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

On the same sort of general theme, although this isn't advertising "stupidity" - more advertising bloody-mindedness, in the sense of "yes we KNOW what it sounds like in English. But in our language, it's just the word for pepper, right? And we ain't changing that just for you."

I had to buy some.

It's actually a very nice hot pepper sauce with overtones of Carribean jerky, peri-peri or a mild Tabasco.

I give you...

http://motherstasteofhome.com/products_gourmet_pepper_sauce.htm

Anyone else think that those people in the laywers4u advert look
like a bunch of crooks.If I saw them heading towards me I'd take
to my heels in case they were the Mafia.

"Trust us, we're lawyers" says the man who isn't a lawyer but an out of work actor famous for playing the part of a corrupt policeman.

On a similar note, my mate was in the "Can't get better than a Kwik Fit fitter" campaign but he called the AA out when his car got a puncture.

>"Trust us, we're lawyers" says the man who isn't a lawyer but an out of work actor famous for playing the part of a corrupt policeman.<

My exact thoughts on that one

That´s evolution. You think locusts multiply like mad, watch lawyers.

I think I posted about "trust us, we're lawyers" a while back as when I first saw it I loudly exclaimed "You're not, you used to be in The Bill."

Also... *trust* a lawyer?

Huge Christmas billboard facing a Mosque in Swindon. Targetted advertising fail.

We've a Billboard in Cardiff (Leckwith Road if anyone wants to check) that has been advertising the Film "The International, starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts - out in February" for about 2-3 months now.

Erm.. I've seen that Film - on telly.

Oi tink they want to be changing it to actually advertise something current. After all, what a loss of advertising revenue...

Ever wondered why comet is in trouble?
It's because the staff spend their time playing about with the goods,
i.e. stacked blenders, mobile phones as decorations.
Or at least that's the message I get from their ads.

Dettol advert,
voiceover goes on to say,"doctor trusted protection for flu virus"
I keep expecting to hear a "but"
since it's such odd grammmar.

Andrex Washlets.

Nothing against the product but the advert makes me want to kick a puppy. Woman invites people to a party at her house, people she's introduced to Andrex Washlets, which in case you hadn't guessed are moistened toilet paper... where they are all dressed in their 'best' clothes (being the early 21st Century I use the term loosely) and all gush (not that way) about how amazing these things are.

ARGH!

yes they are nothing new and the advert is annoying

Oh, I had forgotten about that washlets advert.
I love the bit where she gushes
"All I want is clean bums"(or something similar)
So does this mean she's going round washing the homeless?

I don't know whether this counts as advertising stupidity, or just ill-advisedness...

http://i.imgur.com/6exeN.jpg

Cheap East European false teeth?

How should I say it? Eeeer.... To francophones, "petite bites" doesn't quite conjure up the idea of a cute snack. And certainly not big compliments.

I'm slightly baffled by the adverts in New Scientists for something called the Brennan JB7. It's looks a bit like a radio that's been ripped out of a car. The description is that "JB7 holds your entire CD collection on a hard disk to give you instant access to any of your music" and "You can choose and play an album or track without getting out of your chair.". There's even a button that plays your entire music collection at random. All of which is quite impressive, or would be if this was 1995. It feels a bit like picking up a recent car magazine and seeing a Ford T advertised as the thing to buy.

My dad's got one. It's aimed at people who want convenient digital storage *and* actual hi-fi sound. iPods might be more current, but these things are simply better.

Ooh, glad someone dragged this thread up. I've actually forgotten what product I'm complaining about here but there is hand wash/cleaner advert going around that claims to "protect your hands from bacteria for up to 12 hours" (that may be slightly inaccurate but it's not far off).

Last time I checked, that's what my skin is for.
The only times they've needed protection from bacteria is when they've had an open wound and then, lets face it, just about any soap/detergent will do - followed of course by something that *actually* protects you from infection - a dressing of some description.