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songstress60 Mon 18-Apr-22 17:28:58

Do any of you have ads that really drive you mad? My 2 are the detergent ad where they sing "Where is the sun?" None of them can hold a tune, and the song is banal, and the other ad is that rip off of the Beyonce song "If I were a boy". That kid murders it by singing "If I were a toy", and he mangles the song too. Do any other grans have ads they utterly hate?

Nanny27 Mon 18-Apr-22 17:35:14

The Go Daddy website ad where the guy says nine nine p at the end. It makes my teeth itch just to listen to him.

MerylStreep Mon 18-Apr-22 17:35:16

I very rarely see adds as I mainly only watch The Chase and House of Games and one of them is recorded.
After House of Games it’s Prime or Netflix.

Ladyleftfieldlover Mon 18-Apr-22 17:39:28

I don’t watch adverts. I record any programmes on commercial channels which I want to watch. When I play them back I fast forward the adverts.

grannysyb Mon 18-Apr-22 18:10:47

Bl..dy Phillip Schofield on the radio for we buy any car, can't stand him. Also on the radio squeaky shrieky voiced woman for Vodafone. We always mute the TV ads, so not so bothered by them.

Kim19 Mon 18-Apr-22 18:29:46

Can't cope with the one where adult males have young childrens' baby voices. I think it's for sweets. Ugh!

Rameses Mon 18-Apr-22 19:01:58

Like Grannysyb above, the woman who does the radio ads for Vodafone. She has a really annoying voice. Also all of the adds for "Motorway"....."the drive you mad way", lol!

Elizabeth27 Mon 18-Apr-22 19:03:04

I have seen that where is the sun ad, it is awful as is go compare. I cannot watch ITV2 as the Kayak ad seems to be played before most programmes.

Shinamae Mon 18-Apr-22 19:05:35

My absolute worst advert that drives me totally nuts is the Marc Jacobs and those women saying Daisy,Daisy,Daisy… drives me bonkers. Also anything with Carol Vorderman in ??

Georgesgran Mon 18-Apr-22 19:06:21

Verisure alarms, where the fully liveried up chap Jack introduces himself to the dopey householder and chucks in ‘thats awful’ in a monotone when told a neighbour has been burgled. It’s really getting on my pips now as they must sponsor one of the late night programmes I watch.

MissAdventure Mon 18-Apr-22 19:11:19

I'm not sure if it's my phone or the ads, but I'm getting a frozen screen again when the ads move around.

honeyrose Mon 18-Apr-22 19:20:49

Claudia Winkleman shampoo ads with her impossibly glossy locks. Anything with Philip Schofield or Rylan whatsisface in. Aaaaaagh!!!!

Grannynannywanny Mon 18-Apr-22 19:25:18

Any advert by overpaid celebrities which try to convince the older generation to part with their hard earned cash for funeral plans, equity release plans and foot exercise machines. Eamonn Holmes and Carole Vorderman are the main culprits.

Presumably their tv careers are on a downward turn when they have to crop up so often on these annoying adverts plugging overpriced crap.

MissAdventure Mon 18-Apr-22 19:25:52

Ooh I've read the op wrong. blush
In that case, then, I really dislike the meerkats ad.
Ugly little perishers.

pinkprincess Mon 18-Apr-22 19:34:10

The fabric softener ads where some woman goes into raptures sniffing the stuff.
The direct cremation ones, especially the grinning girl obviously having a party on her mother's insurance money which has been saved by having her poor mother just thrown onto the fire.

AreWeThereYet Mon 18-Apr-22 20:15:22

I hate that 'Where is the sun' one too, although I think the bloke has quite a good voice. In fact I hate all fabric conditioner ads. And cremation ads. And anything with Philip S in.

And any ad that is aimed at people with 0 brain cells - which is most of them.

Bring back Smash is all I can say.

dolphindaisy Mon 18-Apr-22 20:44:43

Another vote for Verisure Alarms - seems to be a whole series of them written by struggling scriptwriters.

sodapop Mon 18-Apr-22 21:14:26

That stupid thing where the donkey climbs on the woman's back. What's that about.

Any ad featuring Debbie McGee she is unbearable.

tidyskatemum Mon 18-Apr-22 21:28:26

All of them - because they unfailingly feature a mixed race family with a white woman and black man and indeterminate children.

Witzend Mon 18-Apr-22 21:41:17

The buy-your-car-this-way one, with the bloke who looks like Beelzebub and can’t say his Ts.

And a lot of others, Daisy sodding Daisy in particular.

NanKate Mon 18-Apr-22 22:00:50

Any adverts where children have appalling table manners IMO

Any Bank adverts, they have all left our town ☹️

Bring back the old ads like Leonard Rossiter throwing Cinzano over Joan Collins.

Curlywhirly Mon 18-Apr-22 22:51:09

The Dior Perfume one - when the model turns to camera and quite aggressively says: What would you do for love???

Eamonn and Ruth advertising some kind of foot exerciser.

The Donkey Sanctuary one, where it shows really badly abused donkeys working the land in some faraway undeveloped country - it's a brilliant cause, but upsets me every time I see it.

MissAdventure Mon 18-Apr-22 22:55:14

Oh that donkey one!
It really upsets me too.

Honeysuckleberries Mon 18-Apr-22 22:55:21

The bed one with whiny Welsh shrieking commentary, it’s ear grating and as far from a relaxing bedtime that you can get. It’s such a shame as the Welsh accent is usually musical and beautiful.

Honeysuckleberries Mon 18-Apr-22 22:56:34

What idiot thought up the Lloyds bank beside your side tag line. Don’t they realise they’ve shut all the branches! ??