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dotti34 15-04-2020 00:35

Worst TV commercials...
 
Now so many of you are in isolation I suppose that you are watching more TV than you normally would. Of course this means you are also watching more ads than ever, even if you do mute them – so in your opinion what is the worst ad on TV? What advertisement really makes you cringe?

There is one presently on the TV here for men’s organic bamboo underpants that is so annoying. Definitely cringeworthy. There are some that don’t make sense with no apparent connection to what they are advertising. Pointless.

Let's hear what commercials annoy you the most.

monkey hanger 15-04-2020 09:04

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the guy who does the ad for Enterprise vehicle hire. if i needed to hire a car they,d be the last place i,d visit even if the cheapest. Had a talk about TV adverts years ago saying that they must be counter productive anyway. still will not buy anything with a Sharpe name on it due to their association with manchester united.

cashman 15-04-2020 09:21

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Pure Cremations and other crap of that ilk half the country is already depressed oer this virus this will probably make people worse. its just a matter of owt to make money in my view.

Hill Walker 15-04-2020 09:49

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Cannot understand why Holiday Insurance and Cruise Holidays are still be advertised.

Margaret Pilkington 15-04-2020 10:13

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The Jenny Eclair advert about vaginal dryness does it for me.....and there is another one about women's issues where a woman is shown with a tampon string poking out of her underwear....gross, totally gross.
Now Tampax have got in on this act too.....asking if you can 'feel' your tampon....telling you that it isn't in far enough.
For goodness sake....do we really need this?
It smacks of wokeness to me.

There are others that are just annoying....'are you going to Bingo' is one of these....in fact there are too many that make me want to throw something hard and heavy at the screen.

I could go without TV quite happily.

monkey hanger 16-04-2020 09:47

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just do as i do. swith to something else for a few minutes whilst adverts are on. with ptactise you can get it spot on at times and adds to the enjoyment of watching television. make sure you only swith to BBc programmes as ads seem to be on all the others at the same time.

monkey hanger 16-04-2020 09:51

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1239174]

There are others that are just annoying....'are you going to Bingo' is one of these....in fact there are too many that make me want to throw something hard and heavy at the screen.

her indoors loves going to our local bingo hall a couple of times a week. if she,s on her own watching and tthat advert comes up i fear for the tele.

AccyMad 16-04-2020 10:04

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Don't mind most of the adverts, although the new Tampax one that Margaret mentioned raises my hackles a bit, it's some of the programmes between the adverts that get on my nerves :)

Margaret Pilkington 16-04-2020 10:47

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Me too Accymad.
I really have a hard job finding something I WANT to watch.

pompeylass 17-04-2020 09:38

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We hate the adverts on TV. So since I was in lock down for ninety days I thought I would try Netflix. no adverts and some brilliant TV to watch. The cheapest to watch is about 5.00 and the next is £8.00. You can cancel anytime and you're not locked into a contract.

Margaret Pilkington 18-04-2020 09:49

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Not exactly commercials, but is anyone else irritated by these so called celebrities doing messages about the wonderful NHS.
The majority of those involved would probably never use the NHS.....they are just using it as a vehicle for raising their own profile...they are opportunistic virtue signallers.

monkey hanger 18-04-2020 11:54

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think they have changed the dictionary definition of what a celebrity actually is. surely i,d know who these people are if they were really famous.

Margaret Pilkington 18-04-2020 12:18

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Like you, I have to ask who some of these people are.
I just think it is a bit glib of them.....they are living in good size houses with facilities that most of us can only dream of....so they know nothing of the hardships that are felt by the people they are applauding....key workers.

monkey hanger 19-04-2020 09:43

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cannot think these people ever can be called as ones that clog up GP waiting rooms and NHS beds.

