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I hate almost all adverts but the one annoying me at the moment is for some skin product endorsed by the British Skin Foundation or somesuch.
I assume that the British Skin Foundation is a subsidiary / clone / offshoot of the advertiser but they don't tell you that. How else would they get anyone to say that their product is better than rubbish - not that I have any intention of trying it.

The trouble is that it goes in at such a young age. First example: My daughter tried to persuade me to buy Bounty kitchen towels because they soak up loads of liquid and don't rip. "How do you know, darling?" "Because it says so on the TV and it must be true.". Second example: All these flavoured waters and sports drinks have no artificial colours or flavourings therefore they are good for you. Explain the difference between artificial and natural sugars and flavours. Ditto 'no added preservatives or colours'. It's so insidious, and starts at such a young age. It must work because you only have to look in people's shopping trolleys at the supermarket to see the crap they force into their bodies, or slap on their faces in the name of keeping young (Claudia Schiffer needs wrinkle cream? Do me a favour!).

Some years ago, my young nephew asked my sister what judicious meant, somewhat taken aback, and playing for time, asked where he had heard it - the reply was 'the hands that judicious....'

I have tried various other kitchen towels and always go back to Bounty.

I don't have 'judicious hands' because I find that I always put in too big a
squirt of Fairy and waste most of it.

I use Bold detergent because it does save me money. I am currently trying a supermarket's own detergent with softener and
a) my washing is not so soft
b) it smells revolting (even after line drying.)

Likewise I hate the Frosties advert with the badly-voiced-over-stupid-walk-cheesy-kid.
The Honda ones I like for style/imagination (especially the choir making the noises of the car - it's genuine too, there's a making-of on the website)

Zafira add - hate it with a passion.

My most hated though has to be anything to do with children's toilet habits. I have no desire to see some supposedly cute kid learning to use the toilet, either by utilising some special toilet paper box or some pants with padding......there's just something wrong with it.
Even the Andrex ads left me feeling vaguely disturbed.

Yes, I'm becoming a grumpy old man....

J

cj wrote:The trouble is that it goes in at such a young age. First example: My daughter tried to persuade me to buy Bounty kitchen towels because they soak up loads of liquid and don't rip. "How do you know, darling?" "Because it says so on the TV and it must be true.". Second example: All these flavoured waters and sports drinks have no artificial colours or flavourings therefore they are good for you. Explain the difference between artificial and natural sugars and flavours. Ditto 'no added preservatives or colours'. It's so insidious, and starts at such a young age. It must work because you only have to look in people's shopping trolleys at the supermarket to see the crap they force into their bodies, or slap on their faces in the name of keeping young (Claudia Schiffer needs wrinkle cream? Do me a favour!).

I reckon they should start creches at supermarkets...

then mums and dads could shop in peace!

Great Plum wrote:I reckon they should start creches at supermarkets...

then mums and dads could shop in peace!

I actually enjoy supermarket shopping with my daughter. Everyone's so much more friendly when you're with a child, shopping's cheaper as she eats most of the grapes before we even get to the checkout, and we get loads of freebies from the deli counter. Also, only she knows what shampoo Mum wants and I get to feel smug when she's better behaved than the other 2-year olds!!

Whilst at school an Old Blue who worked in advertising gave us a talk. He divided TV adverts into three (excuse my memory, this was 35-40 years ago).
group 1:- advertising company employed and make advert
2:- advertising company employed, not retained to make advert, but ideas stolen
3:- company decide they are not going to waste money on an advertising company and make the advert themselves.

I always think of group three when the owner of the company comes on telly and shouts loudly at the camera.

I agree that one of the most immoral adverts is the one that suggests that if I say yes to borrowing money from a credit card company (probably at an inflated interst rate) all life's problems wil be solved.

loringa wrote:

Great Plum wrote:I reckon they should start creches at supermarkets...

then mums and dads could shop in peace!

I actually enjoy supermarket shopping with my daughter. Everyone's so much more friendly when you're with a child, shopping's cheaper as she eats most of the grapes before we even get to the checkout, and we get loads of freebies from the deli counter. Also, only she knows what shampoo Mum wants and I get to feel smug when she's better behaved than the other 2-year olds!!

One of the supermarkets I used in the US had a creche, particularly useful around Christmas and birthdays.

Great Plum wrote:I reckon they should start creches at supermarkets...

then mums and dads could shop in peace!

I reckon they should spray the most horrible pongs possible, have the woest possible muzak at full blast and have proper signs - to keep my wife's trips to the minimum time and reduce her bills.

Otherwise ban supermarkets

sejintenej wrote:I reckon they should spray the most horrible pongs possible, have the woest possible muzak at full blast and have proper signs - to keep my wife's trips to the minimum time and reduce her bills.

How about offering to do the shopping yourself?

Lotus toilet paper. A collection of 'real' women with oddly-moving eyeballs contemplating their bog paper. I'm correct in thinking that substances applied rectally are absorbed quicker into the system? Maybe it's the balm that affects their eyes so strangely.

Katharine wrote:

sejintenej wrote:I reckon they should spray the most horrible pongs possible, have the woest possible muzak at full blast and have proper signs - to keep my wife's trips to the minimum time and reduce her bills.

How about offering to do the shopping yourself?

Nice one Katharine.

cj wrote:Lotus toilet paper. A collection of 'real' women with oddly-moving eyeballs contemplating their bog paper.

Seconded - isn't that the advert where one of the women says "I'm a bit of a clean freak"? Really annoys me that advert

Vonny wrote:

cj wrote:Lotus toilet paper. A collection of 'real' women with oddly-moving eyeballs contemplating their bog paper.

Seconded - isn't that the advert where one of the women says "I'm a bit of a clean freak"? Really annoys me that advert

Have they never heard of bidets?

When we lived in the US we would spend Sundays going round showhouses. Some of them for over $1 million, (1992 prices) with bathrooms coming out of their eaves, but nairy a bidet in sight.