Irritating adverts?

[Deegee]

I'm sure everyone has an advert that grates on them, the one that currently has me reaching for the Mute button is the "You're Booking worth it!" holiday advert, it's clearly intended to sound like a very similar swear word and imho has exceeded the boundaries of what is permissible.
Am I the only one that feels this is inappropriate as a peak time commercial? Or has another advert got up your nose in the past?

[Frankie]

I hate all ads on the telly, so much so that most of my viewing has been recorded, as soon as a break comes on I fire up the remote to fast forward (Sky) to 30, count to between 10 and 15 sec and return to program, normally skips all the ads ha ha,, unless it is something at peek time when they double the amount of ads.

[Jack]

I don't own a telly

[Tricky]

dont watch much telly, and when i do its recorded so i fast forward the ads.

[Kwacky]

Having been married for a good number of years I am adept at blocking out irritating background noises.

[Mac]

FWIW, I completely agree with you on the "booking" advert.

[Rossgo]

I like some don't watch a lot of telly. I watch more films and even if I am watching telly (like now) I'm reading posts on this during the advert breaks so I miss most of them!!

[D6Nutz]

Having been married for a good number of years I am adept at blocking out irritating background noises.

You also have kids, which only hones that skill further..

However, also being married means (in this house at least) that you never get your hands on the remote. My wife has an amazing skill at never watching one single program, but channel hopping through several programs to never see an advert.

[D41]

US channels are dreadful for commercials.......except for the cable channels, which don't show any.....sure, they might throw a plug in for what's on later or sommit, but in general, one movie ends the next begins.
The Military Channel is the only one I watch regularly that does adverts, and even that one I'm leaning away from more & more these days, as those shows don't usually carry a lot of information IMO.

[D6]

I record all the shows I want to watch for when I have time. I then just fast forward the ads.

[D41]

Charity commercials.

[Kwacky]

Charity commercials.

"you live in a country which isn't a poor country, so you should give your money to people in a poor country, to stop them from dying. Here is someone dying and it's all your fault."

That sort of thing?

[D41]

Yeah......."This is Miguel.....Miguel has never known a Christmas...never known a day when he wasn't hungry or covered in flies, or getting acting work staring into a camera"...etc.

[Kwacky]

"please give us money, so we can spend loads on advertising and give massive salaries to our directors. Any money left over will be used to make sure more people survive in a bid to put a further strain on an environment already struggling to support them"

[duke63]

Any of those commercials that promise to make your life so much better by lending you up to £1000 that is paid back at 794% APR.

[Bratty]

On a lighter note the new advert for Shreddied Wheat with the northern soul guy at the end of the advert when he was dancing in a club you may just about catch a glimpse of me lol

[Kwacky]

The best advert is the Marmite one, where they make out that jars of Marmite are being abused and uncared for.