Margaret Pilkington 19-04-2020 10:02

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Not for them the difficult task of getting an appointment, waiting in line at 8.30 in the morning or being 27th in the queue to try to see a doctor....and being told all the appointments forbtoday have gone...repeat the frustrating performance tomorrow with similar results.(and I know that since the lockdown there IS no early morning queue at the surgery)
Though that said, if they use private facilities, that means one less patient for the docs to deal with.

cashman 19-04-2020 12:41

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its probably a good job the thread wasnt "Best T.V. Commercials" would probably have been no replies?

Jimmy Clitheroe 23-04-2020 10:38

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I hate them all - if 80% of the population is still supposedly white English why do 90% of commercials have mixed race or ethnic couples ?

Less 23-04-2020 10:50

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Clitheroe (Post 1239458)
I hate them all - if 80% of the population is still supposedly white English why do 90% of commercials have mixed race or ethnic couples ?

If the makers of these adverts really believe this is the route to go to show a typical 'family' then we should take what they are advertising with an extra pinch of salt.

(Oh dear there's me being none P.C. we are no longer allowed an extra pinch of salt it isn't healthy).

Well, if I'm already in trouble let's have a golliwog salt cellar:-


Margaret Pilkington 23-04-2020 12:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Clitheroe (Post 1239458)
I hate them all - if 80% of the population is still supposedly white English why do 90% of commercials have mixed race or ethnic couples ?


That is a really good question...and the answer is to normalise that scenario.


That is what the elite in this world want....they want us all to be cafe au lait colour......no race means no racism...no ethnicity means no nationalistic identity...no nationalistic passion or fervour. No war, no falling out.

We can be manipulated by seeing images like this because it is representing 'normal'.

Less 23-04-2020 13:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1239466)
That is a really good question...and the answer is to normalise that scenario.


That is what the elite in this world want....they want us all to be cafe au lait colour......no race means no racism...no ethnicity means no nationalistic identity...no nationalistic passion or fervour. No war, no falling out.

We can be manipulated by seeing images like this because it is representing 'normal'.

'Normal' is often to suspect or deride what is different or new until it becomes an everyday part of our lives.

I wonder how Johnny Speight would be viewed these days even though he always claimed he tried to show how ridiculous racism & sexism is rather than promote it?


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381269/

Margaret Pilkington 23-04-2020 14:05

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When different or new is promoted in a subversive way, it becomes suspect.

Look up the Coudenhove -Kalergi plan Less...just see what that proposes and you wll see that we are well on our way.

At least Johnny Speigh made us laugh with his caricatures of the time...now if that were shown today there would have to be a rider attached to it to tell the viewers that this was a different time and that some of the references, would today, offend.

Jimmy Clitheroe 23-04-2020 14:55

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1239466)
That is a really good question...and the answer is to normalise that scenario.


That is what the elite in this world want....they want us all to be cafe au lait colour......no race means no racism...no ethnicity means no nationalistic identity...no nationalistic passion or fervour. No war, no falling out.

We can be manipulated by seeing images like this because it is representing 'normal'.

The situation is akin to having a society like apartheid South Africa - the minority dictating to and lecturing the majority.

monkey hanger 24-04-2020 09:30

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;

At least Johnny Speigh made us laugh with his caricatures of the time...now if that were shown today there would have to be a rider attached to it to tell the viewers that this was a different time and that some of the references, would today, offend.[/QUOTE]

always wonder what is in the minds of these people who are looking for stuff to be offended by. be interested who at the time were offended by goliwogs and the black and white minstral show. just have a feeling it was not the majority of black people but more the lefties again. wonder how many black families jumped up quickly when a johnny speight comedy was on and turned it off.

Less 24-04-2020 14:50

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It may not be the worst advert on the box, however the one with Carol Vorderman wandering the housing estate with a chain saw, no wonder the folk claim to be downsizing the truth is they are scared of the U.K.'s female version of the chain saw massacre.
After all as soon as you put up a for sale sign she comes along and saws it down, a clear message that if she doesn't want you to move, you aren't going to move.

