OT annoying tv commercials

The Tide commercial that got us upset got me thinking.... there are a few
more commercials that bug me. It's slow here on the ng, so let's do some
griping. You in? ;-)

I wonder about toothpaste commercials. Have you ever seen an actor/actress
with a mouthful of toothpaste foam (and foam running down their chin) while
brushing in the commercial? Nope. Even their paid actors aren't using
their toothpaste to brush. So why should we?

And those mascara commercials! It's soooo obvious the actress is wearing
false eyelashes. If we want eyelashes like hers then we should buy false
eyelashes- not their mascara.

Any other commercials/ads that make you want to vent or grump a little?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I also dislike the other Tide commercial, which has a father preparing
to feed his children and himself something clearly NOT on the list of
approved food in the family. The kids tell him that Mom will find out
because of stains, and Dad says the Tide will hide the evidence. And
later, Dad lies to Mom. Now -- TWO Tide commercials with lying
within families!

Well, yes . . . but! . . the commercials keep me in great fit shape. I can
jump the sewing table or the kitchen counter as needed to punch the tv
remote to mute.
Have we EVER wanted the advice of the flying nun on our bone health?
Billy Mays died and still they bring him back to YELL at us. I won't
buy anything that distresses my delicate sensibilities beginning with loud
and panic.
The worst offender is AARP. Funny Whoopie has mentioned that she
doesn't know why the CIA has such troubles locating Bin Laudin. She says
AARP can find and persecute anybody. Relentlessly.
The worst. Locally? A funeral home. The 'grim' voice and: been
helping families ( methinks they are helping themselves to the the
pocketbooks of vulnerable families). Oh. Please. Are we to believe
they're doing a public service?
OTOH, I love the Wee Weee Weee all the way home piggy commercial.
Thanks for asking, Leslie. I look forward to what irks / pleases our
friends here. Polly





"Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
The Tide commercial that got us upset got me thinking.... there are a few
more commercials that bug me. It's slow here on the ng, so let's do some
griping. You in? ;-)

I wonder about toothpaste commercials. Have you ever seen an
actor/actress with a mouthful of toothpaste foam (and foam running down
their chin) while brushing in the commercial? Nope. Even their paid
actors aren't using their toothpaste to brush. So why should we?

And those mascara commercials! It's soooo obvious the actress is wearing
false eyelashes. If we want eyelashes like hers then we should buy false
eyelashes- not their mascara.

Any other commercials/ads that make you want to vent or grump a little?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On 13/10/2010 05:23, Polly Esther wrote:
Well, yes . . . but! . . the commercials keep me in great fit shape. I
can jump the sewing table or the kitchen counter as needed to punch the
tv remote to mute.
Have we EVER wanted the advice of the flying nun on our bone health?
Billy Mays died and still they bring him back to YELL at us. I won't buy
anything that distresses my delicate sensibilities beginning with loud
and panic.
The worst offender is AARP. Funny Whoopie has mentioned that she doesn't
know why the CIA has such troubles locating Bin Laudin. She says AARP
can find and persecute anybody. Relentlessly.
The worst. Locally? A funeral home. The 'grim' voice and: been helping
families ( methinks they are helping themselves to the the pocketbooks
of vulnerable families). Oh. Please. Are we to believe they're doing a
public service?
OTOH, I love the Wee Weee Weee all the way home piggy commercial.
Thanks for asking, Leslie. I look forward to what irks / pleases our
friends here. Polly

Cilit BANG! (BANG and the dirt is gone!). I do NOT NEED some pranny
YELLING at me about cleaning. I do not need a different cleaner for
every surface in every room in my house! I have a few select cleaning
products in my house: dishwasher tablets, washing powder, washing up
liquid, soap, shampoo, and bleach. I keep some sugar soap for cleaning
really evil things like mold, crayon on walls, and cleaning before
paitning, and some laminate floor stuff for the conservatory floor. I
use a spray bottle of washing up liquid and water for general cleaning
and add a little bleach to the one in the bathroom. The rest of the
bleach cleans the po. The great thing about MY cleaners is that other
than a faint pong of bleach just after cleaning the bathroom, there is
no disgusting CLEANER PERFUME STENCH! (Coff coff choke)

The other ones that irritate are the ones for 'air fresheners',
especially those plug-ins that re-stench the house when you move, or
every hour, or whatever. Sorry, but if my house smells a bit stale, I
open the windows and get some fresh air in! Odd lingering cooking
smells from fish that won't go, or from the bathroom, get a quick squish
of something I keep on hand. The house doesn't need to smell of any
artificial stink, thank you!

--
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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I hate anything underhand, or mean.

Stealing crisps from children, Gary Linneker, and the latest
incarnation, knocking someone through a plate glass window!

The abandoned chocolate muffin (HOW can I feel sorry for an enormous
man in a muffin suit!? Dunask!)

Blaming the dog when the family has eaten the mother's sandwich.

And then there are the ambulance chasers, the expensive car
commercials and the Insurance comparison sites. Don't even get me
onto pollyfilling the wrinkles and inserting the eyelashes and pre/pro-
biotic yoghurt!

