h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Going back to that Meriva Ad (the one with the car that splits in half - you can tell I've been reading the backlog, can't you!), it looks like a lot of people seem to have been asking 'who's that blonde bird the two kids pick up off the street, then?'

They don't 'pick her up' any more, and she just appears in the car at the end of the ad, and has suddenly been magically transformed into 'the Babysitter'.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the Megane is one of the ugliest cars in the world (in very close competition with the Fiat Multipla - the only people carrier to have been congealed in a jelly mould). The implication is that it's primary selling point is that it's the only car in Europe with its own bottom!

Either that or its boot shakes a lot.

Most bizarre.

Hedrigall...

Awww thats disgusting!!! Can i also put my hate for ALL sanitary protection adverts!! Why is it that these adverts are almost always aired at meal times? Being a woman myself i know we need such products, but come on! Do we need to hear about how much liquid they can hold when were eating

At least the Multipla has a raison d'etre and is by far the best car for what it does...whatever that is

I dont much like the new clio ads or infact the old ones (nicole, papa), but when animal is on the screen its a few seconds of magic

I first saw that at the cinema

Though Mr.Henry is the favoured footballer of an ex-lady'friend' ...personally I could never stand the game...

really,when you think about it.....very few adverts dont irritate,especially on sky when the same ads appear every 15mins or so,the ads i dislike most,are ads for forthcoming programmes,that show the same clip over and over again,enough to put you off watching
mister

the benalyn one,
Its not a neckbrace at all, but a highly infectious swollen neck disease, the first sign of which is a nasty cough.
The other patients are obviously desprate to escape from further exposure.

The prominence of the word 'nothing' in that benalyn ad makes me think of the 'nothing works faster/better than' type of ad, to which my response tends to be - then take nothing.

Someone else mentioned the actimel ad - I dislike the stereotyping at the dinner party version - dippy girl & nerdy scientist.

What's strange about adverts is they way you might hate the ad but if the product name sticks, it's done a good job. The psychology of these things is frightening!

I think the "joke" is this:
woman comes in with the neck brace
patients all start to cough so they look worse off tha she is
Dr hears them comes out to see what all the kerfuffle (my new favourite word) is
the doctor looks like Harold Shipman they all leg it
She cant move to well due to injured spine.

The advertisers are trying to say if you dont want to murdered by your doctor by this stuff.

They've just started showing a sequel to the dippychick/ ad!


Aaaw, bless, the new GoldBlend couple!

I think it could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship

Just seen an advert on tv.

Jonny Wilkinson lines up to take a kick. Swing Low Sweet Chariot plays......

An advert for highlights of the rugby world cup?

No!

An advert for UB40's new album! Desperately trying to revive their career by associating themselves with the world cup. No other songs were played.

The naked mini advert. Everyone involved in this advert (commissioning, design, deciding to air it) must be taking *far* too many class A substances.

Yes ive saw that Mini advert, its so silly i had to at it! Whats hitting someone over the skull with a large fish got to do with driving a car i wonder?

Star

Any nappy adverts. Especially ones that illustrate that they can absorb 'wee and soft poo'. When I'm eating dinner. With realistic colours.

ASDA adverts. Does anyone know anyone who keeps their change in their back pockets?

The Vauxhall Meriva advert - is it just me who thinks that the soundtrack is saying 'w**k'?

Thats exactly how i feel about sanitary protection adverts! Always shown at meal times, just like nappy adverts

At least sanitary protection adverts don't tend to use realistic colours...

Oh, one more word to send a chill down your spine:

KANDOO.

I hate razor ads because the guys "shaving in them are obviously just wiping shaving foam off already clean shaven chops. If most men dragged a ravor over their face like that then they'd be screaming blue murder not smilling at their predictably gorgeous girlfriend who sidles up to stroke her hands over his perfect abs.

In real life she'd be in the shower getting healthier looking hair from her nuetro ceramide shampoo.

The Kandoo advert is about annoying as the Haze room freshner ad (is it Haze?) where the little boy does the toilet and whilst screwing his face up and holding his nose says "euurgghhh it smells" (or something close to that effect) but one spray of the Haze stick on thingy makes it all better.
WHO CARES!!! Do we really need to know that the little boy done a poo? NO!!

Hate those adverts

What about the one where the guy sneezes all over the telephone?

Oh ive never saw that one (not that i can recall anyway), whats it all about?

Star