Margaret Pilkington 24-04-2020 16:31

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I am getting tired of everyone jumping on the Covid bandwagon too.
The other night there were three NHS adverts telling us to stay home...thenthere were the usual supermarket adverts.
You cannot get away from it no way no how.

cashman 24-04-2020 18:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1239520)
I am getting tired of everyone jumping on the Covid bandwagon too.
The other night there were three NHS adverts telling us to stay home...thenthere were the usual supermarket adverts.
You cannot get away from it no way no how.

agree they are probably putting them on for thev idiots that are taking no notice of things, instead they should be fining the stupid sods heavily thats the only thing they may take notice of imho.

Margaret Pilkington 24-04-2020 19:20

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The funeral ads do my box in too....and the begging adverts.....yes, they are good causes, but we are in a situation where we are all finding it tough.

Margaret Pilkington 24-04-2020 19:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1239527)
agree they are probably putting them on for thev idiots that are taking no notice of things, instead they should be fining the stupid sods heavily thats the only thing they may take notice of imho.

Cashy, it depends on what they are doing.

If someone is having a social event...a party, then yes, but the police have frequently overstepped their remit during this crisis.

What is the harm in a couple having a picnic....they are compromising no-one having a butty and a thermos of tea at a woodland table.
They are outdoors and probably at much less risk than if they went to Tesco or B&Q.
It is like taking a car ride to somewhere quiet....somewhere you are unlikely to meet up with many people....what is wrong with a walk over the hills.
I went for a short walk along the canal today.....I have never seen so many walkers and cyclists.....and it is really hard to keep 6 ft between you on the towpath.....so were we all law breakers?
The answer is 'no' because the government guidelines are just that...guidelines...not laws.

Today Matt Hancock applauded those businesses returning to work....saying that they need not have closed.
What!
Either we are in lockdown or we aren't and it is comments like that that underline the confusion.
As far as I knew, unless you were a key worker, you were supposed to stay home.

Ryewolf90 24-04-2020 20:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1239299)
its probably a good job the thread wasnt "Best T.V. Commercials" would probably have been no replies?


What about the old Smash adverts with the robots? They were really funny.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LxFgjnBdU

Jimmy Clitheroe 24-04-2020 22:01

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n1hQdCdCP8

This was one of the first I recall to offend someone. Their surname was Whitbread and people were calling them Big Head because of the ad. Would probably involve lawyers and pressure groups these days.

Jimmy Clitheroe 24-04-2020 22:08

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-IY78Lid6U

used to think the Greenall ads were good - their ale on the other hand.... one of the few beers was glad to see the back of

monkey hanger 25-04-2020 09:16

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nothing could have been worse than Duttons. Oh be Joyfull was finding a pub that didn,t serve it.

Ryewolf90 25-04-2020 19:59

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Opps wrong thread

Less 18-08-2020 11:50

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There's an advert comes on between progs for 'our time online dating for over 50's'

(I had tried doing a link to it but I think they've been hijacked by a porn site, some nice ladies showing all their charms).
So I'll work without the ad'

Anyhow an attractive 50+ sat on a sofa saying, 'I'm having so much fun'.

Unfortunately it doesn't tempt me to join just reminds me of my early 20's, a friend of mine had inherited a clapped out dinghy and about six of us had been persuaded to help him do it up at weekends.

Of course it was an all male affair agreed upon due to the cramped sleeping conditions on board allowing for no privacy. We would head down to the coast Friday nights with the best of intentions and several crates of beer each. We would be there until late Sunday afternoon when the designated drivers would have sobered up enough to find where the car had been abandoned on the Friday.
Work would start on a Saturday with enthusiasm sometimes right up to and occasionally until just past opening time, with the intention of continuing at 3.00 the pub chucking out time back then. This got extended when we found a pub that only had access at low tide and because the police couldn't get to it had it's own licensing hours.

