Rant

Words/expressions that should be banned from TV adverts.
Pet hate, “YOUR WORTH IT”
wrinkly fatuous sick making crone
bring back Matthew Hopkins

 

I will agree with that I am also pretty sick of the genital herpes commercials lol

 

roflmaoroflmao I couldn't agree more:-D The other one is with that goofy looking guy playing Santa with a line of women lining up to sit on his lap.:cry I think they call him 'Smiling Bob,' or some such nonsense!

 

fantastic :-D

 

There ya go that along with all the rest of pharmaceutical ads, which in a matter of months are telling you "if you've taken this drug and experienced death call the law offices of ----
Those are worse IMO the cigarettes ads. :mad

 

Luckily we don't have pharma commercials here (yet).

What really gets me going is when watching US channels are the pharma commercials in which they say: ask your doctor :mad

I honestly believe that a lot of folks will actually go their docs and specify the brand of drug they want. Many docs will prescribe the brand their patients asked for. That's the truth, have read it somewhere but am too lazy now to look/search for it. LOL

 

I truly believe most doctors practice medicine according to the the pharmaceutical companies,

Years ago you would see one man with a briefcase waiting by chance the doctor would have time to see him and the medicines he had. It was also restricted to one day a week.
Now a group of three fashionably dressed pulling wheeled cases filled with samples, busts through the front door passes the (without looking in the direction of ) receptionist and goes directly into the area of the Dr, office and examination rooms.
After All, they own them now.

 

Sorry Tony, I still haven't heard of that one. Must only be in the UK... :confused Our TV commercials are just chuck full of Viagra right now, so no 'room' for any new ones! LOL! (sorry, I couldn't pass up on that one!) roflmao roflmao

 

Hi TEECEE :wave how’s you?
Seems as if it’s been a bit quiet round here, so, I thought I’d pop back in a stir things up, you’re still not with the programme though are you :-D. Matthew Hopkins was The Witch Finder General way back in English history, I wanted to bring him back to set fire to that odious female in the “YOUR WORTH IT ADVERT” she makes me want to puke. Could be clever reverse psychology on the advertisers part, make you hate it that much it sticks in your memory.
Bye the bye how’s your flying rats. :-D. Wasn’t it terrible about that incident in Texas?

 

what about house buyer man, thats even worse, even the graphics are crap

 

Hi Tony! I never heard of that one.. As for my LOVELY BIRDS they are fine.. They do, however, take offense at being called flying rats tho :mad Do you see my avatar? Does that look like a rat to you? I didn't think so ... I took that pic myself, too. Nah, they are fine, staying inside today, as the wind is howling out there today....

They do enjoy getting out to fly once in a while tho...
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As for the situation in Texas, I think they should lock him up in a room with the RELATIVES of the people he killed and wounded, with no judge, no jury, and lock the door, and let THEM take care of him.

There was another shooting in Florida today.. I don't know, but it sure is scary... Hope you are well..

 

Nope, haven't seen that one either Tony.. I think this stuff is all in the UK! LOL! Sounds like it would be a wild one tho..... :-D

 

NEVER in my office. A few tried to barge their way in, but were usually politely turned away, or at least forced to wait their turn to see me, if I had the time and/or the inclination to listen to their pitch.

They do NOT own doctors. They are just pushy. But when they began restricting or cutting out the giving out of free samples I could let my patients have to try.........I merely quit using their products or seeing the detail people at all. They get the message fairly quickly.

No one owned me. Or my patients.
/end rant.

 

"The closest shave you can get!"

Razors could shave down to the skin 80+ years ago but somehow every year the shave is closer.

TBH I haven't seen any recently because I don't watch TV or ads any more so it may have been pulled for false advertising,I wouldn't be surprised.

 

Hey GK!! LTNS< hope all's well with ya.. I hear what you;re saying though. I worked in Dr's ofices for many years drawing blood, and while I loved the free lunches, it did kind of concern me that the pharmaceutical companies were almost dictating what to write for. I know they changed it up a lot in NY here, they can't just bring you a bunch of food and cool stuff any more, all they can give you free is samples.