Do I really need to see tortured donkeys, disabled pensioners and fly-
blown babies to give to Charity what I can spare? And if I gave £2 a
month to everyone, they would need to support me, as there would be
nothing left.

OTOH, I love comparing the meercats; Gaffer, Sydney and his gang and
Churchill babysitting for David Bellamy. And I do like to keep up
with 'what's about' as my Mum used to say. At least I can sound
knowledgeable when I need to choose between supermarkets and cereal
brands, and; I suppose it is useful to know about the price of fish
(as they say). But there it ends. Too many, too many repeats and
yes, I watch too much television.

But then, if I can remember all these, maybe the advertisers have done
their jobs? It's just that they don't reckon with my contra-
suggestiveness.

Nel
(Gadget Queen)

I only watch TV on the computer.
Even then I much prefer to just go out and buy by the season.
However on hulu I have seen some ads that just make me want to smack
somebody.

The most recent Jimmy Dean sausage ads seem to me to be an attempt at
necromancy. Any day now I expect to read that Jimmy Dean has risen from
his grave and committed bloody murder on everybody involved in the
current incredibly annoying and outrageously stupid advertising campaign.

NightMist

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:23:56 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:

Well, yes . . . but! . . the commercials keep me in great fit shape. I
can jump the sewing table or the kitchen counter as needed to punch the
tv remote to mute.
Have we EVER wanted the advice of the flying nun on our bone
health? Billy Mays died and still they bring him back to YELL at us.
I won't
buy anything that distresses my delicate sensibilities beginning with
loud and panic.
The worst offender is AARP. Funny Whoopie has mentioned that she
doesn't know why the CIA has such troubles locating Bin Laudin. She
says AARP can find and persecute anybody. Relentlessly.
The worst. Locally? A funeral home. The 'grim' voice and: been
helping families ( methinks they are helping themselves to the the
pocketbooks of vulnerable families). Oh. Please. Are we to believe
they're doing a public service?
OTOH, I love the Wee Weee Weee all the way home piggy commercial.
Thanks for asking, Leslie. I look forward to what irks / pleases
our
friends here. Polly





"Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
The Tide commercial that got us upset got me thinking.... there are a
few more commercials that bug me. It's slow here on the ng, so let's
do some griping. You in? ;-)

I wonder about toothpaste commercials. Have you ever seen an
actor/actress with a mouthful of toothpaste foam (and foam running down
their chin) while brushing in the commercial? Nope. Even their paid
actors aren't using their toothpaste to brush. So why should we?

And those mascara commercials! It's soooo obvious the actress is
wearing false eyelashes. If we want eyelashes like hers then we
should buy false eyelashes- not their mascara.

Any other commercials/ads that make you want to vent or grump a little?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.





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I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:52:09 -0500, Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. wrote
(in article ):

The Tide commercial that got us upset got me thinking.... there are a few
more commercials that bug me. It's slow here on the ng, so let's do some
griping. You in? ;-)

I wonder about toothpaste commercials. Have you ever seen an actor/actress
with a mouthful of toothpaste foam (and foam running down their chin) while
brushing in the commercial? Nope. Even their paid actors aren't using
their toothpaste to brush. So why should we?

And those mascara commercials! It's soooo obvious the actress is wearing
false eyelashes. If we want eyelashes like hers then we should buy false
eyelashes- not their mascara.

Any other commercials/ads that make you want to vent or grump a little?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.


Pretty much every beer commercial ever made (except for the ones where the
beer delivery guy goes into the expensive restaurant/hotel/sky box at the
ball game and takes away the beer because the people are too snooty). People
aren't really that stupid are they?

Maureen

On the other hand, I just LOVE the one where the bunnies are
rolling-over-laughing over the snake with a baby rattle on his tail. LOL at
this one. Hope it wins an award.

KT. in MI

My fave is the one for Cadburry's (sp) Easter candy. Where all kinds of
animals trying out for the commercial ...clucking like a chicken!! And the
one for Hershey's kisses in the shape of a Christmas tree (PHEW) And I even
cry at the Folger's coffee ones.
Nana......waxing nostalgic (sigh)


"KT in Mich" wrote in message
...
On the other hand, I just LOVE the one where the bunnies are
rolling-over-laughing over the snake with a baby rattle on his tail. LOL
at this one. Hope it wins an award.

KT. in MI

One of my most annoying is the Geico with the man on couch and Dr(?)
angry and throwing tissue box at him.
Most enjoyable in general are the Publix (grocery store) commercials.
They are all very positive and based on family life. No children
talking back or parents talking on phones while at the family table.
Just feel good stuff.
Anna Belle


On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:52:09 -0500, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
wrote:

The Tide commercial that got us upset got me thinking.... there are a few
more commercials that bug me. It's slow here on the ng, so let's do some
griping. You in? ;-)

I wonder about toothpaste commercials. Have you ever seen an actor/actress
with a mouthful of toothpaste foam (and foam running down their chin) while
brushing in the commercial? Nope. Even their paid actors aren't using
their toothpaste to brush. So why should we?

And those mascara commercials! It's soooo obvious the actress is wearing
false eyelashes. If we want eyelashes like hers then we should buy false
eyelashes- not their mascara.

Any other commercials/ads that make you want to vent or grump a little?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.