This continued for several months with little difference being made to the dinghy but lifelong friendships being established.
Anyhow, one weekend the owner said he would be a bit late getting down there so could we carry on without him.
This we did only to realise we couldn't get onboard because he had the key and the weather was starting to turn a little bit choppy' to use a nautical term, It' was 'drowning cats and dogs' in none technical terms so we slept in the cars.
He arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning with his latest girlfriend Jean in tow. Here's where we refer to the advert The first words out of her mouth were 'I'm having so much fun' followed by a girly giggle.
We could see a problem the inside of the dinghy just wasn't fit for anyone of her sex, our friend took her onboard with us following.
Her first words on seeing the insides, 'I'm going to have so much fun tidying up after you men', (girly giggle).

She gamely set to mucking out the boat which left us with no room to work so we retired to the pub without her.
A few hours later she met us in the pub and told us how she had,had 'so much fun' (slightly hesitant girly giggle), with mop and bucket and that she had even found time to prepare a salad for our tea, so shall we all head back and eat? (it was at this point we noticed the tide had come in marooning us from all that rabbit food and had to make do with bacon butties made by the landlady).
About 8 that night the tide had gone enough to wade back to the boat, we in wellingtons she in open-toed sandals slipping and sliding in the mud, we arrived back at the dinghy in time for her to trip over the moorings landing head first in the mud. Of course we all dashed forward to check that she hadn't broken any of the bottles we had bought for a carry home only to hear her say 'I'm having so much fun' (long hesitation, a slight sob under the breath, girly giggle).
She hadn't brought a change of clothes and had used all the water on board cleaning the place so had to change into whatever spare strips of rag we blokes had brought down with us decorating her clean interior with the mud that she was caked in.
She mistakenly decided she would have an early night but in a small dinghy everyone goes to bed at the same time or no-one does, so she stayed up and drank a little bit more than she was capable of and had to be poured into a sleeping bag, from which in drunken tones we would hear the mantra once again being uttered, 'I'm having so much fun' (hic, burp, no hesitation loud sob).
The following morning Boy friend decided we should finish early today and head for home, we all agreed except for Jean, 'But I'm having so much fun'(girlish shrill hysterical laughter).
We left Jean and boyfriend to enjoy the adventure of dinghy ownership made the journey home parked up and went to the pub.

Well that was the last time we went to the dinghy, BF and Jean became an item and would go down every weekend within 3 months they had done so much renovation they ere able to sell the dinghy to some other mug, erm I mean amateur sailor and used the proceeds to set up home.
Unbelievably that was over 40 years ago now, they are still together I saw him recently and asked how things where?

Oh!, he replied 'we're having so much fun!(male snigger crossed with a tone of regretful nostalgia for his short sailing life).

Less 18-08-2020 11:51

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There's an advert comes on between progs for 'our time online dating for over 50's'

(I had tried doing a link to it but I think they've been hijacked by a porn site, some nice ladies showing all their charms).
So I'll work without the ad'

Anyhow an attractive 50+ sat on a sofa saying, 'I'm having so much fun'.

Unfortunately it doesn't tempt me to join just reminds me of my early 20's, a friend of mine had inherited a clapped out dinghy and about six of us had been persuaded to help him do it up at weekends.

Of course it was an all male affair agreed upon due to the cramped sleeping conditions on board allowing for no privacy. We would head down to the coast Friday nights with the best of intentions and several crates of beer each. We would be there until late Sunday afternoon when the designated drivers would have sobered up enough to find where the car had been abandoned on the Friday.
Work would start on a Saturday with enthusiasm sometimes right up to and occasionally until just past opening time, with the intention of continuing at 3.00 the pub chucking out time back then. This got extended when we found a pub that only had access at low tide and because the police couldn't get to it had it's own licensing hours.

This continued for several months with little difference being made to the dinghy but lifelong friendships being established.
Anyhow, one weekend the owner said he would be a bit late getting down there so could we carry on without him.
This we did only to realise we couldn't get onboard because he had the key and the weather was starting to turn a little bit choppy' to use a nautical term, It' was 'drowning cats and dogs' in none technical terms so we slept in the cars.
He arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning with his latest girlfriend Jean in tow. Here's where we refer to the advert The first words out of her mouth were 'I'm having so much fun' followed by a girly giggle.
We could see a problem the inside of the dinghy just wasn't fit for anyone of her sex, our friend took her onboard with us following.
Her first words on seeing the insides, 'I'm going to have so much fun tidying up after you men', (girly giggle).

