Cactus Kid Despiked!!

Shaolin_monkey · Post by **Shaolin_monkey** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:02 am

Well, you won't hear me complaining. The advert irritated the pants off me.

RivaOni · Post by **RivaOni** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:52 am

Shouldn;t this be in "Whatever next..."?

Still, 32 complaints is all it takes to get an advert off air? *watches more TV to find something to file a complaint about*

What? I feel like the odd one out...

Sly Reflex · Post by **Sly Reflex** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:30 am

marthagogo wrote:32 complaints eh?

couldnt we muster up 32 of us to complain about something?

That's an idea. I vote that it's something to do with Simon Cowell, as he is a twat.

Sly Reflex · Post by **Sly Reflex** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:42 am

marthagogo wrote:right, hmmm.....dum de dum....whats he in except x factor?

can we ban x factor?

We could find something to pick up on one of his "witty" put downs. Twist his words and make him look like a racist.

Sly Reflex · Post by **Sly Reflex** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:46 am

Bugger, I knew this would mean I have to watch it.

The+Deleted · Post by **The+Deleted** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:09 am

Shaolin_monkey wrote:Well, you won't hear me complaining. The advert irritated the pants off me.

Yep. Thank god for people with **** all better to do.
If only they'd be offended by DFS ads.
I mean indignant offended ,not 'that's shite!' offended.

Chinzon · Post by **Chinzon** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:37 am

I don't really understand how an advertisement can "condone" anything (except maybe the product it's selling), but teenage pregnancy?

Does this mean that the Advertising Standards Authority thinks there are a legion of teenagers who model their lives on what they see in commercials? Surely there are plenty others must be taken off the air, what about that chocolate guy who tears off bits of himself? Or the ones for Oxfam that show starving kids in Africa, are they condoning anorexia?

Liamario · Post by **Liamario** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:46 am

I can genuinely understand why that Ad was taken of the air. First of all, it is a little irresponsibe, in so far as the time of the day the day that the ad may have been shown at. I think i young children (around 10) are seeing the Ad, it does kind of give off a bad image. Obviously not all kids are going to say, 'she's cool, lets go and get pregnant by a cactus boy', but then you have the more naive kids who think that it would be cool to get preggers and run away from home.
Secondly, I think we are getting to the point where ads are becoming like movies where they have age ratings on them and that being the case, they really shouldn't be shown at certain times of the day, like any other movie.

rumblecat · Post by **rumblecat** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:05 pm

Can't really see how people wouldn't see that the add is clearly a parody, but fair enough- people get to choose what TV programmes they watch, but they don't get to choose what adverts they're exposed to.

Nothing's as good as this advert for Bridgestone Tyres though. (No nudity or anything but a certain moment near the start might make people give you a funny look if you watching it at work so... vague NSFW warning...)

RivaOni · Post by **RivaOni** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:22 pm

lol, thats brilliant!

And people do have a choice what adverts they watch, theres always putting the kettle on, taking a dump, swtiching to a different channel (like a music one if you have the required box) while the ads are on...

rumblecat · Post by **rumblecat** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:28 pm

I agree with that, but I think the idea is that if you turn on to watch say The X Factor then you know what you're going to watch. But if you flicked it on and it was in the adverts and there was something you found offensive, then that's out of your control- you didn't choose to be subjected to it. Shame because some of the best adverts and the most offensive...

RivaOni · Post by **RivaOni** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:31 pm

Well, to that I say, I'm offended by the sight of Simon Cowell, I'm offended by his voice and I'm terrified of his hair and the height of his trouser waists, that alone gives me vertigo, so I agree that we should try and get him banned.

Sly Reflex · Post by **Sly Reflex** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:35 pm

RivaOni wrote:Well, to that I say, I'm offended by the sight of Simon Cowell, I'm offended by his voice and I'm terrified of his hair and the height of his trouser waists, that alone gives me vertigo, so I agree that we should try and get him banned.

It's more the manufactured shit he pushes down our throats than offends me.

blagmasterg · Post by **blagmasterg** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:41 pm

I just think that the man is a twat personally. I never watch any of his shitty programmes (I used to be forced to cuz my ex liked them) But when he was on Top Gear he just came off as a total arsehole.

Lets see if we can get him banned for that

Rosetinted Gamer · Post by **Rosetinted Gamer** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:42 pm

Sly Reflex wrote:
marthagogo wrote:right, hmmm.....dum de dum....whats he in except x factor?

can we ban x factor?
We could find something to pick up on one of his "witty" put downs. Twist his words and make him look like a racist.

We could petetion a name change for X-Factor, perhaps "Simon Cowells Christmas Number 1 Show", as that's clearly what it is. With a name change the general public who watch this shit year on year out might also catch on that that's exactly what it is and get bored of it. Result? No more X-Factor.

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