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Two New Adverts on TV - What are your thoughts?

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Moonwatcher1904 Sun 11-May-25 23:53:10

You've probably seen the advert for Pepto Bismol with a load of people in pink singing about Nausea, Heartburn, Upset Stomach and Diarrheaaaaa....lol Do we need to know? I thought that was crazy until I saw one earlier.
It was for Lynx deodorant and it was a woman smelling a mans bum as he was leaving the cinema....what the &*)(*^
Who the hell thinks these ads up?

NotSpaghetti Mon 12-May-25 00:23:47

I missed both of these!

Catterygirl Mon 12-May-25 00:24:09

I hate the Lynx one. Haven’t seen the other one but sounds horrible.

Redhead56 Mon 12-May-25 01:04:16

A lot of the adverts are vulgar and getting worse as OP states, "Do we need to know?" We don't need to know, and we don't want to either.

Hellogirl1 Mon 12-May-25 01:26:15

The Pepto Bismol one is quite amusing, but I saw the Lynx ad earlier and it`s disgusting.

crazyH Mon 12-May-25 01:30:09

I haven’t seen them

Moonwatcher1904 Mon 12-May-25 01:35:41

I'm glad I'm not the only one. The one with the woman sat on her DH's shoulder in her pee pants makes me laugh. If she's anything like me they wouldn't hold the amount I pass and his shoulders would be soaking....lol

Sweetpeasue Mon 12-May-25 01:47:22

Yes, OP. I too saw the ad with the woman sniffing the man's bum as he left his seat at the cinema. Quite strange.

BlueBelle Mon 12-May-25 04:26:12

I haven’t seen either of these although I m on ITV a lot

windmill1 Mon 12-May-25 05:05:12

Lord above! What next I wonder?

Advertisements telling us that the world can be our oyster if we use XYZ brand of incontinence protection pants?

What world do these "creatives" in advertising live in?

karmalady Mon 12-May-25 06:25:09

pepto bismol ad is amusing, well crafted, entertaining and gets the message across

Lynx advert is awful, common, nasty and degrading to men and teenage boys. Spraying that chemical down their underpants front and back. If you can smell that, it means they never wash

Sara1954 Mon 12-May-25 06:29:00

J haven’t seen any of them, but I do sometimes think when certain adverts come on, that I would have died of embarrassment if I was a teenager, watching with my parents, too much information.

Calendargirl Mon 12-May-25 06:39:12

I’ve seen the Pepto one, but not the Lynx, well if I have I must have tuned out.

TMI comes to mind with many of the adverts.

Standards, dear, standards!

Aldom Mon 12-May-25 06:54:04

I haven't yet seen the Pepto ad. But the Lynx ad. OMG!!!! It is foul.
As Karma said, if a person smells sooo much then they actually need to shower/bathe. It's a stomach churning advertisement in poor taste.

Bellasnana Mon 12-May-25 07:01:00

Haven’t seen the Lynx one but I loathe the Pepto Bismol one which always seems to pop up as I’m eating my dinner.🤢😂

Retread Mon 12-May-25 07:23:21

There seems to be a trend towards "pushing the boundaries" or "breaking taboos" generally- in every second TV series or film there's a scene in which someone is seen to vomit or on the loo. Why? If someone gets out of a car in a scene and walks up to a front door, we don't need to see them knocking on the door to work out what happened before the door was opened!

I'm pleased I haven't seen the bum sniffing ad!

M0nica Mon 12-May-25 07:29:08

I would just advise a bath and clean underwear.

eazybee Mon 12-May-25 07:51:01

The point is, these unpleasant adverts have brought the products to the viewers' attention.
That said, I had no idea of the name of the product the Pepto one was advertising, and I don't think I have seen the Lynx one.

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 12-May-25 13:23:40

I'm enjoying the ad for Warburton's crumpets, featuring Olivia Colman.
On Facebook, Ms Colman is requesting people to volunteer a fake alibi for her for the time when she was raiding the factory.
There has been a number of amusing responses to this - all good fun.

Cossy Mon 12-May-25 13:40:07

I hate those two adverts, along with “gush” days for periods and “pee pants” for urine incontinence. I loathe the adverts for deodorants for places other than underarms, as for down one’s pants ….. 🤮

hollysteers Mon 12-May-25 13:41:37

“Domino Hoo Hoo” is driving me crazy!😡

Georgesgran Mon 12-May-25 13:58:51

As well as the Lynx ad for the Lower Body, Sure have another deodorant designed for those places that smell, whatever they’re called, wherever!!

Both ads are awful, but any reaction proves the ad has worked, even if negatively received.

mrswoo Mon 12-May-25 17:20:50

I've not seen either advert - I'm especially glad I've not seen the Lynx one (and hope I never do, it sounds vile).
However, I'm so grateful to Moonwatcher for naming Pepto Bismol. DH and I had one of those daft "senior" conversations yesterday when we couldn't remember the name of the pink medicine which wasn't Gaviscon (or Calpol).
It was driving us both crazy until today on GN when all was revealed!

Calendargirl Mon 12-May-25 17:30:19

I’ve gone off Olivia Colman ever since she won an Oscar and her acceptance speech was rather sweary, as I recall (The film looked awful as well).

I like it when Mr Warburton says at the end of the advert ‘Well, she’s not as nice as everyone says!’

She looks different, thinner in the face.

ExDancer Tue 13-May-25 10:30:21

Here it is again - how do I report it?