She gamely set to mucking out the boat which left us with no room to work so we retired to the pub without her.
A few hours later she met us in the pub and told us how she had,had 'so much fun' (slightly hesitant girly giggle), with mop and bucket and that she had even found time to prepare a salad for our tea, so shall we all head back and eat? (it was at this point we noticed the tide had come in marooning us from all that rabbit food and had to make do with bacon butties made by the landlady).
About 8 that night the tide had gone enough to wade back to the boat, we in wellingtons she in open-toed sandals slipping and sliding in the mud, we arrived back at the dinghy in time for her to trip over the moorings landing head first in the mud. Of course we all dashed forward to check that she hadn't broken any of the bottles we had bought for a carry home only to hear her say 'I'm having so much fun' (long hesitation, a slight sob under the breath, girly giggle).
She hadn't brought a change of clothes and had used all the water on board cleaning the place so had to change into whatever spare strips of rag we blokes had brought down with us decorating her clean interior with the mud that she was caked in.
She mistakenly decided she would have an early night but in a small dinghy everyone goes to bed at the same time or no-one does so she stayed up and drank a little bit more than she was capable of and had to be poured into a sleeping bag, from which in drunken tones we would hear the mantra once again being uttered, 'I'm having so much fun' (hic, burp, no hesitation loud sob).
The following morning Boy friend decided we should finish early today and head for home, we all agreed except for Jean, 'But I'm having so much fun'(girlish shrill hysterical laughter).
We left Jean and boyfriend to enjoy the adventure of dinghy ownership made the journey home parked up and went to the pub.

Well that was the last time we went to the dinghy, BF and Jean became an item and would go down every weekend within 3 months they had done so much renovation they ere able to sell the dinghy to some other mug, erm I mean amateur sailor and used the proceeds to set up home.
Unbelievably that was over 40 years ago now, they are still together I saw him recently and asked how things where?

Oh!, he replied 'we're having so much fun!(male snigger crossed with a tone of regretful nostalgia for his short sailing life).

cashman 18-08-2020 12:01

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has anyone else noticed whats happening with ads since B.L.M. became an item?

Margaret Pilkington 18-08-2020 12:08

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Less...tha isn't a post...it's a BLOG...but heck it was funny.

Margaret Pilkington 18-08-2020 12:12

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I absolutely hate that add for some mobile phome or other......Awesome screen, awesomw camera, long lasting battery life.
I wonder if the creator of that advert had been on some illegal substance(It was a bad trip, whatever it was) to come up with the visuals, they are truly deranged

DaveinGermany 18-08-2020 12:13

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1243496)
has anyone else noticed whats happening with ads since B.L.M. became an item?


If you're talking about the depiction of mixed race families as a "norm" it's been happeng for a whole lot longer than blm showing up Cashy, one of the reasons I very rarely turn the stupid box on.

Less 18-08-2020 12:41

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1243498)
Less...tha isn't a post...it's a BLOG...but heck it was funny.

You're right, I got a bit carried away, would be a shame to lose it so I've put it in blogs.
:D

Margaret Pilkington 18-08-2020 13:20

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Oh, I am glad....more please Less.
I found it very funny(I could picture it all in my head).

Jimmy Clitheroe 22-08-2020 17:24

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You can't win - the only ad free channels are on BBC and are a propaganda outlet for drivel. The ads on the commercial channels are nothing more than brainwashing with the continuous repetition (just think how many lines from adverts you can recall ad verbatim - stuck in your memory till and probably beyond when dementia sets in). There used to be an add block system that realised ads were transmitted at a higher volume than actual programmes and would standby your set until the volume dropped back to normal programme level. Wasn't a 100% but am sure someone could devise a modern more sophisticated system.

