Grandad!' if I can be bothered.

Barry Scott bellowing about his Cillit Bang, and those Haribo ones with adults talking like kids.

And those Sun Life and Royal funeral plans are a racket - buy a Co-Op pre-paid one.

The over 60's adds when they say, it I'll help pay for my funeral and I can leave a little for the family makes me shout out loud, " They can sell the bl...y big house you live in you stupid poeple"
I really hate the hypocrisy.

lol, I must admit similar thoughts had crossed my mind fourormore! The way he marches in with his box of parsnips, just a bit too cosy!

Jusnoneed my DH has a theory about the Sunlife over 50 plan ad that you mention!
DH reckons that June and 'Dad' are having an undercover secret affair and the parships are part of their disguise !
When she calls around with his post and see's that he's checking his binoculars, there is a certain glint in his eye, and he doesn't even answer when she asks if he's off hiking. DH reckons he's a peeping tom!
DH reckons June goes around to see his parsnips, even though at the rate he's been growing them she must have seen them before!
She's usually in her slippers so perhaps intends to stay and make herself comfortable???
Perhaps the postman is in on their little secret and deliberately delivers his mail to the wrong place! or perhaps the postman is jealous as he never gets any parsnips?
The conspiracy of it all is mystifying!
Where does Dad's DD go after she has let June in? Does she have anything to do with getting them together? (or perhaps she doesn't like parsnips?)
Have said all that, DH and I would really miss June calling around every five minutes haha and hope that the next chapter in the saga will be revealed soon!!!

Incidentally I adore the meerkats I have a collection of the meerkat soft toys and my DGD (aged 6) has told me that she wants them when I die!

There are far too many for over 50s plans, they drive me nuts, one in particular has dreadful hammy actors - a bloke on the beach (I think) talking right in his daughter's face, and another for the same company with a posh woman in the kitchen. I like the music for the Legal &General one, with the granddad picking up the little boy from school.

I quite like the end bit of the AA one when the little girl goes oooo and flings her arm up, I think because she reminds me of my daughter when she was a tot!

There's a mad cheese one where they say "aim for the buttocks" that always makes me chuckle!

I like advert breaks to make a drink or go to the loo or do some little job!

I like the meerkats!

The stupid meerkats

I hate ALL adverts lol. I now only watch on BBC or recorded programs so fast forward the adverts!

Reminds me of a time I was asked to take part in a survey- they showed part of a film and I was taking in all the details of the program. Later I was phoned to ask what I remembered of the adverts? Er? What adverts? Was my response bahaha. I must have been powdering my nose or talking whatever but never noticed any adverts ??

Someone's knocking at the door, so the lottery advert goes. The winners then start shrieking with excitement holding huge cheques, its awful, GO AWAY.

The stupid woman and bloke getting all excited about Sunlife over 50's Insurance. He should not grow so many parsnips lol.

Oh god I just remembered what they did to Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want.

That's it, I am back on the boycott

Without fail, every year, the schmaltzy trash that is the John Lewis festive advert reminds me to not buy a bloody thing there until spring.

The absolute murdering of whatever poor song they have victimised each year only adds to my annoyance. (I can never forgive what they did to Half The World Away).

Although that sickbucket nonsense with the magically aging woman and Billy Joel was easily the worst. Because the value of a womans life is measured by how faithful a John Lewis customer she was.

I also find the AA advert annoying. Worse than that, the little singing girl gives me the creeps. The computer generated graphics have gone sadly wrong there.

I do like the one of the Action Men dancing though!

I absolutely hate the one where a little brat is singing in the back of a car. I think its for the AA