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Well , that cheered me up !

(13 Posts)
Rocketstop2 Mon 17-Aug-26 13:43:56

Come on Gransnet, it's a dull day here, drizzly and miserable.I come to Gransnet for the usual cheer and am met with 'Gransnet, sponsored by Simplicity cremations'
...Felt great after that.NOT !

butterandjam Mon 17-Aug-26 13:58:55

Why do you even bother looking at adverts? I don't.

Rocketstop2 Mon 17-Aug-26 14:01:35

butterandjam

Why do you even bother looking at adverts? I don't.

No I didn't look at the 'Advert' I went to the home page to log in and it was there as a banner on the heading page of Gransnet !!

Cossy Mon 17-Aug-26 14:02:48

How bloody awful!

But, drizzly, something to celebrate! grin

Rocketstop2 Mon 17-Aug-26 14:04:49

Ha ha yes I suppose the drizzly bit, is good, the dullness isn't !

ReturningFromExile Mon 17-Aug-26 14:10:33

Passing us once on the motorway was a van transporting mattresses, advertised on the side of the van as The Ultimate Sleep Experience. My DH wondered why they didn't just call it Rest in Peace.....!

butterandjam Mon 17-Aug-26 14:18:55

Rocketstop2

butterandjam

Why do you even bother looking at adverts? I don't.

No I didn't look at the 'Advert' I went to the home page to log in and it was there as a banner on the heading page of Gransnet !!

Its on mine too. Until your post, I hadn't even noticed it because I don't look at the adverts . Or the banners. or the side screens.

Samsara1 Mon 17-Aug-26 14:26:21

My side screen shows Jet 2 Holidays I approve of that. Just booked one for next summer.

Millie22 Mon 17-Aug-26 14:36:00

I was looking at Jet2 Holidays and am now inundated with ads.

Actually just booked with Tui.

eazybee Mon 17-Aug-26 15:52:02

I have been composing a post, and was distinctly offended by an advert from Ann Summers picturing an unpleasant closeup of a female mouth containing something (?) dribbling down the chin. Every time I deleted it, it reappeared.

welbeck Mon 17-Aug-26 15:59:34

I never log out
So don't have to see those banner adverts.
Although I do keep having to reload which is annoying.
Tried following the instructions to avoid that happening but to no avail.
Doesn't happen on any other site.
MN is OK.
I go via chrome.
I think.

Fallingstar Mon 17-Aug-26 16:19:23

I would like to stay signed in but have facial recognition so have to do it every time. And sometimes I get the weird captcha security thingy where I have to tick pics with motorbikes in them etc.
Is so annoying.

petra Mon 17-Aug-26 16:20:42

eazybee

I have been composing a post, and was distinctly offended by an advert from Ann Summers picturing an unpleasant closeup of a female mouth containing something (?) dribbling down the chin. Every time I deleted it, it reappeared.

I was once asked to leave an Ann Summers shop.
A group of us were having drinks at a lunchtime jazz club. The Ann Summers shop was just round the corner.
Rampant Rabbit had just come to the market. A friend was curious to have a look.
Having imbibed a few gins I went with her. 😂 We got the giggles so bad the manager asked us keep the noise down.
That didn’t help as she was very Po faced.
We couldn’t stop giggling and making jokes.
Serious manager approached and informed us that this was a serious establishment. That sent us into howls of laughter.
Then we were shown the door.