Xenophon PCDGS
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One TV advert that used to annoy me in the 1980s and still does now is the Cadbury one that mentions "Glass and a half", but never ever tells you what capacity of glass is being referred to.
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Mcr Warrior
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Let me guess... a small glass?!
P.S. Seems it must have been a 284 ml / 10 fluid oz container, i.e. a half pint glass.
Cadbury drops 'glass and a half' phrase from wrappers
Cadbury removes the phrase "glass and a half" from its Dairy Milk bar wrappers, claiming it was forced to by food labelling rules.
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I spent a couple of summers working in a seaside Wimpy Bar and we served a milk shake, that incorporated a scoop of ice cream, in a tall glass. When we got busy we ran out of tall glasses, and poured the liquid from the metal container into a shorter, wider glass. No-one would ever believe that we had to pour every drop from the container to fill the replacement glass, whereas there was some left over when poured into the long glass and got thrown away!
The same glass as for the Knickerbocker Glory I presume ?
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Absolutely, in fact it was probably the Knickerbocker Glory I was thinking of, but same principle - the apparently smaller glass had more volume. No tips if the customer thought they were getting done, but then very few tips anyway unless you were female (sexism works both ways!)
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Was this ever the subject of an annoying television advert, or are we drifting off topic?
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It relates to the ad showing how many glasses of milk in Cadbury's DairyMilk and very much counts as adding to the subject, in a Gold Medal sort of way.Was this ever the subject of an annoying television advert, or are we drifting off topic?
Ah yes, the KG was the highlight of my childhood. A decent sized pudding by any standard.
Don't get me started about the Totally Money advert on TV with the dancing toads, and the corny old slogan "Toadally Money".
Some smart **** advertising executive no doubt thinks it is funny and innovative, and will get people rushing out to buy your product.
No it isn't funny, and you can stick your product somewhere where the sun doesn't shine.
Some smart **** advertising executive no doubt thinks it is funny and innovative, and will get people rushing out to buy your product.
No it isn't funny, and you can stick your product somewhere where the sun doesn't shine.
Westcountryman
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Halfords ads (usually as pop-ups on the computer) for electric scooters, which it is legal for them to sell, but virtually impossible to use legally, with no mention of this in the ad. Note: I saw one yesterday in SW London, the rider on the pavement, not wearing a helmet, one hand on the very narrow handlebar, with his left hand holding a phone to his ear.
Xenophon PCDGS
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The constabulary, I am sure, would have reasons for wanting to speak to such a person that has been portrayed in such a scenario.
Butts
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Ah the good old Wimpey Bars - Brown Derby's and Beanburgers !!
Brown Rolls were quite a novelty then.
Are there any left ? - sure there was a thread about them a few years ago.
Steddenm
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There are still quite a few Wimpy restaurants around the UK. According to their website (https://locations.wimpy.uk.com/) there are 70 locations.
I have been in the Birkenhead, Portslade and Marlow branches and the food is a lot better than McDs or BK.
I have been in the Birkenhead, Portslade and Marlow branches and the food is a lot better than McDs or BK.
birchesgreen
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Can't beat Addlestone Wimpy, home of the legendary Wimpy JEFF
Westcountryman
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There is one in Swanage.
Loughton as well. Lovely stuff
Just a gentle reminder that the topic of this thread is Annoying Television Adverts.
Thanks.
Thanks.
...which seems to be pretty much every advert on TV these days.
75A
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Who or what is Rylan?
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75A
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Thanks, can't say as I've ever seen or certainly remember seeing him unlike Philip Schofield who seems to advertise everything.Came to fame on X-Factor and has turned into a half-decent career as a presenter.Rylan Clark - Wikipedia
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Even if I were tempted to buy an England cricket replica shirt*, I'd be totally deterred by the fact that it would be emblazoned with the name of the second hand car sales outfit that Rylan so annoyingly advertises.Came to fame on X-Factor and has turned into a half-decent career as a presenter.Rylan Clark - Wikipedia
*The price is quite enough to put me off anyway.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Is he that "smarmy" one in the Cinch "car" adverts? In one of those adverts, he really annoyed me (being as I am the father of twins albeit 45 years ago) and he appears in the house of the parents of newly born twins, making a suggestion that the father should have a vasectomy (he used the word "snip"), as that family had two children. How dare he make such a comment, as those parents could well have been pleased to have had their twins and as being there, he should have been ejected by the family concerned unceremoniously.
Yes, he is the smarmy little *** in the Cinch car adverts.
The trouble is, a lot of these advertising campaign ares thought up by trendy smart **** executives who think they are so witty and trendy, and that everyone has the same sense of humour as they do.
I mentioned earlier in this thread the utterly nauseating and vomit inducing advert for Totally Money , with the dancing toads and the strapline "..Let's toadally improve your credit score.."
There is a special place in hell for whoever thought that one up.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Not being knowingly concerned with credit scores, as I mentioned on another thread, I have seen an advert for cars, where a man looks at what I assume is called a smart phone, where once he strokes his finger across the screen, the credit score increases. He does the same thing another couple of times, increasing his credit score each time. Do companies such as Experian make complaints about adverts such as this, as it looks to be a fraudulent increase in a credit score.
Peter Mugridge
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Far from it - Experian etc actually advertise that you can do this!
Credit score discussion.
Just seen an Experian advert. It seems to show a man in what appears to be a dentist's surgery who naively takes out his smart phone and announces to all present..."Have you seen my credit score". Are people supposed to keep such information private and confidential. Someone told me recently...
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To be fair, I get the point.
Having one child seems like hard enough work from what I've seen from friends, let alone four !
Xenophon PCDGS
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The mother and father in the TV advert did not seem unduly distressed by the fact that they had a new set of twins. However, the salesman in the house was only concerned with convincing the parents that they now needed a bigger family car. How had he obtained entry to the premises, had he been invited in by the parents?