Ads that get right on your tits

[Mayhem]

If you'd be in SEA water that's true, by osmosis water would be sucked out of your cells, in fact logs in sea water becomes lighter and lighter until they get like sponges.

Of course the process stops once the amount of salt in your cells is equal to the one in the sea by that time you'd be quite long dead.

But .. in swimming pool water .. well .. there's probably more salt in you than in that water .. but there's also lot of chlorine .. not sure what effect this has ..

If you stay in water long enough, you definitely know the skin on your fingers etc, goes wrinkly. Something is being lost. I believe it might be a case of reverse osmosis, there is certainly a pressure differential which could cause it...

[Gorecki]

If you stay in water long enough, you definitely know the skin on your fingers etc, goes wrinkly. Something is being lost.

The thing that is being lost is the oily 'waterproofing' of the skin. Once that's gone the skin absorbs more water and goes wrinkly.

There's a really simple way to test this. Run a bath full of water. Get in it. Stay in it for ages. Get out.

Are you:
A. Really fucking wet.
B. Dryer than when you got in the bath.

Let me know your results.

[zip accident]

There's a really simple way to test this. Run a bath full of water. Get in it. Stay in it for ages. Get out.

Are you:
A. Really fucking wet.
B. Dryer than when you got in the bath.

Let me know your results.

After drying off the loose water, if you don't rub hard enough to take off the loose skin while drying, your skin will be drier and flakier than when you went in. This is not rubbish or pseudo science it's the real, painful thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeroderma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis

Psoriasis occurs more likely in dry skin than oily or well-moisturized skin, and specifically after an external skin injury such as a scratch or cut (see Koebner phenomenon). This is believed to be caused by an infection, in which the infecting organism thrives under dry skin conditions with minimal skin oil, which otherwise protects skin from infections. The case for psoriasis is opposite to the case of athlete's foot, which occurs because of a fungus infection under wet conditions as opposed to dry in psoriasis. This infection induces inflammation, which causes the symptoms commonly associated with psoriasis, such as itching and rapid skin turnover, and leads to drier skin, as the infecting organism absorbs the moisture that would otherwise go to the skin. To prevent dry skin and reduce psoriasis symptoms, it is advised to not use shower scrubs, as they not only damage skin by leaving tiny scratches, but they also scrape off the naturally occurring skin oil. It is recommended to use talc powder after washing, as that helps absorb excess moisture which would otherwise go to the infecting agent. Additionally, moisturizers can be applied to moisturize the skin, and lotions used to promote skin oil gland functions.

[Orava]

If you watch anything on Channel 4 On Demand there is ONLY one advert and you will get shown this about every 10 minutes




Aaaaaaaargh.

[Rubisco]

I think I dislike the Jammy/Toffee Dodgers ad. It might be genius, I can't decide...

Nah, it tries too hard to be wacky but fails. It's like something they'd come up with on The Apprentice if they had a large CGI budget.

I will however praise its accurate portrayal of the advanced state of psychosis one must be suffering from in order to choose toffee over jammy.

[BrianTheNaughtyBoy]

That fucking annoying twat on the J20 advert.
Blackberry bedazzle, blueberry...oh fuck off.

[Ratsoap]

That fucking annoying twat on the J20 advert.
Blackberry bedazzle, blueberry...oh fuck off.

He's just stolen Randy's shtick from My Name is Earl.

[merman]

I've never understood the appeal of a "limited edition" food at McDonalds. If you like it, surely you'll want to keep buying it?

But then along come Andrex with limited edition toilet paper (in two different designs) to wipe your arse after you've shat out your limited edition CrapBurger (trademark)...


Oh, and the Right Guard ads on Channel 4 are getting on my nerves too.

[Ratsoap]

'Achica.com is a luxury members only store that is free to join!'

So it's an e-commerce site that requires you to create an account. Like about 90% of e-commerce sites.

[Portland]

Decided about the Jammy Dodgers - it is indeed annoying as all shit after all...

[merman]

The Daily Mail Rewards Club ads - it's just everything about them, and the fact they've been on nearly every ad break all week. It's the terrible musical imitation of Noah & The Whale, the fixed plastic grin on the woman and the slogan "there's no catch" - there is a big catch, you have to actually go into a shop and buy the Daily Mail. I'd have to hide it inside a porn mag to cover my shame.



Oh, and did anyone else see the Channel 4 Comedy Gala Friday night? I love the way they subvert the ads, inserting Alan and Jimmy Carr. Nicely done.

[techno12]

Having had years of blissful non-ads I am now being subjected to them again via YouTube etc. I download everything, and have done for years so the ads are stripped out.

However, I am enjoying the 'continuity' downloads from UKNova. 21 gigs of ads, start and end of progs etc from the classic 75 to 85 period. Just saw the scary Bank or Scotland one again with the Henry Moore sculptures walking along a windswept cliff. Scary/creepy!

[carolen]

Talking of scary/creepy (and patronising, natch):

[Mark]

One of the supermarket ads, currently. People mouthing off about why they like the price comparison system. Some woman-on-the-street delivers the lines she's been given about how she saves money and also gets bonus points, and then calls that a "win-win" situation.

No. No, it isn't.

I shouldn't get annoyed about this, but I know damn well that some fuck-monkeys are going to start using "win-win" in this context from now on because of this piece of crap, and it's only ever going to make me even more annoyed.

[Rubisco]

"It's the Gillette fusion pro glide challenge!"

Bollocks. The only challenge would be the legal challenge of me trying to excuse my extreme violent behaviour upon being approached by this loon in a public toilet.