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4th November 2009, 03:32
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No Lifer
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I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea
No it wasn't. You're just a poorly paid actor / actress being employed to flog me something I'm not gunna buy unless it comes ready installed on my next PC
Irritating adverts. But what really irritates me is those adverts that don't even make the effort to pretend that the hired actor / actress actually does work for them. Here's what I mean  Here's the bloke off the Red driving instructor advert, who promises to change my life if I ring him. No thanks mate, but I'm glad you're so enthusiastic about your new line of work teaching folk how to drive. Well done. And yet on comes the next advert...  Now he works for Simplify Digital. How hard is it to do you homework and find out some other company is pretend that he works for them, at the exact same time? So of course I did a little bit of digging, and I found out he's the guy on the poster for First Capital Connect around London right now (at least he's owning up to just being himself here):  And that's not. He's done: Unison - Police Community Support Officer Discovery Channel - Businessman Heineken/Drink Awareness - The Stumbler NTL - Businessman GP Magazine - Registrar PriceWaterhouseCooper - Accounting Manager XBox 'Gears Of War' - Photographer Institute of Engineering & Technology - Engineer Transport For London - Businessman & Disabled Home Office Worker B&Q - Customer Specsavers - Glasses Model Sainsbury's - Scout Leader Red Driving School - Instructor Tesco 'Think 21' - Store Manager E-On 'Carbon Footyprint.com' - Topless Fan E-On 'Carbon Footyprint.com' - Celebrating Supporter Specsavers - Retail Assistant Avery Labels - Businessman This bloke is everywhere! Now I get that actors have to do what work they can, I don't particularly blame Peter Halpin (that's his name) for this. But why do they all insist on making him pretend he's working for them in the adverts?! Don't even get me started on Phillappa Rowe:  Who also happens to be a Red driving instructor. And an injury at work lawyer. And a teacher who got her qualifications by signing up to an ICS (you can!) course. Arrrrrggggghhhhh! Is it that hard to find different actors and actresses?! However, neither of those two are the worst offenders. This girl is:  Rachael Buckley. ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH. She was fucking everywhere at one point. There she's working for Harveys. She does another one where she has a migrane. She too improved her career by signing up to an ICS (you can!) course - you'll notice some of these companies are serial offenders by now - I seem to remember her flogging me some shampoo, bah there were all kind of examples. She was an ad whore. She went on to do a little acting, but IMDB suggests she's been out of work since 2008 We salute you, Ms Buckley  Glad I got that off my chest. Thanks Cafites |
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4th November 2009, 13:36
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Emmy Moses
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5th November 2009, 00:17
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5th November 2009, 00:24
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5th November 2009, 02:43
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Emmy Moses
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Good point
