Don't you just love adverts where you get the impressiont that the company has come up with the advert first and then decided on a product afterwards.
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Don't you just love adverts where you get the impressiont that the company has come up with the advert first and then decided on a product afterwards.
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tv comercials became mute and void the moment the remote control was invented.....
when those crappy things come on i just switch to the history channel or something.....after about 5 minutes you check the channel you were watching to see if it´s back to regular programming...
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I HATE the Jamster and other ringtones and phone con adverts. £6/fortnight text 'STOP' to unsubscribe and we will charge you another £99
I HATE loan and accident claim adverts
I do however like certain adverts because some make me laugh, but then again I find anything funny.
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Over here, I get national ads and local ads and I cannot decide which ones I dislike the most.
The local ads that pop up during the local evening news have redefined the word "annoying". Almost 80% of them have terrible jingles that sound like they've been done by the same group of people. "The most comforting call you can maaaaake", "Call Lothamer's, we'll save youuuuu" and on and on. One of the exceptions to this are the ads for a large used car place called Sundance Chevrolet. The owner does not have a jingle, but he's got a gimmick that he's a cowboy. He walks around on a horse in the ads, and since his voice is somewhat muppet-like, he's constantly screaming at the camera to try and get his words through. Of course, the volume is turned up.
The national ads anger me in another way. While it is a faux pas to venture near backroom territory, I have to get this across. A large majority of national ads involve demonstrating a product's usefulness through the misfortune and suffering of a stupid, fat, white male. Of course, the product which saves the man is introduced to him by either his intelligent and sensible wife, a street-smart, athletic, black man, or last but not least a cool, collected asiatic. I see this in so many advertisments and it worries me.
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I can't remember a time when adverts made me remotely interested in the product they are trying to sell. They're just a complete waste of my life.
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Edit: And for other channels, long live the mute button!
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You also forget - Long Live the Mute Button!!Originally Posted by Marcellus
Long live the BBC!
w00t, my warning level got downgraded. I have a signature!
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2 come to mind.
The life of Brian rip-off...
Dolphin bathrooms........
No one should ever buy these products.
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Actually, it's always the same 80's cover band that has (collectively) less musical talent then your average wedding singer. And as local companies don't want to pay for using a recording studio (or for that matter, a microphone) it's all recorded on a Dictaphone.
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