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dgl said:
So get blind drunk and get a tattoo of something offensive on a not easily covers part of your body,
go to the bad part of town showing off all your valuables and get mugged,
create havoc at the hotel and get kicked out,
get arrested for doing something stupid,
that's assuming you haven't been a "fool" on the plane at the start of the holiday and been kicked off!
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That's a pretty good summary of "the Brit abroad "...used to witness them, frequently, certainly in the Club Moron 18-30 days and was once asked by the CC, when travelling as a spanner , to have a "little chat" with two doing their best to dismantle a seat. Be fair to say the conversation was short, and....one way. They remained suitably contrite thereafter....strangely

The slurping eater sounds are bad enough on television, but, even worse in real life. Used to work, well I did, he didn't, with somebody who could clear the room when eating, worse still when he sneezed, NO hanky, ever, and then said "Gawd bless me ! ", although this was often responded to with other suggestions as to what the Lord could do to him.

As for adverts, the Flash series are just puerile but, those aside, the barely coherent "gabble " inflection now seems to be "essential " for promoting a product, apart from M&S with their insistence on patronising, condescending air of smug superiority.
 
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m79900 said:
Every time I see that advert, when I hear 'booking geniuses', I always think its saying something else.
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Me too, first time I saw that and I thought he was saying something far ruder. Perhaps the ad agency thought they were being clever trying to grab our attention this way.
 
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I detest any advert which has the sound of someone eating or biting into anything eg. Walkers crisps, KFC, Magnum etc.
However, the latest ad for Pot Noodles reaches a new low with its disgusting slurping sounds as the young woman apparently sucks the contents out of its pot. I fail to see how the makers of the advert or the owners of the product would think this approach would actually appeal to people. Is it mean to be funny/amusing? I just don’t get it. All I feel is total revulsion.
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Totally agree, in fact I’m so disgusted with it I’ve just gone on their site to fill out their feedback form to tell them so.

I know I’ve become ‘Mister Angry’ but this is gutter level for a tv advert.
 
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It doesn't annoy me, but......

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Their words, not mine. I'm sure no one has come back to complain.
 
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furgus2 said:
I detest any advert which has the sound of someone eating or biting into anything eg. Walkers crisps, KFC, Magnum etc.
However, the latest ad for Pot Noodles reaches a new low with its disgusting slurping sounds as the young woman apparently sucks the contents out of its pot. I fail to see how the makers of the advert or the owners of the product would think this approach would actually appeal to people. Is it mean to be funny/amusing? I just don’t get it. All I feel is total revulsion.
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It's a pity that the full storybook of that advert is not shown, as it should end with the young female being brought before the senior management of the company and summarily dismissed for her lack of respect for her fellow workers. She should have had enough sense not to do what she did in the same work environment as her fellow workers who all were shocked by her actions, when she could have found another place out of earshot.
 
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That car advert with the family hurriedly getting ready and eating breakfast in the car. There's just something about adverts which almost glamourise not having much time and being stressed that wind me up.
 
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I see the IKEA TV advert is still running with a grown man who obviously has some medical problems that convince him that he is still in his babyhood, answering the door and saying "Welcome to my crib"... :rolleyes:

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I still don't see the reason why anyone using a company to sell their car should find the need to make a song and dance about it when the sale is effected. That's the reason why such firms exist.

You don't (as yet) see TV adverts with people carrying on in such a childish way when their house (with far more value than a car) is sold by an estate agent.
 
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Having seen one of the many different Verisure alarm TV adverts, I just cannot believe that at a workplace, a colleague approaches a fellow worker to commiserate on his being broken into at home and instead of the unfortunate other party being annoyed and distressed at what had occurred at his home, all he wanted to talk about in a happy tone of voice that he has had a Verisure alarm installed. Talk about locking the stable door after the horse has bolted... :rolleyes:

Another TV advert that is doing the rounds still is that "cremation" advert where a daft old biddy having a coffee with her son in the cafe section outside is still convinced that "no-one likes funerals" despite a hearse with many floral tributes inside passes her and before the advert is over, another hearse with many floral tributes passes her in the other direction.
 
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Got to agree about the Verisure one, it makes me cringe.
I also find the Boots Sweet & Sore one really annoying, the girl wiping her nose on her sleeve needs re-educating.
 
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In the latest Specsavers TV advert, a male airline traveller was struggling with a female member of the airport staff over a bottle of liquid and he forced it out of her hands, pointing to her to keep away, then proceeded to drink the contents of the bottle. That bottle could have contained nefarious drug items in the liquid or even items he did not want to declare.

In real life, I am sure the female staff member would have used an alarm button to seek assistance from police or airport security. Anyone with thoughts on the matter and suggest exactly what the male passenger could be charged with?
 
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The whole advert scenario really is a put off to watch TV - some being incredibly poor quality , overemphasis on gambling and particular brand destroyers such as Ikea and Pot Noodle that we have taken to recorded programmes which allows one to niftly fast forward and avoid the bilge.
 
