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

Have you seen the 'tongue scraper on a toothbrush' sketch? Says it all, really.

Haven't seen that one for a while so I was under the impression that it hadn't taken off.
P*ntene makes hair softer after just five washes! Does that mean you have to
wash it five times in a row to get the benefit?

I suspect that the advertisers are making women paranoid,
Does worrying about your weight? your ? your bum? your skin?
your hard stools? your slow digestion? your hair? your loo
keep you awake at night?
No?
Well how about FLU GERMS!
'Course they hope to target men next, hence the No7 ads. Might work with some
namby-pamby poncy Niles types...my skin's lucky to get soap and water on it.

You can always tell who goes to the cinema too much by the yawning sound the make when the Orange advert comes on.



If those ads aren't an example of good advertising I don't know what is.

>Have you seen the 'tongue scraper on a toothbrush' sketch? Says it all, really.<

We tried showing that Mitchell and Webb sketch to my other half's daughters once.

Both immediately went. "oh, I've always brushed my tongue..."

And so it was lost on them, from the very begining...

I think I've said it before but it's worth repeating, the Specsavers add, with the old shepherd, must be the best on tele at the moment. Look at the expressions on the sheep and the Collie. Priceless.

Aye, that's a good one right enough

Olay have reently started aiming their products at men. The women's product claims to fight "Seven signs of aging", while the men's product fights "Seven signs of tiredness". They seem to think that it's acceptable for women to look tired but not old, and it's ok for guys to look old, as long at they don't look tired.

I cant stand the 'take our cold/flu/headache product and then you want have to get some rest and perhaps, if chronic, reassess your lifestyle so that you aren't so stressed you get ill all the BLOODY time!

I'm sorry, if you dont have time to take a couple of pills and get some rest, then I'm not surprised you're ill!

'You wont be a failure with flu-away! Keeps you running around like a headless chicken keeping everybody else happy even when your body is screaming out for some rest! Who needs to listen to their body? Who needs to tell their sister to do mum's shopping this week and their husband to wash his own football kit for once? Not you with Flu-Away!'

*heads desk*

"I suspect that the advertisers are making women paranoid,
Does worrying about your weight? your ? your bum? your skin? your hard stools? your slow digestion? your hair? your loo keep you awake at night? No? Well how about FLU GERMS!"

Going slightly off thread ... unfortunately people are much more likely to respond to "if you don't do this it will cost you £1" more than "doing this will save you £1".

Is it any surprise advertisers play on that tendency?

So how many people have rushed out and bought a sofa for Xmas?
Ooooh, M&S advert....oooh Erinoooh Lilyoooh Myleeneooooh

My big bug-bear is the mascara ads that feature a model/celebrity clearly wearing false eyelashes, in fact it is stated so at the bottom of the screen!!! So us normal folk who have just about enough time in the morning to apply mascara (albeit in a hap-hazard "its too damn early" way), let alone start trailing cosmetic glue all over our faces, stand absolutley no ruddy chance of achieving the same effect of that you are advertising!! Why waste squillions of wedge on an advert? I know this rant sounds sounds naive but its just beyond logic to me.

dear Mistadrong- i have never bought a sofa for christmas. How many of these poor things end up being dumped when the novelty has worn off? Left to die in a lay-by somewhere remote?! A sofa is for life....

That bloke that rings the doorbell and says "Ooh dirty socks, your floor isn't clean" if he did that in our house he'd get a slap and then to add more insult to the average woman's intelligence he has to mime putting "A little bit in a bucket of water" (said with patronising voice) which will result in slap number 2

HI IM BARRY SCOTT AN THIS IS C4 PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE

BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the house is gone

My mum came out with a wonderful line when that advert for 'Earning and Learning' with the 2 former building site mates, one of them says

"Getting my certificates really changed my life" (or something like that). My mum said

"It's a shame they didn't give you acting lessons too"

Nice to see the Feministas fighting back!
Saw an ad last night for some kind of skin lotion "scientifically proven" to work.
Yeah, by people in your pay.

That'll be withdrawn or reworded - look out for it in the future. It's almost certainly not been through full scale clinical trials, and that would be required for such a claim.

"HI IM BARRY SCOTT" ... had to go look on Youtube to see what that's about ... quite enjoyed this ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-_ZkSsksiM

AAAARGH!
You might have warned me.
Reading Charlie Booker's article in today's paper and he mentioned that
advert for B**** Steakhouse Grill and how the tune went round in his head.
Now it's lodged firmly in my brain.
Thanks Charlie Brooker.
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Barclaycard.co.uk


"Barclaycard Waterslide - I want one!"

[ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ1PeXPNCrM ]

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Objection:-

#1. The Music. (i) Bellamy Brothers. (ii) "Let the love flow."

Love flow, spending money means we're showing love?

#2. Where...


There are already over 3,000 shops in and around London and another 3,000 nationwide that offer a contactless pay point.


a) I don't live in London.
b) Never seen it at any of the other "3000" places.

#3. I don't want it, 'cus I'd have to buy a special wallet to prevent 'accidental use'.

#4. Too much fuss over something that is shte.