IRRITATING ADS

The Lindt chocolate ad where she just nibbles at it. I yell at the TV that she should stuff it in her mouth whole. Don’t get me started on the patronising voice of CareCo ads. I am not convinced that the actors are really in need of mobility scooters etc.

One of THE most irritating ads around at the moment has to be the one for 'Omaze' win a house or some such rubbish. That woman's incredibly irritating and false voice-over is the TV equivalent of fingernails down a blackboard. There's also the one on Classic FM for cruises (can't tell you which advertiser as I mentally switch off when it comes on!) which sounds as if it could be voiced by Helen George (Trixie in Call the Midwife) trying to be even more of a hoity-toity Trixie than ever before!

The Verisure ones - so amateurish. A recent one that is like a period piece, and refers to menstruation. The life insurance/funeral plan ones.

Recording programmes so you can fast forward through commercial breaks is one answer.
If I watch something in real time, I have book/newspaper/ cryptic crosswords to hand, so i can occupy myself and ignore the screen until the programme returns!

PS what sort of spellcheck does Gransnet use? Is it American? It's desperate to change my spelling of 'programmes' to all sorts of weird and incorrect alternatives!!

Ladyleftfieldlover

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.

same here ladyleftfieldlover. i hate all adverts and don't even understand the majority nowadays, where, at the end you are left wondering what was that all about with the content seemingly having no relation to the item being advertised!

The woman with the irritating voice on the Omaze lottery ads. Also the drippy looking girls saying “daisy,daisy,daisy….” on the perfume advert.

Both of the Marc Jacob ads - Daisy and Perfect . It appears that this company only caters for dim-wits or people who go out of their way to look freaky. However, the Dad on the Legal and General ad who is taking his two children in a trip...Anyone else? ?

An advert for an estate agency when all the people who are buying or selling a house come out to dance on the street, it's false and embarassing and sets my teeth on edge !!

I agree that the radio adverts are annoying because you can't fast-forward which I do with the TV adverts. Especially irritating is when they end the advert with that very fast speech which you can't hear, terms and conditions I think.

I still say the sound of an advert can be more annoying. You can close your eyes but not your ears! And some of them really do assault your ears.

The holiday ad with the really obnoxious parents and badly behaved children. Who would want to spend a holiday with them?

All of them.

I'm another Verisure alarms hater, in fact all the ads that have been mentioned irritate me. My remote is always at hand to mute the stupid things. I do love the dog though on the AA ad.

Most adverts are bearable the first couple of times but then they are repeated ad nauseam. If I'm watching catchup on 3, 4 or 5 they just seem to use the same couple of adverts repeatedly. I just turn the sound down and find a short chore to do. I suppose it must pay them or they wouldn't do it.

I think it's a pizza ad, there's no talking, only yodelling out of windows, off balconies etc. It drills through my skull if I'm reading while DH watches TV, we both make a grab for the remote control to switch off the sound. Absolutely no connection to pizzas and guaranteed to irritate!

I love the Haribo ads.

MissAdventure

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

I love the Meerkats adverts. They’re so cute ?

I loathe all the ones already mentioned. The current ad writers are a talentless lot compared to the really entertaining ads of the 70s. I have very fond memories of the white horses thundering through the surf, think it was a Guinness ad. Also the really funny Hamlet cigars, which people loved so much that you could buy a video tape of the whole collection. There were some turkeys too, Fairy liquid for one “ where hands that do dishes are soft as your face” with the simpering mummy and pretty little girl.

I often have Classic FM on and frequently have to switch off when the ads come on, they’re so irritating. However when it’s, ‘Hello - Philip Schofield here!’ - oh so smugly perky - I very often yell ‘Bugger OFF!’ at him first.
(If not worse!)

If ever i’m unfortunate enough to have to watch something on itv player or All4, where it’s impossible to fast-forward the ads, I hate the gambling ads. I think ads that promote gambling should be banned.

pce612

Anything with Carol Vorderman, Debbie McGee, Phillip Schofield and Eamon Holmes.

I'm with you on that or anyone with a mock Geordie or Liverpool accent. Do they think we are going to fall for their dulcet tones.
Oh and Eamon Holmes's wife Ruth Langford seems to pop up in a lot of magazine ads as well. I try to blank her out of my mind.

Saga one 'I've got dolphins to swim with' grrrr, should absolutely not be allowed! Also a lot already mentioned.
HSBC making out they're a wonderful, global bank, 'We are not an island' when they invest in a lot of fossil fuels and rainforest destruction, as do other banks as well.

Anything with Carol Vorderman, Debbie McGee, Phillip Schofield and Eamon Holmes.

Trying to think of ones I do like … may take a while!
Sure they’re all targeted too … funeral, mobility ads, homecare ? … and then there’s all of the pc ones … I’d like to know who gives the ok for some of the ads as they are just awful ? trying to be too clever or “creative” … lose sight of what they’re advertising!!

Definitely the ‘Daisy, Daisy, Daisy’ one. If anything it would put me off buying the perfume!

On the other hand, tagline aside, I love the Lloyds bank ones with the horses.

I hate the ads done by already rich celebrities especially when it targets gullible people. Philip Schofield should hang his head in shame, and do we really believe that millionaire Holly Willoughby colours her own hair? How stupid does she think we are?