# Again with the annoying commercials! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [June 28, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089 "2017-06-28T22:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 240
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4786 "2023-11-04T19:11:58Z")
Oops. Wrong forum ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4787 "2023-11-04T19:33:28Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …re-election for what? If you clicked the link, you’d see that he’s the current Governor of Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4788 "2023-11-04T19:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > If you clicked the link, you’d see that he’s the current Governor of Virginia. Yes, but he’s not up for re-election. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4789 "2023-11-04T19:38:33Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > he’s not up for re-election. Fair enough but he’s running campaign ads, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4790 "2023-11-04T20:07:35Z")
Hey, Chipotle! What is “Hand-job Cilantro”? ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4791 "2023-11-06T00:14:21Z")
The Nationwide commercial with Payton Manning singing a Nationwide jingle. Please make it stop! 😢 Someone would make a big pile of money if they figured out a way to mute the TV immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4792 "2023-11-06T02:11:01Z")
The little girl in the commercial bites the cookie like it’s striped with poop. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4793 "2023-11-06T02:18:35Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > The Nationwide commercial with Payton Manning singing a Nationwide jingle. Please make it stop! 😢 Someone would make a big pile of money if they figured out a way to mute the TV immediately. That’s what I need for when the damned Kars 4 Kids commercial comes on. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4794 "2023-11-06T03:34:43Z")
I super glued a little square of rubber on my mute button so I can find it as quickly as possible. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4795 "2023-11-07T00:46:05Z")
The family that is deliriously joyful about having Frosted Flakes for dinner. I guess they spent this month’s grocery money on rent. Shades of the Great Depression. The ad just makes me sad. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4796 "2023-11-07T12:03:51Z")
The ones I find to be saddest ads _qua_ ads are the ones that might have been amusing or clever the first half-dozen times, and then became obnoxious after that half-hour was up. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4797 "2023-11-19T15:58:24Z")
Apparently the Idaho Potato Commission produces a funny commercial watch year… After seeing this year’s commercial, I’m wondering if they’ve been smoking something funny. It’s a family around the dinner table; Mom is proudly serving potatoes. Where are they from? Her own garden, of course! Upon learning this, Dad throws his plate to the floor, the toddler flings a potato chunk, and _Grandpa yanks out his false teeth and throws them in Granddaughter’s potatoes_. Granddaughter starts screaming, and I start wondering how I can make sure my potatoes are coming from Maine or anywhere other than Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4798 "2023-11-19T20:58:13Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Apparently the Idaho Potato Commission produces a funny commercial watch year… After seeing this year’s commercial, I’m wondering if they’ve been smoking something funny. No linky? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4799 "2023-11-19T21:05:33Z")
No Thanky! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4800 "2023-11-19T21:23:37Z")
You don’t wanna know. they’re saying hand chopped ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4801 "2023-11-19T21:24:18Z")
There’s some commercial where the guy goes to the counter and orders avocado toast,“hold the avocado”. “You mean, you want…just toast”? And he looks at the camera an=d says “things are so expensive these days.” If things are expensive, avocado toast would be more expensive than plain toast, so I have no idea what point he thinks he’s making. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4802 "2023-11-19T21:44:04Z")
Not sure of the ad you’re talking about. I assume it’s an ad for some place that offers less ‘product’ at no discount to the consumer. WAG ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4803 "2023-11-19T21:47:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > > > Apparently the Idaho Potato Commission produces a funny commercial watch year… After seeing this year’s commercial, I’m wondering if they’ve been smoking something funny. > > No linky? [Here’s one](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5yhD/idaho-potato-commission-from-my-garden). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4804 "2023-11-19T22:01:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [Here’s one](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5yhD/idaho-potato-commission-from-my-garden). That _is_ horrible. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/4805 "2023-11-20T01:47:04Z")
Yep, that’s the one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=241)