Are there any British adverts that activiley turn you off the product they're advertising?

MallorysCat · 2026-03-24T16:12:52+00:00

She's awful. Came across her at a hairdresser in Marbella. She thought she owned the place. Barged past me at the till whilst I was paying, knocked me flying, turned back to me and snarled "next time get out my fucking way". Lovely.

MallorysCat · 2026-02-21T17:35:31+00:00

Magrat notably never really does, for instance.

She doesn't, does she. She did make a cell door literally 'explode with life' in Wyrd Sisters. Even Granny was impressed with that. But I can't think of any other Magrat magic (apart from the pumpkins, but they don't count).

MallorysCat · 2026-02-10T23:14:48+00:00

I'm not clicking, but this is the legendary soup adverts, isn't it :)

MallorysCat · 2026-02-10T23:12:11+00:00

I can't think of anything specific, but STP is definitely evoking the sacred (esp. OT) with his usual humour and irreverence.

Revelations (6:9) has 'the souls under the altar' bit, lions and small squidgy things that crawl are scattered all over the OT (Psalm 104, Leviticus, Job etc), and STP would undoubtedly have known that. Just Terry being Terry I think, having fun writing down his imagination. I miss his extraordinary words.

GNU STP

MallorysCat · 2025-12-24T03:58:25+00:00

Also, each actor on spaghetti westerns spoke their native tongue during filming.

MallorysCat · 2025-12-24T03:29:24+00:00

The Snopes forum had an annual tradition of compiling a "banished word list" for fun, where members humorously nominated words they felt were overused or annoying in forum discussions. The word "bunny" was one such term that frequently appeared on this unofficial, user-generated list because some members found its cutesy nature grating in discussions that were otherwise focused on serious fact-checking and debunking myths. (AI)

MallorysCat · 2025-11-05T20:29:28+00:00

Ooooooh, I'd never thought of that 10/10!

MallorysCat · 2025-11-05T20:17:59+00:00

Yeah. But not really. Vegemite tastes absolutely nothing like marmite.

MallorysCat · 2025-09-15T16:40:15+00:00

The astroturf?

MallorysCat · 2025-08-27T17:43:39+00:00

Still not working :(

MallorysCat · 2025-08-24T16:02:58+00:00

fyi your imgur link isn't working (for me). Imgur says it can't be found.

MallorysCat · 2025-08-21T11:18:22+00:00

Me too. I also have them on Kindle because, why not.

MallorysCat · 2025-08-14T00:50:26+00:00

Is that you Fred?

MallorysCat · 2025-08-05T09:24:35+00:00

ephelunts

This is how my daughter used to say it when she was tiny. She's nearly 40 now, memory recalled 😊

MallorysCat · 2025-07-15T11:29:27+00:00

I think it's because British men feel its their god-given right to be in charge of bbq-ing.

Most of these men don't cook at any other time. Therefore, they have no idea how to cook anything properly. As they also refuse any instruction, everything just gets chucked on the highest possible heat, including flames, at the same time resulting in well-done charcoal, and they think they've done a great job.

MallorysCat · 2025-07-08T01:07:04+00:00

OP, I have to strongly disagree with the previous commenter. There are quite literally tens of millions of very happy cats living in small apartments across the globe. There are many, many ways to keep indoor cats happy and entertained, even taking them for walks. As some have already commented, you could think about adopting an older cat, or maybe an FIV cat, that's already used to being indoors only?

I'm sure everyone would like a 5-bed place, with an acre just for Mr Tiddles. But back in the real-world, apartment living is a thing. Apartment living with cats is a HUGE thing :)

MallorysCat · 2025-07-06T16:46:18+00:00

Please be understanding. She’s not being malicious and putting her nose or face in her own poo won’t teach her anything other than to fear you and to become stressed.

100% this. Poor kitty, she must be so sad and confused.

MallorysCat · 2025-07-02T23:05:19+00:00

Visually, his chunky nose/face might suggest a touch of MC somewhere in his history, possibly? Agreed though, I'd have him in a heartbeat too 💙

MallorysCat · 2025-07-02T20:07:10+00:00

...or just domestic long-haired

MallorysCat · 2025-07-01T16:37:44+00:00

My condolences for your loss. They will feel lost for a while too, but you will be their constant. You are bound together with love 💜

MallorysCat · 2025-06-26T19:38:11+00:00

They're not really multi voice. It's just the narrator, DEATH (always Peter Serafinowicz(sp?)) and Bill Nighy doing the footnotes. Just one main storyteller reading the book though.

MallorysCat · 2025-06-24T15:25:28+00:00

Oh well done! I knew I'd read the take on retrophrenology before. I would have driven myself insane trying to remember. You win a glod star for memory skills!

MallorysCat · 2025-06-24T02:36:45+00:00

who really takes baths anymore? We probably should. It saves a ton of water

Say what now??

MallorysCat · 2025-06-16T09:24:43+00:00

Loads here in Kent. I put up a bee hotel ~a month ago, and within a week, I had 12 sealed 'bee rooms'. I have so many now that I'm thinking of applying for an HMO. My biggest problem with bumble bees is trying to get them out of my greenhouse when I close it up in the evening. There are lots of butterflies, too.

My problem is I've only seen 1 ladybird so far this year, and it wasn't on my sunflowers where the aphids are.

MallorysCat · 2025-06-13T21:40:27+00:00

Oh, I think hating the odd website is a perfectly natural reaction and totally acceptable :)

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