UK Only... Which tv advertisements .....?

Question

... do you turn the mute button on for?

For me it HAS to be Injury Lawyers For You - where the woman is interrogating the bloke from the law firm.

God, it drives me MAD!!

How about you?

Answer 1

It has to be that little asian boy sitting on the loo saying

"its all gone"

the posting a prefectly drawn picture of an air freshener under the door. I hate that kid!

Then that other advert where the kids are all shouting Mu-u-um, and then asking really pointless questions, I think its for some sort of frozen desert.

Pretty much any advert that has been made in germany and really badly dubbed makes me cringe!

Answer 2

They are a good one to try and do something else - but for me, it's all of those type of adverts.

Plus any loan company ones - especially debt consolidation ones with Carol ("like I need to worry about having to go through with this process") Vorderman.

And that's precisely why I hate having days off of work - I don't see these adverts so much otherwise!! :-)


Ooooh, I had almost forgotten about Shelia's Wheels and Diamond car insurance adverts, but that's because of blatent sexism of the companies in question (if a car insurance company was "just for men", they'd have a riot on their hands from people claiming sexism, yet it's fine for a woman's only company)......grrrrrrrr - they don't make me reach for the mute button, they just make me angry - every single time (sad, I know)!

Answer 3

Mute button for all ads and if possible we record selected programmes on commercial channels so we can fast forward through them. I do have favourites though - the Rhythm of Lines Audi advert is great as is the Robot Citroen. I often enjoy adverts and then can't remember what the advertise - something wrong there!

Answer 4

The list is endless.

It's not just an irritating advert. It's a Marks & Spencers irritating advert.

Hello? Is that Picture? I'd like a loan for a voice transplant, please.

Get a little Xtra help from a weird looking bloke with coke-bottle specs (we actually moved our bank account because of these)

You too could legally write off 75% of your debt with (insert name of ambulance chasers here). Don't worry about the companies you're not paying. They'll recover the money by overcharging more intelligent people who don't overstretch themselves.

Any adverts that supposedly involve real employees of the company singing. Like the AA. I want them to fix my car. If I wanted them to sing to me, I'd have joined the Pavarotti fan club.

I could go on, but I won't. At least they give me time to make a cuppa.

Answer 5

Never mind muting the TV, I feel like putting a brick through it when I see these:
1.The Vauxhall MPV with the two fat kids who think they are the parents!
2.Picture Finance-"Josh". I bloody cringe when I hear her squawking!
3.AA Rescue- when they are singing. I would want my car fixed, not serenaded!
If I notice any more, I'll add them later!
4.Bloody diamond Insurance- on the basis that they are not cheap. Hubby thought he'd buy a car for me to learn to drive in. He rang up said company on my behalf, he put the phone down before the quote was finished being given!! Also for that bloody singing!!!!
5. Confused.com- has anyone noticed that guy sitting at the cardboard computer has really dark hair and eyebrows? I wonder whether he has overdone it with the hair-dye or are the hair and brows fake????

Answer 6

Safestyle Double Glazing - You buy one you get one free...
Picture Loans - that bloody scooter & the dork with the football.
"Hastings Direct.com Hastings Direct.co-o-om......"
Admiral - Multicar! Multicar! (Someone shoot that parrot)
I challenged Churchill & asked him if he'd ever entered a John Prescott lookalike competition.....
Adverts in general are crap these days! Bring back Tufty & Charley The Cat!
Also have you noticed how every Sat/Sun before a Bank Holiday the only ads they show are B&Q,DFS,MFI,Martin Kemp on a Sofa,etc,they're all having a sale which must end Bank Holiday Monday, then 2 days later they've got another flippin' sale on!!!!!!

Answer 7

All of them. I mute the sound as soon as the ads come on and turn it back on again when the programme restarts.

I have never bought anything in my life as a result of seeing it on a TV advert, and I never will. So their absolutely pointless as far as I'm concerned.

Answer 8

HI - I'M BARRY SCOTT

All the ones for Ocean finance, but especially the one on the deserted beach with the bloke spelling SOS in rocks. Only to be rescued by the Ocean Finance yacht.

Mind you, they will say the adverts are doing their jobs as we all remember the names of the products.

Answer 9

i usuallt just turn the channel over at ad breaks but yeah i hate this ad and Josh dads found your scooota coz the kids take the p!ss outta her accent and once they hear it they continue saying it over and over for ages...can any1 mute them for me?!

And all the bloody loan ads...you normally have to be a homeowner and they make it sound like a privelege to get it even then lets face it homeowners can always get a loan its the ppl paying rent that cant!

hastings direct.com and esure r annoying to-calm down dear-i bloody will when you get off my frigging tv!
grrrrrrrr

ALL THE HOME INSURANCE/CAR INSURANCE/DEBT CONSOLIDATION AND LOAN ADS R THE WORST.

I mean yeah...as if carol vordermans ever gonna need a loan that just plain and simple rubs ur nose in it!

MAYB THEY MAKE EM ANNOYING ON PURPOSE SO WE REMEMBER THEM AS NONE OF THE GOOD ADS R REMEMBERED!!!

Answer 10

It was the M&S ad. That woman's voice made me physically sick - something I have never experienced before, it was almost like travel sickness. I am really glad they have changed the voice over and turned down the syrup!