# Ads I Hate, As Of Late **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 31, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229 "2009-05-31T02:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/121 "2009-07-11T10:41:09Z")
There’s some barbque ad that has the whole neighborhood doing some weird “sound-off” chanting thing. When I say \*bratwurst \*you say _eat me_ - or something like that. I turn those off immediately. And the cel phone ones where they try to show the numbers: These 10 sprinkles/candies represent people you can call for free - and this avalanche represents our other users. Turn those off as well. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/122 "2009-07-11T13:08:05Z")
Suburban mom driving a bunch of kids to…Friendly’s. Mom bursts out singing the lamest Friendly’s jingle ever to the embarrassment of the kids. Mom squirming and practically wetting her pants so fired up over going to Friendly’s. Hey, it’s gonna cost her close to $100 to feed that mob. (Oh, I admit I’ve done my share of seat-dancing when a good song comes on the radio.) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/123 "2009-07-11T19:05:00Z")
> [@BugMeNot2](#): > > The Wish Genie exists to fulfil your selfish desires! TA DA! > > WISH GRANTED. Except for Billy Mays’ ad ageny thought for two seconds “Should we shelve the upcoming commercials we had planned out of good taste?” Answer: “NAAAAAH!” > **[Company to air new Billy Mays commercials - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/07/10/Company-to-air-new-Billy-Mays-commercials/UPI-28221247244873/)** > > The president of the Media Enterprises marketing company says two new TV commercials featuring the late U.S. pitchman Billy Mays will debut soon. _“Billy didn’t shoot the commercials for them not to air,” Pliakas said. “He shot commercials to roll the products out and make money for his business partners.”_ You stay classy Media Enterprises! ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/124 "2009-07-12T05:59:21Z")
Skechers Hy Tops for being unable to spell the word high, and for the neener neener neener tone of the commercial. Barftastic. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/125 "2009-07-12T07:10:40Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > **Hi, Billy Mays here, with an amazing new product that lets you read this in the sound of my voice from beyond the grave.** The Tao’s Revenge, indeed. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/126 "2009-07-12T15:38:03Z")
I hate the Restasis commercial, wherein the woman goes into the doctor’s office to complain about her dry eyes. Doctor: Have you been using over-the-counter eye drops? Patient: Every kind. Doctor: For how long? Patient: For quite some time. “For quite some time” is not an answer. My doctor would never let me get away with that. Doctor: I’m writing you a prescription. Patient (aghast) _Prescription???_ What do I have?? (I keep waiting for her to say “Prescription? What is it?” so the doctor can answer, “It’s a little piece of paper with the name of a drug on it . . . but that’s not important right now,” but that never happens. But this dumbshit woman goes to the doctor with an ongoing medical complaint and acts like the sky is falling when the doctor writes a prescription! What did you think was going to happen, stupid? Doctor: It’s a chronic type of dry eye. No fucking kidding? She came in to tell the doctor she has dry eyes and the doctor tells her she has dry eyes! My doctor never listens to me! And then we learn that the beautiful female doctor herself has dry eyes and herself uses Restasis twice a day and is compensated for her appearance in the commercial. As though it matters to me . . . she’s as bad an actress as the “patient.” I hate this commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/127 "2009-07-12T17:22:08Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Activia, with “Bifidus Regularis” :rolleyes: - a hoked-up name invented by Dannon for Bifidobacterium animalis, the bacterium found in its yogurt. > > And how does the cameraman know to turn his camera toward the moderately cute chick in the background just before she chirps in with “I took it (one “takes” yogurt?), and I’m lovin’ life!” as she gestures toward her intestines. Without reading the rest of the thread, this one does it for me: “Hi, I’m Jamie Lee Curtis and my career has descended to the point where I’m pimping for something that makes you shit regularly. Next up: the porn industry!” ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/128 "2009-07-12T17:26:33Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > And then we learn that the beautiful female doctor herself has dry eyes and herself uses Restasis twice a day and is compensated for her appearance in the commercial. As though it matters to me . . . she’s as bad an actress as the “patient.” The doctor’s eyes are just TOO DAMN BIG. They totally freak me out. Like she’s some alien or something. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/129 "2009-07-12T17:59:11Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The doctor’s eyes are just TOO DAMN BIG. They totally freak me out. Like she’s some alien or something. You know greater surface area increases evaporation rates. Might be the source of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/130 "2009-07-12T18:15:52Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > There was the “Extenze” commercials which not only aired every single break, but were incredibly long. 😃 (yes, it was a month ago, whatever, I just read the thread.) > [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > **Hi, Billy Mays here, with an amazing new product that lets you read this in the sound of my voice from beyond the grave.** :eek: He’s in my head. HE’S IN MY HEAD. INMYHEADINMYHEADINMYHEADINMYHEADINMYHEADINMYHEAD. If you go off of the premise that the Microsoft people are all using IE and consequently have more malware on their computers than other web users, the whole Bing phenomenon makes more sense. In the same vein of the sprinkles guy, what about the guy who has the (some small integer) pieces of candy and then busts open the piñata to represent all of the people he can call on the network? Congratulations on ruining your kid’s birthday party, asshole. This one’s local and has been going on for several months, but UT Arlington’s “be a maverick” ad campaign. A real maverick wouldn’t just do something because the radio told him to. Dumbass. Actually, a real maverick is a cow, so you’re telling us to emulate a big stupid farty animal that only exists because it tastes good. Are they still doing the “Burger King sneaks up on sleeping guy and blows airhorn, startling him awake” ad? Because his uncanny valley face wasn’t creepy enough without him actively trying to scare the piss out of random people, donchaknow. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/131 "2009-07-12T19:13:49Z")
At least he’s not waking up next to people in bed anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/132 "2009-07-12T19:30:22Z")
Oh god, that one. Every time I saw that commercial all I could think of was if that happened to me, there would be an accidental assasaination in my bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/133 "2009-07-12T19:31:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Hi, I’m Jamie Lee Curtis and my career has descended to the point where I’m pimping for something that makes you shit regularly. Next up: the porn industry!” Porn makes you shit regularly? Ur doin’ it rong. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/134 "2009-07-12T21:46:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Porn makes you shit regularly? > > Ur doin’ it rong. I meant “next in her career”. She’s about bottomed (ha!) out anyway. ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/135 "2009-07-13T19:04:31Z")
There is an ad on the various talk radio stations here in Sacramento for the Valley Yellow Pages that has a catchy jingle that I hate and it makes me want to hunt down a bunch of phone books and burn them. Ahem. “We make the phone ring, We make the phone ring, We make the phone ring, We make the phone \” Again, I hate it and it makes me want to burn phone books.\ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229/136 "2009-07-13T19:27:28Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The doctor’s eyes are just TOO DAMN BIG. They totally freak me out. Like she’s some alien or something. I wanted to tell the doctor that she has dry eyes because she doesn’t blink, but I did see a partial blink once or twice. It might still be true, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ads-i-hate-as-of-late/498229.md?page=6)