Stupid Adverts

[big_dav_2001 (Davin)]

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Hi Paul - there is a moronic ad that I love - it is the chunky soup 'fully loaded can' - anyone on a kayak with a sail and a fan skirting through the bush win me over!

That is by far my favourite ad... love the song.. "fully loaded man's got balls of meeeat"

Davin

[Octane (Humayun)]

Coming up to 11 years without television.

But, what does/did drive me batty if I'm watching television at a friend's (Australian Open tennis while housesitting) was the Harvey Norman commercials -- anyone remember the Australia Day sales period? Good grief.

Also, Sab, as to your Coles YouTube link: what is this i dont even

I have never seen such an embarrassing commercial before! Now I'm going to be conscious of that ditty while grocery shopping.

H

[Exfso (Peter)]

We have also got this gross advert about the flu and how easy it is to catch, some female sneeezes and a pile of snot comes out of her nose, it is totally gross. Definitely not to be watched when eating.

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

He's hungry for danger
He can take the heat
Fully loaded man's got balls of meat
Over the edge
Flying through the sky
Fully loaded man, he could probably die
Time to slam a fully loaded can
A fully crammed dinner feast
For a meat, veg and pasta fan
Fully loaded can!

Says it all really!

Originally Posted by big_dav_2001

That is by far my favourite ad... love the song.. "fully loaded man's got balls of meeeat"

Davin

[alocky (Andrew lockwood)]

Can someone edify me (obviously sheltered and naiive) as to the meaning of the metaphoric imagery employed in the too frequent 'erection problems' ads we are being bombarded with during the Tour de France footage? WTF? They're making a tent that turns into a barn, a bridge appears, they're making a campfire, the bridge turns into a grassy knoll, etc.. nasty...
Maybe I don't want to know what those evil wrinklies are getting up to?
Given that the ads are appearing every 5 minutes, I would have thought personal lubricant ads would be more appropriate.
Now if they switched from the affectionate and touching moment, to the guy getting hauled off in a squad car with a big grin on his face I'd at least have had a giggle the first 1000 times it was shown.
cheers,
Andrew.

[Ric]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Is there an Ad you don't like and why?

Those infomercials are the ones that really bug me.

Two full time channels of rubbish of which it has to yelled at you over and over again for 30 minutes.

And then they expect you to believe that you can transform your body from the Michellin man to that of the Greek god Adonis in only 2 weeks by rolling around on a piece of curved metal.

At least I can change the channel

[sil (Steve)]

I never watch any TV at the time its broadcast (except F1 where I mute the sound and read a book during the ads). There are only two shows I do watch, for all else the internet and Amazon provides. (Which is a whole other rant: ads on DVDs/Bluray that tell you you are a terrorist for buying their product).

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Don't really watch TV anymore and can't say I miss any of it at all. We rent movies to watch when we want to, and that's the only time the set is on. As for news, we get it online using adblocker and much prefer it this way.

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Don't really watch TV anymore and can't say I miss any of it at all. We rent movies to watch when we want to, and that's the only time the set is on. As for news, we get it online using adblocker and much prefer it this way.

I'm with you Rolf. I can't be bothered watching news on TV, haven't done so for a long time. I use the ABC news website, it is much more informative anyway. Besides, I only read the articles I am interested in anyway.

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by Ric

Those infomercials are the ones that really bug me.

Two full time channels of rubbish of which it has to yelled at you over and over again for 30 minutes.

And then they expect you to believe that you can transform your body from the Michellin man to that of the Greek god Adonis in only 2 weeks by rolling around on a piece of curved metal.

At least I can change the channel

Hey Ric, you can always delete those channels. I don't have the full compliment of channels on my TV, as I have deleted all the trash channels.

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

my life is relatively ad free. I've not had a telly hooked up in my house for coming up to 3 years.
It doesn't look like I'm missing anything.

I,m i the same boat jjj

Cheers

[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by Octane

Coming up to 11 years without television.

But, what does/did drive me batty if I'm watching television at a friend's (Australian Open tennis while housesitting) was the Harvey Norman commercials -- anyone remember the Australia Day sales period? Good grief.

Also, Sab, as to your Coles YouTube link: what is this i dont even

I have never seen such an embarrassing commercial before! Now I'm going to be conscious of that ditty while grocery shopping.

H

lol I can't fathom how they can come up with something as grotesque as that. Imagine a young child being subjected to it, they could well develop a fear of supermarkets as they believe they'll encounter freaks like that inside

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Probably watched about 24hrs of TV in the last 10 years. Only use mine for DVD's and the occasional ABC programme.
IMHO, advertising should be a hanging offence ;-). If J.L. Baird and the other developers of TV could have looked into the future of TV they would have burned all their research notes and taken up something usefull, like Plumbing. :-)

Bill

[Ric]

Originally Posted by Stardrifter_WA

Hey Ric, you can always delete those channels. I don't have the full compliment of channels on my TV, as I have deleted all the trash channels.

I didn't realise you could do that Peter.

Ta for the advice.

[Analog6 (Odille)]

The only commercial show I watch it the Hot Seat on 9 for 30 mins at nght - I've applied to go on it so watch it for that reason - , otherwise it is ABC or SBS. And we mute when the ads come on and don't watch them. However, a set of ads we actually LIKE are those funny ones for some Qld insurance company, probably only shown in Qld viewing areas. I like the one with the little old couple 'because we're more mature' and he makes rabbit ears over her head with his fingers.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

I have noticed a few adds sneaking into the mix that are not half bad there is one for National bank with the athletes morphing into the different sports of the olympics that I find quite watchable and another one for women's vitamins that has these fluro skeletons dancing around and after the dancers take off the fluro suits and they are all older women showing how well the vitamins work.

One reason I like these one's is they are not treating me like an idiot that is the one thing that gets me riled is how the advertising agencys think that that will make me buy something I will never understand.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

I'm afraid I watch a lot of television-preferable to listening to SWMBO

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by Larryp

I'm afraid I watch a lot of television-preferable to listening to SWMBO

I can relate to that, but, I went one further.....got rid of SWMBO! Haven't looked back since. No more nagging about not needing more astro equipment....woohoo!

[Larryp (Laurie)]

You are SO lucky Peter!

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by Larryp

You are SO lucky Peter!

Thanks Laurie, but luck had nothing to do with it!

Now, when I meet a woman, the first thing I ask is "do you own a telescope?" Then they just give me a funny look!!!