Ads that get right on your tits

[Portland]

The fucking ads the sun is running for Alton towers tickets.

[Ratsoap]

But that's kind of my point. They didn't really expend any thought on the implications of their advert - and they really, really should have.

It's farcical professional incompetence, on the part of the marketing department responsible, to be accidentally anti-Semitic and potentially deeply offensive in the pursuit of pimping a particular brand of shop for buying your fruit, veg and ready meals.

"Oh, oops, I've slipped and accidentally placed a cartoon animation of the Prophet Mohammed as a paedophilic terrorist in our advertising by mistake. Oh dear, what a silly accident-prone idiot I've been. Nevermind. Where's my over-inflated pay cheque?"

I don't think they did it with any malice whatsoever, I'm sure - but how truly incompetent and shite at your job do you have to be, to do this accidentally and not realise what you're unintentionally implying?

There was a rather excellent spoof in the Viz about 10-15 years ago, all about how ad men make ads. There was at least one person snorting coke in every frame. I'll have to try and find it.

[JQW]

The music in the background, as I'm sure you'll recognise, is a funked up version of the Dad's Army theme tune, "Who do you think you are kidding, Mr.Hitler?".

It's taken from a live Billy Childish album from 1993.

[Alarm]

Happy Burger have finally edited their advert and removed the a bob = a quid glaring error. About time, but how on earth did that slip through the net?

[Portland]

5p burger for the win. I'll remake supersize me for about a tenner and be dead in a fortnight.

[Alarm]

Oh my. I had the misfortune to hear an annoying tenor radio ad. and it is even more annoying than its televisual cousin.

This is why I rarely listen to commerical radio stations (I heard it in a shop).

[Ratsoap]

BT trying to make out you are a cunt if you use your mobile. Comes across as a bit desperate really.

[Alarm]

BT trying to make out you are a cunt if you use your mobile. Comes across as a bit desperate really.

Yep. "Daddy doesn't love me because he uses a mobile 'phone." Grr.

[Portland]

Screw you - the landline's dead - shame you're lagging so badly on Broadband speed Mr BT.

[Orava]

Screw you - the landline's dead - shame you're lagging so badly on Broadband speed Mr BT.

Not dead in the sticks. Here people do not exchange mobile numbers but landline ones, mobile coverage is just too haphazard to be of any use. Half the town has no coverage whatsoever and where we are there is a coverage hot spot upstairs in one window - otherwise no bars. Plus battery life is awful as the thing tries to make contact with full power all the time. The only time I saw the 3G symbol on my phone was when I walked to the top of the 400m hill behind us.

[Portland]

Sorry, was apeing someone at work, meant to do back and edit.

BTW the new SMA ad is beginning to grate.

[Ratsoap]

Screw you - the landline's dead - shame you're lagging so badly on Broadband speed Mr BT.

Not dead in the sticks. Here people do not exchange mobile numbers but landline ones, mobile coverage is just too haphazard to be of any use. Half the town has no coverage whatsoever and where we are there is a coverage hot spot upstairs in one window - otherwise no bars. Plus battery life is awful as the thing tries to make contact with full power all the time. The only time I saw the 3G symbol on my phone was when I walked to the top of the 400m hill behind us.

Orava yesterday.

[Alarm]

I just saw an advert for a loans website with an annoying actor playing two roles: the "I need £70 today! man" and "reassuringly smug albeit friendly loan man".

"It's like having my own bank!"

Yes, at "Typical 2689% APR"...

To be fair though, the above figure was on the ad. in a fairly large text.

[Col]

That oven cleaner advert that seems to imply men are morons. I hate the 'men are stupid' angle that a lot of adverts seem to take these days.

[piku]

That oven cleaner advert that seems to imply men are morons. I hate the 'men are stupid' angle that a lot of adverts seem to take these days.

That advert is a crock of shit, the small print on the bottle says you leave it overnight to do its thing. I don't know about you, but my oven grills aren't that dirty.

Talking of croc... those 'croc odour' ads are stupid, mostly because the woman sounds like she's saying 'crock-o-da fridge'



Really though, I dislike any advert that makes its products out to be the most important thing on the planet. I'm specifically looking at you, Finish Diamond dishwashing cleaner... it's only dish washing, so shut up presenting your latest widget as if it's going to revolutionise the world.