# Commercials Currently Annoying You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655 "2016-01-30T16:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/161 "2016-02-25T14:57:39Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > There’s a long-running series of radio ads for First American Bank with some guy and his “old country” mother where she needs money for something and he tells her to get a home equity loan. A lot of “There’s leak in basement, whole area one big poodle!” “I think you mean puddle. Why not get a loan…” etc. > > The latest one has her saying “I’m buying racehorse!”. He mentions how expensive a race horse is, how you need special stables, trainers and all that and she says “Bah, what you need? Oats, padlock (“I think you mean paddock, mother…”), I get home equity loan from First American like you always tell me!” > > Nice work, dude. Now your mom is going to lose her house by taking out a big loan for a racing thoroughbred that she has no idea what to do with. Not to mention that in some languages, “poodle” actually is the word for “puddle.” Nice stereotyping. Anyone with imperfect English must be stupid, and all immigrants cling to old-fashioned, old-world ways. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/162 "2016-02-25T19:02:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Not to mention that in some languages, “poodle” actually is the word for “puddle.” Nice stereotyping. Anyone with imperfect English must be stupid, and all immigrants cling to old-fashioned, old-world ways. You should have met the German carpenter I used to work with. Not only was he a dyed-in-the-wool Old World German, he demeaned everyone and everything American to me, all the time–and I told him in no uncertain terms that I resented it, and I did not belittle foreign things in general or German things in particular. (His wife, born same as he was in Kiel, told me not to take him too seriously. I took her advice.) ---
**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, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/163 "2016-02-25T19:47:25Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > You should have met the German carpenter I used to work with. Not only was he a dyed-in-the-wool Old World German, he demeaned everyone and everything American to me, all the time–and I told him in no uncertain terms that I resented it, and I did not belittle foreign things in general or German things in particular. (His wife, born same as he was in Kiel, told me not to take him too seriously. I took her advice.) Reminds me of the German who disparaged American cars while driving [this Ford-powered Italian sports car](http://imcdb.org/vehicle_9261-De-Tomaso-Pantera-1973.html). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/164 "2016-02-26T15:26:01Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Reminds me of the German who disparaged American cars while driving [this Ford-powered Italian sports car](http://imcdb.org/vehicle_9261-De-Tomaso-Pantera-1973.html). He obviously had an official opinion as well as an honest one. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/165 "2016-02-26T16:57:01Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Lincoln. He is, after all, The Lincoln Lawyer. Though as I’ve noted before, he comes across more like Travis Bickle in those ads. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/166 "2016-02-26T17:02:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > … in '72, when people bought big cars like Malibus. … I know I’m several days late, but the Malibu was not a big car. It was a mid-size. The big Chebbies of the day were the Bel Air, the Caprice and Monte Carlo. Yes, you could cram six to eight people in a Malibu, but in a Bel Air you could do that and be comfortable, and still put six more in the trunk. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/167 "2016-02-26T17:07:19Z")
Lincoln was defense counsel once in a murder trial. An eyewitness for the prosecution said, “I know he killed him. I seen him do it by the light of the moon.” Lincoln took out a _Farmer’s Almanac_ and turned to the date of the murder, and showed the entry to the jury. The entry read, “NO MOON.” Case dismissed. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/168 "2016-02-26T17:10:04Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Not to mention that in some languages, “poodle” actually is the word for “puddle.” Nice stereotyping. Anyone with imperfect English must be stupid, and all immigrants cling to old-fashioned, old-world ways. It rained cats and dogs here last night. I drove through a poodle. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/169 "2016-02-26T17:27:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I know I’m several days late, but the Malibu was not a big car. It was a mid-size. The big Chebbies of the day were the Bel Air, the Caprice and Monte Carlo. Yes, you could cram six to eight people in a Malibu, but in a Bel Air you could do that and be comfortable, and still put six more in the trunk. I had a '72 Impala once and you are right. It had the 400 small-block and you could practically stand in the engine compartment to work on it. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/170 "2016-02-26T17:40:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I know I’m several days late, but the Malibu was not a big car. It was a mid-size. The big Chebbies of the day were the Bel Air, the Caprice and Monte Carlo. Yes, you could cram six to eight people in a Malibu, but in a Bel Air you could do that and be comfortable, and still put six more in the trunk. Eloise and Jack would not consider that. Nor would their kids. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/171 "2016-02-26T17:46:20Z")