The problem with the pharmaceutical ads on TV is that people don't know any better and forget about the side effects and when their doc won't write for it, they go to another doc.

As to the viagra/cialis/levitra etc ads, if I got one of those lasting for 4 hours, to hell with my doc, I'm calling everyone I know for a party at my place.. lol

~C

 

LOL, TV free in my house since Feb. :-D Do see some annoying commercials when I am at a friends.

I used to get a kick about how wonderful the drug is, then they quickly mention that it might kill you, your legs might fall off, or you may bleed from unusual places.... Yeah, give me some of that!

 

Are you serious? Glad you are OK!

 

WOW, Tim, that sounds pretty darn scary... But also, from my own experience, you really don't know what you are allergic too until you take some, and that is when you find out.. rolleyes For me, it was an antibiotic that made my throat swell ALMOST shut. I know I wasn't poisoned I just took one pill, and had to be rushed to the hospital for a reversal....rolleyes Last time I'll take that anti-biotic! Hang in there, Tim, one of those meds will be THE ONE that works.... I got confidence!

 

I'd do that for you Tim I've only got an air rifle though so it might take about 98 shots :-D

Seriously though I hope things pick up.

 

Hi Tim, I do know what you mean, being a guinea pig, hubby is also going thru that [I]same thing now[/I]! rolleyes

He is taking 10 a day for NOW, and has to go back on the 20th, to see if he needs more.. He started out with one, then the Dr. just adjusted the dosage to more... Will see on the 20th what he tells him to take next.. No samples here tho.... He gives us an RX to go to the local pharmacy.... Says he doesn't have any samples of this stuff.. Yeah, it sure is fun, isn't it? NOT..

I hope you feel better, Tim, I know it isn't a picnic being in pain..

 

Good for you. It's all together exactly how I described where I go, to the point I have almost walked. If I did I would end up at another office just like it.
Oh, the Director of this clinic got arrested along with his wife and I don't know who all, for selling METH out of the office, that's the honest truth,the medical community here is basically non existent.

Quick before it falls off huh? literally roflmao

Hey how ya been by the way?

 

4 hours? I think then that the professional help you need is found on street corners, not in medical offices.

I mean seriously, I wonder just what the hospital can do? Stab it with a needle to deflate it?

Some of these are approaching the annoyance of Head-On, Chia Pet and that annoying voice that's fallen and can't get up. After the fiftieth time that day, you want to run into the room and kick her a few times before running back out, just to stop the noise.

 

i don't agree about doctors giving free stuff to patients to talk them into agreeing to a prescription because of a sales rep. it's never happened to me. if i didn't know what it was, or what it could do, i wouldn't take it any way. the only thing i ever asked for/got for free (when i was REALLY financially challenged) were simple analgesics or supplies.

i agree about the pharmaceutical ads, mainly the ones about PAD, ED, RLS, or whatever idiotic acronym they are giving things JUST to get you to ask your doctor to prescribe them to you because you saw it on tv, and you think you MIGHT have it. yeah, i realize these things are real and SOME people have them, but not EVERYBODY.

well, er...you'd probably know if you needed help with ED, cuz wouldn't you actually just know?LOL

and what's with the butterflies & stupid music & someone running across a field and NOT telling you what the heck they're advertisting? is this about a new romance novel, breath mint, floor cleaner...no, wait! after watching the whole thing, it's about some "new" drug that i don't know what they want me to take it for.:mad

or the ones that just say "X" Off (or is it ON? there are several). they just keep repeating the name & don't say what the heck it is. like i'm going to rush out and buy it to find out it doesn't actually DO anything (i'm assuming).

and all ads for hygiene products need to go. i mean, really, gals. have you EVER talked like that to YOUR galfriends? or even talked about it, at all? if you're THAT age, haven't you already figured out what to use for your particular needs?

and while i'm ranting, i would just LOVE to b****slap any people who post fake/stupid problems/questions just to see if you're a big enough sucker to waste your time researching, composing and posting an answer to. double:mad

thank you, doctor. i feel SO much better. LOL

 

...are you absolutely sure you want honest answers to that question...? :innocent

 

LOL uh, prolly NOT. they were sort of rhetorical questions.