Annoying television adverts...

[75A]

The Nationwide advert is very annoying but as there isn't a branch within an hours drive of me it's not a firm I'd deal with anyway.

 

[birchesgreen]

The Nationwide advert is very annoying but as there isn't a branch within an hours drive of me it's not a firm I'd deal with anyway.

My wife, who is a Nationwide customer, raised an eyebrow when the advert claimed they arn't closing branches... as they closed our local branch last year.

I can't stand the new Google Pixel ad where they show the new feature to change people's heads.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Tins of baked beans are not light items, so looking at the number of them that the man is packing in his suitcase, could there be a danger in having it overweight.

If he's attempting to cart anything more than 40 tins of baked beans, there's every chance, if we say that 1 tin = 0.5kg and the standard hold luggage allowance is 23kg.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If he's attempting to cart anything more than 40 tins of baked beans, there's every chance, if we say that 1 tin = 0.5kg and the standard hold luggage allowance is 23kg.

In the advert shown, it is clear that there are other items that have also been packed in the suitcase besides the tins of baked beans.

 

[Merle Haggard]

My wife, who is a Nationwide customer, raised an eyebrow when the advert claimed they arn't closing branches... as they closed our local branch last year.

Don't have a television so can't comment on that but there's a very repetitive Nationwide radio ad.
Careful use of present tense. In the ad a bank worker goes into his boss's office and says, 'Nationwide aren't closing branches'. reinforced at end by 'We're not closing branches'
Not currently - they've already done it. In this town (one of the constituents of Nw was based here) two out of three branches were closed recently.


Does seem like very close to misleading.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

In the advert shown, it is clear that there are other items that have also been packed in the suitcase besides the tins of baked beans.

Possibly, although I doubt, having just looked again at the footage, that there's much more than three dozen cans in the suitcase. Anyhoo, think we're possibly over-analyzing what's meant to be a semi-humorous advert.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Possibly, although I doubt, having just looked again at the footage, that there's much more than three dozen cans in the suitcase. Anyhoo, think we're possibly over-analyzing what's meant to be a semi-humorous advert.

Even taking the three-dozen tins that you state, it will do nothing to better his obvious flatulence problem.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Even taking the three-dozen tins that you state, it will do nothing to better his obvious flatulence problem.

Harumph! You make a valid point!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

And the Whoop Whoop Celebrations ad is back. Joy to the world.

Shows how little I know about medical matters.....I thought they had whooping cough.....

 

[Lewisham2221]

The silent ones for Trade Centre UK, a car supermarket type thing. Makes me look  every time. Annoying but effective!

 

[dangie]

The silent ones for Trade Centre UK, a car supermarket type thing. Makes me look  every time. Annoying but effective!

It just makes me pick up the TV remote to see if I’ve muted the sound.
Certainly wouldn’t entice me to buy a car from them.

 

[PGAT]

The trains, now on Uber ad, where they have a Greater Anglia train going to Portsmouth Harbour

 

[AM9]

The trains, now on Uber ad, where they have a Greater Anglia train going to Portsmouth Harbour

Aah good, that means that the Portsmouth Direct line is being converted to 25kV OLE.

 

[dgl]

Some new Duracell Christmas ad's with Santa having a crash because the batteries in Rudolf's nose have gone flat, only to be replaced by Duracell's and everything's fine. More likely is that the Duracell's leak in Rudolf's nose, stopping it glowing for good!
Yes Duracell we know Zinc-Carbon/Chloride batteries are crap, that's not a legitimate comparison, maybe compare you batteries with other Alkaline ones and see what that result is!

 

[Lost property]

The one showing a couple of adults seemingly doing an impression of the Domino's / Haribo ads over a certain box of chocolates...and, the Lenor one showing a shop assistant sniffing another mans socks...nothing like a bit of obscure fetishism to promote a product really.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The one showing a couple of adults seemingly doing an impression of the Domino's / Haribo ads over a certain box of chocolates...and, the Lenor one showing a shop assistant sniffing another mans socks...nothing like a bit of obscure fetishism to promote a product really.

That Lenor advert makes some rather strange claims and would be most annoying if a person entered a lift and the men and women in the lift as one leant forward towards the person. I don't know what must have then happened as when the man leaves the lift, the hair of all the other occupants' hair is stood on end. I make sure that I never stand near old women with a dog in a bus shelter, being warned of what might happen in the bus shelter according to another part of the same T V advert.

 

[OuterDistant]

I've seen a John Lewis advert involving some sort of scary plant. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but if it's meant to make me want to shop there, no wonder they're in the ****!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I make sure that I never stand near old women with a dog in a bus shelter, being warned of what might happen in the bus shelter according to another part of the same T V advert.

What the ???? is that all about?!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What the ???? is that all about?!

You must have missed the part of the advert where a man at a bus stop finds that an old woman with a dog leans over towards the man for no reason whatsoever and begins to sniff and her face then lights up and wind blows strongly at her., mussing her hair. The dog was not at all concerned.

 

[Northumbriana]

I can't stand the new Google Pixel ad where they show the new feature to change people's heads.

It's basically advertising deceit and covering up imperfection. You can create a photo of a basketball shot you can't physically do so you can lie to people. And you and your friends didn't look photogenic enough for a group shot so let's change things. Seems a bit disturbing to me, real life isn't presentable enough so it needs to be edited.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I've seen a John Lewis advert involving some sort of scary plant. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but if it's meant to make me want to shop there, no wonder they're in the ****!

I first thought it was an advert for a film on the book "The Fly Trap" ( image below is of said book ).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I first thought it was an advert for a film on the book "The Fly Trap" ( image below is of said book ).

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Of course, there was the big one in "Little Shop of Horrors"............."Feed me, Seymour"

(I think that was the first time I saw Rick Moranis in a screen role and he helped the plant satisfy its needs)

 

[daveo]

It's basically advertising deceit and covering up imperfection. You can create a photo of a basketball shot you can't physically do so you can lie to people. And you and your friends didn't look photogenic enough for a group shot so let's change things. Seems a bit disturbing to me, real life isn't presentable enough so it needs to be edited.

The old saying was "the camera never lies"

 

[Northumbriana]

The old saying was "the camera never lies"

It learnt. This is the real machine uprising.

 

[gg1]

The old saying was "the camera never lies"

If that was ever true it was long before anyone here was born. Photo manipulation in one form or another dates back to the 19th century.

 

[daveo]

Not an advert per se, so I hope it's allowed. Sky Sports during football half time, a long ad break then less than 1 minute of the presenter then another ad break. What's the point? (I've no doubt it's money related with probable links to advert quotas).

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Not an advert per se, so I hope it's allowed. Sky Sports during football half time, a long ad break then less than 1 minute of the presenter then another ad break. What's the point? (I've no doubt it's money related with probable links to advert quotas).

They probably don't want to have an ad break whilst the match is currently in progress, although, if they could actually arrange this I'm sure that they would.

 

[daveo]

They probably don't want to have an ad break whilst the match is currently in progress, although, if they could actually arrange this I'm sure that they would.

But why return for less than a minute???

 

[dangie]

They probably don't want to have an ad break whilst the match is currently in progress, although, if they could actually arrange this I'm sure that they would.

I remember many years ago when I was in Australia, watching a live televised golf tournament. A player had just hit a long putt and when the ball was halfway to the hole it cut to an ad break.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

But why return for less than a minute???

Quite possibly gets round some restriction as to just how long an individual advert break can be.