# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/842 "2019-02-20T20:09:36Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I’m annoyed that Cadbury can’t be arsed to make a new commercial for their eggs. . . DISAGREE! The Cadbury [Easter Bunny audition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26WXqzvH4-Q) and the Corona [Feliz Navidad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElCct7U34bM) commercials are how I mark the passage of each year! mc ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/843 "2019-02-20T20:43:44Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Can y’all take this conversation to private messages or a new thread or something? Thanks so much. > > My latest horrible commercial annoyance is [“WHEEEEEE!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlC1Y4U0KE) The stupid Geico commercial with Max the pig. I was so happy when they took it off the air years ago, and now they’re having a contest or something to vote on your favorite old Geico commercial. Stupid, if you ask me. Which they didn’t. It’s the little piggie going whee whee whee all the way home. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/844 "2019-02-20T20:48:52Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > DISAGREE! > The Cadbury [Easter Bunny audition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26WXqzvH4-Q) and the Corona [Feliz Navidad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElCct7U34bM) commercials are how I mark the passage of each year! > > mc The Hershey Kiss bells have something to say about that! ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/845 "2019-02-20T21:43:31Z")
yeah, there are quite a few perennial xmas commercials: [The Norleco Santa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y888mx7hMZ0) [The Andre champagne silver bells](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQzOQpyW14) but it’s \*Feliz Navidad \*that I look forward to! mc ---
**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:** [February 20, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/846 "2019-02-20T22:22:12Z")
The [Chewy.com](http://Chewy.com) commercial with the clueless puppy owner is terrible. What does the puppy eat?? OMG, the puppy uses the toilet inside! Putting crates together is haaaaaaard!!! There’s nothing funny about people who don’t bother to do a bit of research _before_ getting any pet…in reality, chances are that the cute lil’ puppy in the commercial would be dumped at a shelter within a couple of weeks. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/847 "2019-02-20T23:33:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The one I don’t get the reasoning behind is the Expedia one where the little girl wears a tiger costume and has to fly away to a far away land to see a tiger in a zoo. Where do they live that they need to plan a vacation to go to the zoo? This commercial reminds me of one that was running a while back, where the father lets his young daughter dress like a sheriff once a week so he can wash her princess costume that she otherwise refuses to take off. In both commercials, the father is the parent who apparently allows the daughter to wear the same clothing 24x7 for a week at a time without washing. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/848 "2019-02-20T23:52:57Z")
I love Maxwell the pig. I like the camel too, “Hump daaaaay!” And the comments about the little kid and his pig - common, the little tyke has spent his entire life snuggling next to the piggie. Don’t you guys have kids or grand kids? Dennis ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/849 "2019-02-21T03:37:59Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > My latest horrible commercial annoyance is [“WHEEEEEE!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swlC1Y4U0KE) The stupid Geico commercial with Max the pig. I was so happy when they took it off the air years ago, and now they’re having a contest or something to vote on your favorite old Geico commercial. Stupid, if you ask me. Which they didn’t. Who is the guy with the strained voice and twisted up face at the beginning supposed to be a parody of? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/850 "2019-02-21T04:24:35Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Who is the guy with the strained voice and twisted up face at the beginning supposed to be a parody of? I always thought he resembled Robert Stack. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/851 "2019-02-21T04:53:45Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Who is the guy with the strained voice and twisted up face at the beginning supposed to be a parody of? Almost a Rod Serling kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/852 "2019-02-23T05:37:42Z")
This ad for Pepsi, which has people putting a trill in the word “OK” so that i it sounds like “Okurr” is annoying enough to drive me to drinking Coke if I weren’t already a dedicated Coke drinker. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NXO1PK9LO2E/maxresdefault.jpg "Okurrr | Pepsi :30") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXO1PK9LO2E) ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/853 "2019-02-23T06:44:15Z")
C’mon cochrane, [keep](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/04/196048/cardi-b-khloe-kardashian-okurr-origin) [up](https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/cardi-b-explained-what-okurrr-means-so-now-you-can-go-back)! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/854 "2019-02-23T15:30:25Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > This ad for Pepsi, which has people putting a trill in the word “OK” so that i it sounds like “Okurr” is annoying enough to drive me to drinking Coke if I weren’t already a dedicated Coke drinker. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXO1PK9LO2E&app=desktop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXO1PK9LO2E&app=desktop) WTF? Thanks, **mikecurtis** , for explaining the nonsense. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/855 "2019-02-25T14:35:32Z")
What’s next? “[Ehrkurr](https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/ermahgerd/)”? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/856 "2019-02-26T19:05:48Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > One of my friends had a sinus infection and part of the treatment was using a Neti Pot to heal and prevent reinfection. He got me to try it (the kit is less than $20) and it really does feel good once you’re used to it. I don’t do it every day, but when my sinuses start acting up, it’ helps prevent a major attack. > > BTW, snorting water from the faucet or shower isn’t a good idea, it might actually cause or worsen an infection because of bacteria in the supply. When you do sinus irrigation, you’re warned to use either distilled water (not just purified) or boiled water that’s been allowed to cool before use. I recently bought one myself, after a doctor recommended using a Neti Pot to treat acute sinusitis. Definitely helps but a defect in my throat prevents me from breathing while the machine’s on, unless I want a bit of saltwater down my throat. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/857 "2019-02-28T02:00:22Z")
A little too risque for me I find it a bit tasteless in the new Apple commercial these lines: “What kind of person focas a child?” “I would never foca your child.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/858 "2019-02-28T03:02:37Z")
Don’t know if it annoys me so much as it shocked me. Kit Kat’s commercial featuring Missy Elliot’s Work it actually sorta, kinda highlights the lyric “If you got a big _elephant trumpet_ let me search it. . .” Isn’t that really risque for a candy bar or am I just an old fart who takes innuendo a step too far? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/859 "2019-02-28T15:15:47Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > A little too risque for me I find it a bit tasteless in the new Apple commercial these lines: > > “What kind of person focas a child?” > “I would never foca your child.” Apparently, they’re saying “bokeh.” (Also, according to the internet, they’re mispronouncing it.) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/860 "2019-02-28T16:08:26Z")
Yes, I heard the word as “boca” and Googled to find they meant “bokeh”. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089/861 "2019-02-28T20:08:53Z")
Now I had to google the word. > **[Bokeh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh)** > > In photography, bokeh (/ˈboʊkə/ BOH-kə or /ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay; Japanese: \[boke\]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause very different bokeh effects. Some lens designs blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce distracting or unpleasant blurring ("good" and "bad" bo Bokeh is often ... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-annoying-commercials/790089.md?page=44)