The Ranting Room

Man, I have to SELL that crap to people sometimes. I'm temped just to stick in the trash underneath my cash sometimes.

Blacksword wrote: As with TV adverts, if they annoy me, I'm unlikely to get as far as even noticing what the product actually is. The ad will have failed on me..

Don't get me started on TV adverts - have you seen the new Loreal one for Derma Genesis?

eh? eh? eh? eh?

What the f is ProXylane complex...? Or Hyaluronic Acid...? Or Nanosome Encapsulated ProRetinol-A...?

"Derma Genesis is skincare with a difference" - Penelope Cruz

Yeah, Right - Skincare with added Bocks!

LOREAL - BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH IT

No.

LOREAL - BECAUSE YOU'RE GULLIBLE ENOUGH TO BELIEVE AN AIRBRUSHED PANCAKE MAKEUP WEARING C-LIST ACRESS WHEN SHE TELLS YOU THAT VARIOUS RENDERED ANIMAL PRODUCTS SLATHERED ON YOUR SKIN WILL MAKE YOU LOOK ONE IOTA YOUNGER EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'RE WEARING IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF YOU DARE TO SMILE THE MASK CRACKS & HALF YOUR FACE FALLS OFF IN THE STREET & CRACKS THE BLOODY PAVEMENT!

Pseudo-science = Bad
Natural = Good

darqDean wrote: I have no idea how to block the interstitials (as they are known) since blocking them would also block the page you were heading for. Ads on TV are a good time for a bathroom break or to go and brew a pot of tea - unfortunately 14 seconds is not long enough to do either of those tasks.

Yeah, thinking about it, the script blocked pop ups and banners that scrolled across the page you were on, and not interstitials.

Sorry, just a quickie, but has anyone heard that bloody awful song, that goes 'Elvis isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead, coz I heard him on the radio'..?

Well, I have heard it.. over and over and over again on the bloody radio. All I have to say to the nauseating quazi Indie band that wrote it is; he is dead. He died in 1977. Get over it. I dont wish to hear anymore on the subject. Oh, and your song is as appealing to my ears as listening to cattle being electrocuted..Now belt up!

Rant over..Lunchtime..

Yes.You're quite right, HughesJB4.

This rant is definately not over.

It just happened again. This time,when the ad' appeared I wasn't offered the option to ignore it.It started to download to it's 'parent' website.
It's a bit like the film Alien.All the while you are browsing the threads when,suddenly,a bl**dy great ad' flies out of nowhere.




Edited by Man Erg - January 17 2008 at 04:40

Grrr! I'm fed up with that Workopolis ad that pops up every now and then when I change threads etc. Grrr! Grrr! and triple Grrr!

That's better.Rant over

It surely is and my bike is laid up and I don't have a scooter.  Just had to walk a mile to the shop.  Still, I should lose a few Christmas pounds.

My van, which was off the road for 6 weeks in the summer awaiting parts, has again gone tits up.  A belt tensioner that holds the drive belt for the alternator, steering pump and water pump has collapsed and will cost �250 to repair.

1800iareyay - absolute classic rant - that's exactly what I set this room up for

Zappa88 wrote: With the cancellations of Monster Garage, Monster House and Robot Wars I thought my life would end.

Please tell me you're being ironic... please!

WTF is up with bringing American Gladiators back?  I have vague memories of seeing the original in its death throes when I was a toddler. At the tender age of three or four (how the  should I know the exact date?), I found the show to be “childish.” I was three (or four). Now it’s back, and better than ever. Who’s that hosting? Can it be? Yes! It’s recently divorced ex-wrestler Terry “Hulk ‘The full name you’ve know me by for life was a lie, just like you childhood’ Hogan” Bollea, whose receding hairline is a constant visual metaphor for the man’s slow decline. Facing the challenges that the hulkster presents are a wide range of women who don’t take sh*t from men, and men who REALLY don’t want you to look at their penis (there’s a lesson in steroids kids: the hard way is more rewarding; it doesn’t leave you impotent and angry).

These warriors have all adopted fierce battle names, some of which are so funny that this show should get an Emmy nomination for best comedy. Hellga (yes, with two l’s) sounds like the name of a Norwegian crossover black metal/yodeling group (the genre of Rico-LAARRRGGGHH, as I call it). Titan is a manly brute who nevertheless got every square inch of his body waxed. This mofo looks like that slab of meat that Rocky punches when he needs to get into shape. Then there’s Militia. There is a man who adopted the sobriquet “Militia.” I’m not making this up, because I will never be that clever. That name is so monumentally stupid that I don’t have to say anything at all, yet I just can’t stop myself. A militia is comprised of multiple men. I assume he’s trying to say he has the strength of an entire militia. That makes no sense, because there is nothing inherently scary about a militia, unless the American Gladiators square off against the British. Remember contestants, light one weakling on fire if the British come by land, and two if by sea.

I still don’t know why we needed the original. I wish I was in that meeting. “Let’s see, hmmm…what part of the mighty Roman Empire should we emulate?” “Well, Congress used to be based on the old Republic, but they’ve since fallen into lobbyist hell.” “I know. Let’s bring back the gladiators!” “You mean those sickening displays of violence that bring out the savagery in man for mere entertainment?” “Yessir, it’ll keep the masses stupid and glued to their TVs while we push through laws that make gays illegal and abortion a hell-worthy offense.” “Splendid.” -ing insane. Why can’t we bring back the orgies? Now THAT sounds like a good foreign policy. Hard to want to wage war against someone if you’re in them. And if we’re going to bring back the gladiators, can’t we at least do it right? Give em real weapons, not these man sized Q-Tips. Throw some lions into the mix. At the end of each show let audiences vote on whether or not the contestants live. American Idol wouldn’t have s**t on American Gladiators if they did that.

Some will consider this a guilty pleasure. It’s a guilty pleasure in the sense that, if you watch it, you should be locked away. I know the writer’s strike has postponed the excellent set of scripted shows that were shaming nearly all of contemporary cinema (Office, 30 Rock, Heroes, etc.), but Jesus Christ folks, rent DVDs. Read books. Don’t stoop to watching this .