cashman 22-08-2020 18:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy Clitheroe (Post 1243756)
You can't win - the only ad free channels are on BBC and are a propaganda outlet for drivel. The ads on the commercial channels are nothing more than brainwashing with the continuous repetition (just think how many lines from adverts you can recall ad verbatim - stuck in your memory till and probably beyond when dementia sets in). There used to be an add block system that realised ads were transmitted at a higher volume than actual programmes and would standby your set until the volume dropped back to normal programme level. Wasn't a 100% but am sure someone could devise a modern more sophisticated system.

the ads are louder than progs but its easy just press the mute ;)

Jimmy Clitheroe 22-08-2020 21:14

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1243763)
the ads are louder than progs but its easy just press the mute ;)

Some of them are even offensive to watch - would be nice to have something that just eradicated them from our lives and came back to the programme so we could hear it as we make a brew.

monkey hanger 23-08-2020 07:09

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just wonder who are actually persuaded to buy something thats advertised on the box. in our house the answer is zero, but in todays world get some so called celeb advertising something their so called followers would buy it no matter how useless it may be.

Jack1955 28-01-2021 17:19

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Worst TV advert would be all of them, I haven't watched TV for 5 years because I can't abide adverts.

cashman 28-01-2021 17:54

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so theres channels without ads so that reason dont wash with me.

monkey hanger 29-01-2021 09:29

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practice does make perfect if you use your remote to switch over to anything once ads come on. i have got it down to a tee now and rarely miss more than a few seconds of the programme i have been watching. you can always use the catch up services and pay to watch add free also.

monkey hanger 29-01-2021 09:32

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1243496)
has anyone else noticed whats happening with ads since B.L.M. became an item?

don,t wind me up cashy. i,ve started to watch these woke lefty adverts to increase my blood pressure.

dotti34 20-11-2021 02:37

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Currently there are a number of ads on our tv for an insurance company for older people. Some have women on them, some have men. In all of them these people look ridiculous, in my opinion anyway. They are seen to be cavorting around, doing high kicks and other contortionist acts, with silly grins on their faces. It’s actually a bit embarrassing watching their antics – am sure there has been a bit of tampering with effects Hope they got well paid.

cashman 20-11-2021 08:30

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Theres a lot of ads here for funerals and cremations really cheers yeh up dont know why they waste money on them? everyone has to have them its UNAVOIDABLE.

odders 20-11-2021 20:43

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Cashy and life insurance. It's like they now know covid is ready to cripple loads. Quick let's get their cash;):eek:

Undercutting each other on a cremation, burial. I can't wait for the next wave of adverts, headstones and moseleums for sale. :D:confused:

Margaret Pilkington 03-08-2022 10:05

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Just had to resurrect this thread.
I do not watch much TV, but I was doing a bit of dusting.
Himself was watching Jeremy Vine program(shudder) and during one of the ad breaks there was an advert for some sort of Birds Eye fake chicken.
It was a cartoon….mother and daughter(of coloured persuasion) sat among a naturfied scene.
The child was asking ‘Mummy do we eatChicken’ went onto say they had some plant based chicken type food (‘it was yummy’)and why did her mum not cook things like this…..then this smart ar$e kid went on to ask if it was because her mother was afraid of change….that if no one liked it then it would be remembered as the day mum cooked…..yeuk, well I do not know who thought up this psychological nudge…but if anything would put me off plant based food that was masquerading as Chicken….this would be it

And I know I have mentioned it before…but the adverts that are by the Vegetarian Butcher…..hello that would be a greengrocer then.

How much chemical crap goes into these substitutes to make somebody think they are eating chicken would be the question I would ask.

On another topic altogether.
I also caught an advert for a Sure deodorant/antiperspirant that is effective for 72 hours.
So please will someone tell me…..those who use this stuff….do they not wash their pits and their bits every day? Eewwww. nasty!

Less 03-08-2022 10:25

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWCFvmBuXcA

This one?
It would have been just as welcome in the woke thread.
Is it compulsory to like blacks even in cartoon form now?