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Last night, I saw one of those perfume adverts with a backing song saying "Freedom doesn't wait".

I bet that the Tibetens will hope that this true.

Xenophon PCDGS said:
Sometimes TV adverts have unforeseen and unwanted consequences as my brother said he heard a five year old lad singing "You stole my car" over and over again, instead of "You sold my car"... :rolleyes:
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My brother says the lad in question now aged six, must like the tune of these always-running adverts, but still remains convinced that "You stole my car" is what they sing in the advert.
 
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I see the Haribo kidults have now morphed into fishermen on a boat.

That somehow brings to mind a certain scene from The Godfather...
 
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Two current ones. The Heinz Baked Beans advert with the crying man. I like baked beans like the next person (especially cold out the tin) but they’re not worth crying over.
Then the endless EE phone and broadband adverts that are everywhere,aargh!!!!
 
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Ashley Hill said:
Two current ones. The Heinz Baked Beans advert with the crying man. I like baked beans like the next person (especially cold out the tin) but they’re not worth crying over.
Then the endless EE phone and broadband adverts that are everywhere,aargh!!!!
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A lot of work has been put in to show men that it is OK to show emotion and that crying doesn't make you any less of a man, just to mock by showing a pathetic man crying over beans.
 
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Worm said:
A lot of work has been put in to show men that it is OK to show emotion and that crying doesn't make you any less of a man, just to mock by showing a pathetic man crying over beans.
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Beans, to the best of my knowledge, are part of the family Fabaceae. Much delving into medical books has not as yet traced a medical term for the medical bean condition shown by the man in the advert.
 
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Mcr Warrior said:
Vinted (Online secondhand clothing sales platform)
Ads appear in just about every ad break and seem to suggest that there are no selling fees. Is that really the case? If so, how does the business make money?
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The buyer pays an additional fee on top of the transaction price. A bit like a ticket selling site adding a transaction fee.

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As a buyer, you pay a Buyer Protection fee on each transaction when using the "Buy now" button. This helps safeguard your money, adding an extra layer of protection to your purchases and keeping your information secure. The cost is 3–8% of the item price (before postage) plus £0.30–0.80.
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
In the latest Specsavers TV advert, a male airline traveller was struggling with a female member of the airport staff over a bottle of liquid and he forced it out of her hands, pointing to her to keep away, then proceeded to drink the contents of the bottle. That bottle could have contained nefarious drug items in the liquid or even items he did not want to declare.

In real life, I am sure the female staff member would have used an alarm button to seek assistance from police or airport security. Anyone with thoughts on the matter and suggest exactly what the male passenger could be charged with?
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Do you have a YouTube link? I only say as when I last flew through Stansted, one line of security was closed for filming of a scene... which fits exactly with what you've just described!
 
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CC 72100 said:
Do you have a YouTube link? I only say as when I last flew through Stansted, one line of security was closed for filming of a scene... which fits exactly with what you've just described!
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I expect it's this one -
 
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JamesT said:
I expect it's this one -
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That's the one. The most unbelievable part is the last part where he runs up those steps, when it was obvious that there was no plane there at all. Perhaps the airport security should have arrested him as soon as he had that confrontation with the female member of staff earlier in the advert, then he would have been in no position to go any further.
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
That's the one. The most unbelievable part is the last part where he runs up those steps, when it was obvious that there was no plane there at all. Perhaps the airport security should have arrested him as soon as he had that confrontation with the female member of staff earlier in the advert, then he would have been in no position to go any further.
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Thought it was pretty funny. I mean.. what you've described is absolutely the point of the product being advertised but taken to comedic extremes. Not sure I understand the annoyance..
 
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GusB said:
Er.. it's an advert for SPECSAVERS! :rolleyes:
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That is the company that I mentioned originally in a posting some time ago.

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Thought it was pretty funny. I mean.. what you've described is absolutely the point of the product being advertised but taken to comedic extremes. Not sure I understand the annoyance..
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The incident where he was in confrontation with the female staff member was not at all comedic, when you consider what was shown. I hope that he was carted off at the end of the advert to the nearest pokey and when eventually brought to court, was given a jail sentence that would be quite long. People are fed up with nutcases who push in and also feel that they have a right to be as obnoxious as possible.
 
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I expect it's this one -
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That all looks very familiar! Certainly the security bit was filmed in mid-January and seemed to take a fair few takes. Who'd have thought that downing a bottle of water was so scrutinised.

And no, I'm not visible queuing up normally in the distance haha.
 
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Xenophon PCDGS said:
In real life, I am sure the female staff member who was acting in accordance with the matter she was dealing with would have used an alarm button to seek assistance from police or airport security. Anyone with thoughts on the matter and suggest exactly what the male passenger could be charged with?
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She was acting well within the remit of her job in examining the contents of the tray. The advertising agency concerned did nothing whatsoever to display how airport security is there to protect passengers and staff alike.
 
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