# New VW ad you'll \*never\* see on US TV!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 1, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546 "2005-09-01T03:45:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/1 "2005-09-01T03:45:29Z")

</div>

[Cute new VW ad you’ll _never_ see on US TV!](http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?sf=y&id=966)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/2 "2005-09-01T04:27:51Z")

</div>

Ballocks! 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/3 "2005-09-01T05:35:36Z")

</div>

That’s “bollocks.”

And _there_ goes my zero tolerance for commercials featuring sweet kids.

F-ing priceless.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/4 "2005-09-01T05:53:12Z")

</div>

Never mind that.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/5 "2005-09-01T06:54:28Z")

</div>

How dirty is “bollocks” considered to be in places where it’s heard regularly? Around here, “nuts”, “balls”, and the like probably rate around a 4 to 6 out of 10, depending on the audience. Also, we don’t generally say “balls” when something bad happens.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-vw-ad-youll-never-see-on-us-tv/319546/6 "2005-09-01T08:36:55Z")

</div>

> [@sturmhauke](#):
>
> How dirty is “bollocks” considered to be in places where it’s heard regularly? Around here, “nuts”, “balls”, and the like probably rate around a 4 to 6 out of 10, depending on the audience. Also, we don’t generally say “balls” when something bad happens.

In England, I’d say it is slightly more severe than ‘nuts’ or ‘balls’ - perhaps because it has only one literal meaning - testicles.

Its comedy value offsets its severity a bit, though.