On the subject of deodorants Dave Gorman covered that I think this is the episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNAP9D61OCs

Margaret Pilkington 03-08-2022 11:00

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Yes Less that is the one…..yes, it could have gone in the woke thread, but I thought I would give this thread another chance at life.

Margaret Pilkington 03-08-2022 11:17

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The Dave Gorman thing….while it started off being about armpits…..didn’t tell me if people feel it is alright to spray their pits and not bother to wash them daily because their deodoriser lasts three days.
So when it got to the aposematism I lost interest.
Apologies if it was after this.
So I would still like to know if there are folk out there who are not dealing with basic hygiene effectively because they do not want to wash off the effects of their Sure Spray.

Guinness 06-08-2022 00:13

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1267759)
The child was asking ‘Mummy do we eatChicken’ went onto say they had some plant based chicken type food (‘it was yummy’)and why did her mum not cook things like this…..then this smart ar$e kid went on to ask if it was because her mother was afraid of change….that if no one liked it then it would be remembered as the day mum cooked…..yeuk, well I do not know who thought up this psychological nudge…but if anything would put me off plant based food that was masquerading as Chicken….this would be it

And I know I have mentioned it before…but the adverts that are by the Vegetarian Butcher…..hello that would be a greengrocer then.

How much chemical crap goes into these substitutes to make somebody think they are eating chicken would be the question I would ask.

I’ve tried ‘vegan bacon’, ….didn’t look like bacon, didn’t taste like bacon. Horrible stuff.

I’m from the pre cooking oil age, when pretty much everything that was fried was done so in a lump of hot melted lard. Eggs fresh from the milkman fried in a pan where the melted lard was so deep you could spoon it over the bright yellow yolk..non-stick coatings on pans were non-existent, then again food didn’t stick to big heavy blackened frying pans filled with molten lard. Bacon sliced at your desired thickness from Len’s where you actually needed to trim the fat before you put it in the pan and cut the rind as you fried it to prevent it from curling too much, butchers sausages that needed their skins pricking and didn’t shrink and ohhh…the bliss of a crispy slice of Mothers Pride fried bread made from the leavings in the frying pan.

Nowadays my ‘old fart sensible’ unhealthy saturday morning treat…oven cooked water injected bacon and sausage, both of which shrink as the water evaporates, I have to buy smoked bacon, unsmoked is tasteless, small tin of baked beans to moisten and a poached egg. Fried bread just cannot be made anymore and has been consigned to history and forgotten like the Dodo to anyone under 55.

Saturday breakfast to me is a tradition (like the Sunday roast and xmas dinner)….So I eat ‘todays bacon’…doesn’t look like ‘proper’ bacon, doesn’t taste like ‘proper’ bacon. Horrible stuff. Likewise for the sausage and the poached egg.

Back to the advert..to me there is nothing different between the ‘real’ injected watery additive laden chicken nuggets that the mother uses than the packet of ‘pretend’ injected watery additive laden chicken like nuggets the mates mother uses…a proper parent would avoid both like the plague..only food that came in packets or boxes that I recall as a kid was cereal, bisto and dried peas.

dotti34 06-08-2022 03:01

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Guinness, in my world proper bacon is the only bacon that enters my door and lands in the frying pan, fried bread is still on my menu and consumed at regular intervals, only ‘real deal’ sausages are eaten at my table, and the same goes with any other meat. No pretend stuff here, although I do use vegetable oil as I can’t find lard.

I buy free range eggs because I think the way hens kept in the mass-production barns is disgraceful and should be outlawed.

Anytime you are passing this way you are welcome to drop in and I’ll cook you the most unhealthy (but tasty) breakfast you could wish to have, except for the lard of course….

…and, Margaret, I think you will agree that the title ‘vegetarian butcher’ is an oxymoron.

Margaret Pilkington 06-08-2022 12:31

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I also relish dripping on toast….dirty dripping that is with jelly meat juices at the bottom.
I do not care what health gurus tell me….I enjoy it and will continue to eat it as long as I am on the planet.

