# More very hate-able commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663 "2015-04-14T17:48:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 66
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1301 "2017-03-06T15:20:46Z")
“I dropped 40 pounds on Jenny Craig!” Really? On her head? On her foot? Is she ok? Did you apologize? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1302 "2017-03-06T15:55:06Z")
There’s a [Cox Homelife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OJB8n1WS0)ad that gets a lot of play here. In it, a kid’s new house shows off all the Homelife features. but the house comes across like a child molester - “come into my basement, let me show you what I have for you”. After which, in the full version, the house locks the door and keeps him down there forever. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1303 "2017-03-06T16:27:55Z")
[“Certified smokefied!”](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AvIL/little-caesars-smokehouse-pizza-big-moe-certified) Is he the Guy Fieri of the BBQ scene? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1304 "2017-03-06T16:38:53Z")
I hate that guy! ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1305 "2017-03-06T17:01:42Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > And just how do you know THAT? 😃 I’ve eaten Marine Corps chow. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1306 "2017-03-06T18:00:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Wiki on [Pringles.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles) > > WAG that fries can be made as an extruded product, not cut from potatoes. Huh. I assumed that Pringles were basically potato particleboard but I was unaware that they were less that 50% potato :eek: ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1307 "2017-03-06T19:22:10Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Huh. I assumed that Pringles were basically potato particleboard but I was unaware that they were less that 50% potato :eek: I am STILL unaware of that. Do you mean you have done chemical analysis? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1308 "2017-03-06T19:34:05Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Huh. I assumed that Pringles were basically potato particleboard but I was unaware that they were less that 50% potato :eek: > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I am STILL unaware of that. Do you mean you have done chemical analysis? no the uk government did … they at one time couldn’t sell pringles as potato chips or crisps in the uk because it failed to meet the mimnumn requirements of having real potato … I think there now called just pringle “crisps” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1309 "2017-03-06T20:18:28Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > no the uk government did … they at one time couldn’t sell pringles as potato chips or crisps in the uk because it failed to meet the mimnumn requirements of having real potato … I think there now called just pringle “crisps” I’d like to see the documentation. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1310 "2017-03-06T20:34:20Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I’d like to see the documentation. [Here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7490346.stm) is a BBC article on the court case where it was ruled that Pringles are not potato crisps. The article quotes a Justice Warren as saying that Pringles have a potato content of about 42%. Interestingly, it was Proctor & Gamble, the maker of Pringles, who requested a ruling that Pringles are not potato crisps. Food products normally have a lower Value Added Tax rate than other products, but there’s an exception in the law for potato crisps. P&G wanted the lower VAT rate because, as they claimed, Pringles are not really potato crisps. Part of their evidence was that Pringles have a potato content of less than 50%. The evidence of low potato content came from the manufacturer. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1311 "2017-03-07T00:15:48Z")
I don’t know why, but an annoying commercial from the 1990s popped up from my memory a couple days ago. In the '90s, Dippity-Do introduced their own hair mousse product. The commercial begins with a shot of a man in front of the mirror, fixing his hair. As he dispenses the mousse, he sings to himself: “Dippity-Do, a little \*\*dollop’\*\*ll do ya …” At which point his wife rolls her eyes, gives him her best “What kind of idiot are you?!” look of disbelief, and emphatically corrects him: “ **Daaaaab**!” Whereupon the husband patiently explains to her that, with mousse, unlike [whatever the hell the original Dippity-Do was made of], you use a dollop, not a dab. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1312 "2017-03-07T00:54:38Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > “Dippity-Do, a little \*\*dollop’\*\*ll do ya …” It was Bryl-creem, not Dippity-Do: Bryl-creem's original jingle went, "A little dab'll do ya": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXY3gWNfrY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGXY3gWNfrY) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1313 "2017-03-07T01:11:55Z")
I hate AT&T so much. The guy screaming in the shower makes me want to throw something. Unless they are the absolute only option I have, I will never use them for anything. They’ve ruined Directtv. I hate your commercial AT&T. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1314 "2017-03-07T02:44:07Z")
[quote=“Jeff\_Lichtman, post:1312, topic:717663”] It was Bryl-creem, not Dippity-Do: [/quote] Stupid, and look at his finished hair, all fluffed up. That’s really the look he wants? [Quote] Bryl-creem’s original jingle went, “A little dab’ll do ya”: [/QUOTE] That’s worse. “Use a little dab of bryl-cream and your hair will look so fresh and clean…” No, it looks soggy from grease. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1315 "2017-03-07T13:53:34Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > **I hate AT&T so much.** > > The guy screaming in the shower makes me want to throw something. Unless they are the absolute only option I have, I will never use them for anything. > > **They’ve ruined Directtv.** > > I hate your commercial AT&T. Not familiar with the commercial you have in mind, but I am totally behind the rest of your post. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1316 "2017-03-07T14:11:10Z")
Thread-ender. Hateable commercials that cannot be topped. \*\*\* Promos for CBS sitcoms.\*\*\* ---
**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:** [March 7, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1317 "2017-03-07T14:39:59Z")
I would think the thread-ender would be the “[1-800-Kars4Kids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8UV7SAhvG4)” commercials. I think they started with radio commercials but now have TV commercials as well. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1318 "2017-03-08T00:37:58Z")
Not sure what medication it’s for, but I just heard a guy exclaim in some commercial, “I’ve tried enough laxatives to cover the eastern seaboard!” Cover it in _what_, exactly? Seriously, did no one catch that at any point during production? Was it left as a joke? The rest of the commercial isn’t funny. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1319 "2017-03-08T17:27:22Z")
Prevnar 13 vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia. [Guy putting on harness gear for ziplining] “My friends think doing what I’m doing at my age is scary. I say, ‘not if you protect yourself.’ What is scary is pneumococcal pneumonia.” There is a difference between _scary_ and _dangerous_. Driving a car is _dangerous_, but rarely _scary_. Halloween haunted houses are _scary_, but rarely _dangerous_. For me, being up that high is _scary_, even if I’m securely anchored to the deck. Or in a highrise hotel with a central atrium, where you can see all the way to the floor. Even with the barricade, the hight gives me vertigo. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663/1320 "2017-03-14T18:25:10Z")
I am sick to death of the allergy medication that says, “and six is _greater_ than one!” Duh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-very-hate-able-commercials/717663.md?page=67)