Ever more ridiculous adverts.

Why do you even watch even watch adverts? They are rubbish and actually that one has been on for many months and is meaningless.

To many even watches.

That's me told.

Sorry but yes it is. My life is bloody awful as I know yours has been so I do apologise. Let us just deal with what is relevant and important and not bother with the minutiae of life.

I hope it doesn't increase the sales of chewing gum phoenix - there is too much of the nasty stuff stuck all over the pavements in towns and cities.

Perhaps we should be like Singapore and ban it altogether

Sometimes you need to niggle about silly little things to make you able to take the big stuff
I haven't seen that one Phoenix but I can't imagine what chewing gum has to do with a wedding There's some real crass ones on at the moment although most of them go over my head and I rarely know what they are advertising
The one I do like is the haribo where the adults talk like kids

I almost never watch T adverts (do the record-and-fast-forward thing) but if I ever do, am astonished at how bizarre they are.

However, daily, some bumph pops through my letterbox showing some supposedly retired couple either frolicing on white sheets whilst reading their bank statement, or contemplating their will whilst painting a room, dressed in clean smart clothes. Who are they?

PS: actually I do have some friends who do modelling to boost their pensions! haven't ever spotted them though.

I apologise for really harsh comments. had a really,really bad day and feeling like crap. No excuses just bad timing.

I absolutely HATE the advert for Sixt car hire that is showing at the moment:
A woman phones her dad to let him know he is a grandad to triplets
The dad says "that's nothing - I've just rented a BMW for £49"

Just so horrid and materialistic - puts me off ever using the company

annsixty sorry if I have annoyed you, yes we have both had a lot to deal with, and I appreciate that comments about tv ads are frivolous.

You ask why I watch adverts, and say that the one I refer to has been around for ages. Actually, I very rarely see TV adverts, but had the misfortune to see that one earlier.

I actually find some aspects of advertising quite interesting, looking at the ones in the back of the Radio Times, then the magazine included in Saturday's edition of the D.T, the products available, the "match" to the supposed demographic of the reader etc.

Anyway, yet again I go off topic.

Please let it be that no matter what is going on, and let's face it there is enough international, national, and personal trouble for us all, but please, where you can, and where appropriate, try to find a bit of the light side.

I don't even know what advert it is that you're going on about...sigh...

Can anyone make sense of the current M&S one? Something about strong women I think. No wonder they're losing so much money

Sometimes you risk life and limb posting anything light hearted on Gransnet these days.

Sorry, annsixty but a lot of us have stuff to deal with and it won't be worth looking in if we're not allowed to have a laugh without having our knuckles rapped.

Yes Cold that car hire one is really annoying.
Must admit though I do enjoy some of the animal ads.

Given up watching adverts.
Hate chewing gum.
I have never actually witnessed anybody spitting or dropping gum,
And yet the pavements in some areas are covered in the stuff.

Don't get me started on seats or under tables
Yuck!!

I don't take much notice of the products being advertised so they're wasted on me.

I must confess I chew gum when driving long distances. Not sure why though.

I hate the Audrey Hepburn look alike, I have no idea why !!!

Same here grannylyn
If I'm watching commercial TV in real time I usually channel hop.

merlotgran I have apologized and I am not trying to make my situation worse than others.
Of course we all have crap to deal with. I am usually as lighthearted as the next person, just not at that moment and my frustration spilled over.

I don't even understand some of them.

Same here, PRINTMISS. The only time I deliberately watch the ads is at C*******s, for the big store weepies. Sorry, I know it's way too early for some of you!

Cant stand the ones for Nationwide at the moment, people popping on to spout a few words, are they supposed to be hip and trendy with some deep meaning but to me they are just a load of claptrap!!!!!

Personally, I love having a good moan about the adverts That man and his G Tech vacuum cleaner or whatever it is called is a particular bugbear of mine. Yes it is trivial and probably a waste of time but harmless enough.

I love the current Lloyds Bank horse cantering through the centuries 'always will be here for you' - local branch now closed after all those centuries!! Absolutely hate the James Corden parking the car thing whatever it's for - channel turner.