No one has yet answered the deodorant thing

DaveinGermany 06-08-2022 12:55

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1267809)
No one has yet answered the deodorant thing


I assume there are those out there Ma that do think it's okay to do so, I personally don't. I'll get a shower of an evening & spray the pits if I'm off out somewhere, but the next morning it's up & showered, pit spray if required.

Margaret Pilkington 06-08-2022 14:17

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I just think that advertising a spray that is effective for 72 hours may mean that people believe that they do not need to wash…..and if they do not wash their pits then, what else don’t they bother washing?
I have given up showering every day(well up until the hot weather) but when I do not shower there are bits that still get to see soap and water.

cashman 06-08-2022 16:20

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if people think that then they are thick. if they are i do not care 1 jot for them.

dotti34 11-08-2022 09:49

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Margaret, I haven’t heard of this spray but if there isn’t any maintenance in the pits for three days that could be a bit of s stinker. (Oh, I’m so ladylike in the way I put things).

Margaret Pilkington 11-08-2022 10:43

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Multiple brands of deodorant are telling their customers that their product will protect them from being ‘Smellie Nellies’ for between 48 hrs and 72 hrs.
Making them (perhaps) believe that they do not need to wash their stinky pits and bits.

cashman 11-08-2022 10:55

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i laugh at them the ads that bug me are the many funeral and cremations

Margaret Pilkington 11-08-2022 12:20

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Yes, what gets me is that the oldies in the ads almost seem joyful about paying for a funeral.

taddy 11-08-2022 16:53

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Originally Posted by dotti34 (Post 1267968)
Margaret, I haven’t heard of this spray but if there isn’t any maintenance in the pits for three days that could be a bit of s stinker. (Oh, I’m so ladylike in the way I put things).

Maybe Dave in Germany could back me up on this one, but I believe that the advice from our military "is" that if you wash the parts of your body that "sweat" every day then you will not have any problems, smelly or otherwise?

ferret man 11-08-2022 17:07

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I just don't listen to any of the Adds I turn the sound off when the break's come on.

cashman 11-08-2022 17:13

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i do but the boss forgets sometimes.

Less 12-08-2022 08:18

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1267972)
Multiple brands of deodorant are telling their customers that their product will protect them from being ‘Smellie Nellies’ for between 48 hrs and 72 hrs.
Making them (perhaps) believe that they do not need to wash their stinky pits and bits.

When the greenies cotton on to this, not washing for 72 hours will become mandatory, all those resources saved by not having to heat water and the mountains of soap saved from being sent down the drain!

Though there will be the odd few such as us that just won't be forced to give up our ablutions.

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cashman 12-08-2022 09:00

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spot on less the greenies are know alls that know nowt imho.

DaveinGermany 13-08-2022 20:28

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1267975)
i laugh at them the ads that bug me are the many funeral and cremations


Only because they're to close to home you owd Dodderer. ;) :D

DaveinGermany 13-08-2022 20:32

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Originally Posted by taddy (Post 1267982)
Maybe Dave in Germany could back me up on this one, but I believe that the advice from our military "is" that if you wash the parts of your body that "sweat" every day then you will not have any problems, smelly or otherwise?


More of a "Field wash" Tads, drop yer combats, a flannel & some cold water, quick whip round yer bits in a smart & soldier like manner & your Combats back on/up & you're ready to take on the world again against "Johnny Foreigner" for Queen & Country.. :D

Margaret Pilkington 13-08-2022 21:42

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Right now I am sweating in places that I don’t think are mine.
I have just had a shower….walked from bathroom to bedroom and I am perspiring like a working donkey!

Less 14-08-2022 08:13

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 1268039)
Right now I am sweating in places that I don’t think are mine.
I have just had a shower….walked from bathroom to bedroom and I am perspiring like a working donkey!

Madam please, a little decorum if you will:-
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"Horses sweat. Men perspire. But ladies merely glow."
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Margaret Pilkington 14-08-2022 11:42

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Less, both of us know that I am NOT a lady!


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