# Screaming "Oxo Factor" ad - please kill it **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 9, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450 "2009-09-09T18:36:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/1 "2009-09-09T18:36:31Z")
There’s an ad, presumably only in the UK, for “The OXO Factor” - a competition run by a gravy manufacturer. It contains cheering when it first loads, and though it has a small “mute” button, it’s f\*&$#%g annoying, particularly if one has more than one window open. I know AdWords can be blocked on an individual basis - any chance of blocking [oxofactor.com](http://oxofactor.com)? (Posted without knowing the official policy…) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/2 "2009-09-09T18:46:30Z")
Yes, I suspect it’s only in the UK – ads are targeted for local areas – and no, there’s nothing we can do about it. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/3 "2009-09-09T19:34:51Z")
Didn’t y’all immediately squash video/sound ads back when the board went to free posting, and those things popped up (heh) here? Seems like I remember a shortlived outcry, and the noisy ads going away before the unruly posters were fully armed with pitchforks and torches… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/4 "2009-09-09T20:20:48Z")
The market for _gravy_ is that competitive in the UK? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/5 "2009-09-09T20:32:07Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > The market for _gravy_ is that competitive in the UK? That’s nothing, you should have seen the girl-on-girl action in the Paxo stuffing adverts last week. And I don’t know what Chef Boy-Ar-Dee was supposed to be doing in the one that raised the hubbub back in June, but if I never see another 4-year old dressed like “the gimp” from _Pulp Fiction_, it’ll be too soon… ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/6 "2009-09-09T22:22:36Z")
I was thinking that maybe “gravy” was cockney slang for “body spray” or some such. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/7 "2009-09-09T22:43:34Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Yes, I suspect it’s only in the UK – ads are targeted for local areas – and no, there’s nothing we can do about it. Sorry. Well, there is something you can do about it (I run AdWords sites professionally, so I know), but you may not have time to do it - which would both be understandable, and the honest answer. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/8 "2009-09-10T00:53:09Z")
Apparently, all TV ads for gravy come from stock footage. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/9 "2009-09-10T02:30:52Z")
> [@Una\_Persson](#): > > That’s nothing, you should have seen the girl-on-girl action in the Paxo stuffing adverts last week. And I don’t know what Chef Boy-Ar-Dee was supposed to be doing in the one that raised the hubbub back in June, but if I never see another 4-year old dressed like “the gimp” from _Pulp Fiction_, it’ll be too soon… Call me a traditionalist, but I prefer pure, old fashioned [gravy wrestling](http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/archive/2009/09/01/wrestling_gravy_style.php). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/10 "2009-09-14T03:17:09Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Well, there is something you can do about it (I run AdWords sites professionally, so I know), but you may not have time to do it - which would both be understandable, and the honest answer. Tuba usually means that she doesn’t have the authority to do that. Jerry, on the other hand, may not have the time. Especially with the buyout shakeup upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/11 "2009-09-14T03:26:47Z")
[Flashblock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433) should fix it. It blocks flash by default, but you can click on an applet if you want to run it. Text, or image based ads should still come through just fine. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/12 "2009-09-14T03:30:25Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > [Flashblock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433) should fix it. It blocks flash by default, but you can click on an applet if you want to run it. Text, or image based ads should still come through just fine. You’re recommending I download a Firefox addition that will modify the presentation of this forum? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screaming-oxo-factor-ad-please-kill-it/509450/13 "2009-09-14T03:34:11Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > You’re recommending I download a Firefox addition that will modify the presentation of this forum? Why yes I am. Let’s see what happens. 😉