Y u mad bro? And who are Jack and Eloise? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/172 "2016-02-26T18:04:51Z")
Jack and Eloise are characters in the longest-running Message Board thread; it’s on MPSIMS. They are a wealthy couple with fifteen kids. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/173 "2016-02-26T19:47:52Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I know I’m several days late, but the Malibu was not a big car. It was a mid-size. The big Chebbies of the day were the Bel Air, the Caprice and Monte Carlo. Yes, you could cram six to eight people in a Malibu, but in a Bel Air you could do that and be comfortable, and still put six more in the trunk. In '72 the Malibu was a body style variant of the Chevelle, which was a pretty big car. It may have been the smallest of the big cars, but it was significantly bigger than a car like the Nova, which was a genuine mid-size. The Impala and Caprice were bigger, and so was the Biscayne, but IIRC, the Biscayne had just been discontinued. The Malibu became a separate model in '78, when the Chevelle was discontinued. At any rate, my point in calling the Chevelle “big” was not whether it was considered “big” or “mid-size” in 1972, it had to do with the fact that cars like it have a lot of dead space, and people who have more than three children (and often, more than two) don’t buy them, they buy mini-vans. What’s relevant is that the Chevelle compares to a “big” car now, having plenty of room for three in the back, and four kids fit easily (they don’t have seatbelts, but they would if the Chevelle was being made now). My aunt and uncle had the Chevelle and a station wagon, and four kids, plus me, and when my cousin got her driver’s license, they got a little Honda, which she used to chauffeur us to school, but when we went out in the evening, the Chevelle was the car of choice, because we could cram 10 other people into it. And it was cooler than the station wagon. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/174 "2016-02-26T22:33:44Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Lincoln. Is that what it is? Part of the deal for him starring in The Lincoln Lawyer, you think? ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/175 "2016-02-27T01:58:36Z")
Do local, radio commercials count? Yeah, I still listen to the radio, I feel like I’m the only hold out in my group of friends and coworkers (wife is close, she listens to Sirius). Anyway, one station plays a Shane Company (Diamond Jewelry) commercial every day at the times I’m listen to them (approximately rush hour either way), so annoying, and I turn the station every time. It’s frustrating because the talk shows I listen to on it are good, and I always forget to turn it back because a good song is on. ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/176 "2016-02-27T02:14:45Z")
The premise is ludicrous but [GEICO has a good commercial for a change](http://www.tvcommercialspots.com/insurance-and-services/geico-mobile-app-tv-commercial-someones-hacked-all-our-technology-office-equipment-attack-workers-0-geicos-mobile-app-has-amazing-technology-geico-expect-great-savings-and-a-whole-lot-more/). ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/177 "2016-02-27T03:02:41Z")
Papa John’s has a commercial that I just saw with a promotion that is totally ridiculous. If you buy a pie and don’t like it, you can get another pie free. This is dumber than Subways Big News commercials on how great it is that their 5 dollar foot longs now cost 6 dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/178 "2016-02-27T03:30:23Z")
A Logan’s Roadhouse radio ad touting their “Half Baked Chicken.” No thanks, I will pass on that. A TV commercial for the Good Feet Store that features a little girl talking about her painful feet is adorable, until she says “It sucks!” It is just so jarring to me to hear a child use such vulgar phrase on a commercial. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/179 "2016-02-27T03:38:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Papa John’s has a commercial that I just saw with a promotion that is totally ridiculous. If you buy a pie and don’t like it, you can get another pie free. This is dumber than Subways Big News commercials on how great it is that their 5 dollar foot longs now cost 6 dollars. Ha. I’m not the only one who noticed that. 😃 The new Old Navy ad with Elizabeth Banks screeching about a woman’s pants is obnoxious. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655/180 "2016-02-27T03:53:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ha. I’m not the only one who noticed that. 😃 > > The new Old Navy ad with Elizabeth Banks screeching about a woman’s pants is obnoxious. I love that commercial and all commercials with Elizabeth Banks, How does she do that yodel shriek anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-currently-annoying-you/744655.md?page=10)