adverts category

[another-view]

Can we delete the adverts category please?

It's full of meaningless trivia like what is the clip of music that is on for about 2 seconds in the Harvey's Furniture Store advert, where can I buy the headscarf that the woman wears on the Maybelline advert and who is the unknown actor who provides for voiceover for Coco Pops Rocks.

One today said, "who is the actress who plays the blonde stewardess on the Virgin advert"

Apart from wanting to stalk them, why would anyone want to know such rubbish?

[ummmm]

It keeps them busy....lol

[factor-fiction]

Just stay clear of the Adverts section then.

Anyway, I disagree. There are some fascinating, important and complex questions on their sometimes- my favourite is "which advert features the song they're tasty, tasty, very, very tasty" which crops up every few weeks.

My gripe is about the green newbies who ask questions about either bank sort codes, Mail on Sunday quizzes or last minute homework (where the answers are freely available via google) and never acknowledge our replies.

[craft1948]

I think that's a rather narrow-minded point of view especially from someone with your user name. I don't frequent the Advert section but as far as I can see the posts, whilst drivel to you, are harmless, and do have some value to the people who ask the questions. Who are you to judge the values of other members?

[another-view]

OK, here is an example:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Adverts/Questio n771081.html
In what year was a MIlky Way advert first shown?

Now apart from if the user has been asked this in a quiz, which it appears they have not, what use is this piece of information?

[craft1948]

I love vibra...........unconditionally

[craft1948]

well another-view............4 people were interested enough to post an answer....

[another-view]

Which makes them all as sad as each other.

Please give me an example of some use this info has, as I can't see any at all.

[craft1948]

you just don't get it do you........it's not a matter of whether it interests you or me is it....I aren't interested in posts in many of the sections but because they attract questions assume they do interest other users....end of. To me you get rid of a Topic if it is not used.

[patrickstar]

Horses for courses. A lot of the questions on here that can be found out on the net, asking a friend or common sense. Sometimes it cud be for a quiz, homework, general knowledge, to settle a family argument etc. Y worry? Its fun.

[another-view]

It's not that it doesn't interest me. The beauty category doesn't interest me but at least I can see why people are asking for hairy drier recommendations or whatever.

The Milky Way advert was shown in 1989, so what? Why the need to know?

[craft1948]

well another-view...would you like to ban the football section? The number of times I've peeked in there to see questions such as 'Name the last player to score a goal against Liverpool at home in the 1958 FA cup'.........now that's really interesting and life defining. Someone will enjoy finding out the answer and possibly debating the topic so good luck to them.......

[patrickstar]

Who knows but it means something to somebody. Out of interest who did the voice overs for the cartoon Public Information films shown during the adverts in the 70's, the one with the cat miaowing and then the boy saying 'Charlie says...............'? Joking, am not interested......really! :-)

[ChuckFickens]

just in case your lying and are really interested it was Kenny Everett

[craft1948]

Chuck if you remembered that without google I am quite impressed and deeply sad......

[ChuckFickens]

I googled it.

they were made the year after I was born (1973) so I'd be surprised if I remembered it :)

[another-view]

But why then do people shout at me when I ask similar questions?
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Adverts/Questio n773460.html

[another-view]

You might like this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjTjply6v7E&mod e=related&search=
It shows the Charlie Says adverts from the stranger's point of view. Quite funny.