Ah, those are FTC rules. They only apply in, you guessed it, the USA, and I suspect that for ads recorded abroad there may not be someone from the FTC checking that the ice cream is indeed ice cream.
Also, your own cite says that the cone has to be real but the ice cream can be fake. IOW, if the product would end up being a horrible goop within minutes of being under the lights, you can fake it.
I’m with Anamorphic. If that girl popped up in my back seat I would definitely be asking her something more impure.
People in commercials do seem overly accommodating to folks who pop up in their kitchen or behind their shoulder though.
I always think of the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”, but I don’t know what it has to do with the situation, so I agree it’s annoying.
That arthritis drug commercial where the woman is playing the piano that starts crumbling under her fingers bothers me in the sense that it creeps me out! I’m not sure why I find that imagery so disturbing. The one where the bike falls apart does not affect me the same way. But that piano…::shudder:: 
I figured they were at the concert together, or married at the time. Two guys having a Journey moment isn’t something I want to think about.
I also snigger when the voice-over guy says, “If you have been exposed to asbestos and are injured or killed, please call us at. . .”
In keeping with this post, is it Ambilify that has the “fatal reactions have occurred” warning?
Well, how in the world did that drug ever get on the market then? Just my humble O, but if somebody died from taking that drug, I’m sure as hell not going to ask for scrip!
I mean, damn! 
Quasi
I hate that one too. What gets me even more than that is that the mom somehow knows her blind and/or retarded children are staring into the freezer while on the phone with her and the* put down the phone in freezer*! Is it too late for the mom to have an abortion?
There is a new Verizon commercial for the Droid Razr with a mother and daughter crying and soaking incoherently. That phone could tie my shoes and slice my bread, but after that commercial I will never buy it. Whoever write it has serious Mommy issues and should get counseling instead of write commercials.
Have y’all seen the public service ads with the people who’ve been severely “damaged” due to smoking? The first series shows folks with tracheostomies and electronic voice boxes. They all tell what not to do when you get a trach, such as not facing the shower head being careful when shaving, etc.
The newest is the lady who had a stroke attributed due to her smoking, making her completely bedridden. It shows her son bathing her and he looks like he’s only about 16/17 year old.
Sorry for the hijack, but this is an example of the other kind of commercial: the one that stays with you.
Q
I’m with you on this one. I mean, I know it’s just a joke, but it’s a bad, stupid, and annoying joke in my opinion.
I like that commercial.
It’s simple:
Masseurs have a penis. Masseuses have a vagina. 
That poll had ~10,000 respondents. It’s likely there weren’t any replies from that area of Nevada.
Those commercials bother me because they feel like a dig at the gay marriage issue.
That rhyming commercial for Discover cards. :mad:
Q
I hate those. Call me selfish, but I don’t use tobacco, and I don’t need to be watching my TV and have those commercials flash on my screen without warning.
In case this helps, it’s a play on the schoolyard taunt, “If you love x so much, why don’t you marry [him/her/it]?”
Not that this excuses how stupid the entire marketing campaign was.
I also hate back to back commercials about the same product. That goofy looking guy on 21st Century Automobile Insurance, for instance.
Of course, even irritating commercials have value, don’t they? I had no trouble just now remembering the product.:rolleyes:
Quasi