Hive heating

[Arch Stanton]

Gambling adverts are spreading like a fucking plague on TV these days, they're everywhere, they're poisonous and to add insult they're always fucking terrible. Paddy Power do some moderately funny ones I suppose, but the hundred other online bookies, casinos and bingo sites trot out some utter shite. I still don't see any good reason why they should be allowed to advertise gambling on TV.

[Carbomb]

The fucking Ray Winstone ones are the most irritating. Fucking Mockney, tax-dodging cunt.

[Rule One]

The latest Argos adverts piss me off good and proper. The lady voicing the advert doesn't know whether she wants to be shouty or wispy and the mixture of both grates especially if its on an unskipable youtube advert.

 

Part of me wishes Argos sell shotguns when I hear it.

 

Edit: The lady in question is Miquita Oliver, former T4 presenter. Now I know why I can't stand that voice.

Edited January 23, 2016 by Rule One

[Bettencourt]

Hive and the Just Eat ones have to be my most hated. The Match.com songs and Bet Victor ads also get a dishonourable mention.

[PowerButchi]

SPAWTS DIRECT DOT COM. BRWITANS NUMBUH ONE.

[Undefeated Steak]

Brilliant post, Gus. The thing is, we all know that group of 'lads' living the Ladbrokes Life. Always sharing stuff from the SportLAD pages and complaining how they got screwed by a 94th minute goal on their 50p acca every week.

[Ladiesman345]

The thing about the adverts for bookies is that they're so over-familiar. Trying to be your best mate but nicking your wallet at the same time. I work in a bookies.

[Bus Surfer]

Fucking Can-can-can-car-finance.com

 

Also, w-w-w.it'sfriday.co.uk in that awful demwanz stylee.

 

Boils my piss everytime.

[Murtz]

There's nothing worse than every fragrance advert ever. I don't even know what any of them really mean.

[Gus Mears]

Fragrance adverts are indeed woeful. The current one with a in his mid 50's Johnny Depp poncing about in a desert and wearing eyeliner is especially wanktastic.

 

I don't want to see any middle aged blokes wearing eye liner unless they are appearing in Rocky Horror, or facing Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania.

 

Anyway.

 

TRADE POINT! TRADE POINT! COME ON LADS, GET THE VAN, TRADE POINT!

[Bellenda Carlisle]

I actually don't mind perfume ads. It's hard to sell something you can't see or hear so they just go for glamorous nonsense which I agree can be silly but I'd rather watch that than nearly anything other ads consist of.

[WyattSheepMask]

There was one doing the rounds on radio Dry January/Dryathalon or whatever the fuck they're calling it. It's much in the vain of the Hive Heating ad, it's some pillock playing a ukulele spouting drivel. The are so many similarities, it has to be by the same ad agency

[AshC]

Yeah, that one actually inspired me to drink more this month. 

 

'Radio X' (rubbish name) is clogged up with a load of these things.

 

Is it the done thing in the industry to make the ads as annoying as possible? I get it in that it makes them memorable, but equally these ads actively put me off spending any more with the companies, so surely they're counterproductive?

[Sphinx]

Radio X just reminds me of Sage.

[Mr_Danger]

Fucking hell, those Ladbrokes ones are awful. I watched one this morning, put me in a right shitty mood. Surely missing a trick by not rebranding themselves as Ladblokes.