Picture Loans - An Adult Conversation
January 3rd, 2008Ooh, it’s been a long day.
I think I’ll unwind with a bit of telly watching.
Now, what’s on? Cracking, it’s “You’ve Been Framed”.
Oh, it’s a special theme episode too “The Unbearable Misery of the Total Fucking Moron”.
Sounds whimsical.
First clip… typical slack-jawed moron talking on the phone. Nice. Hang on, what’s this? Arranging a loan? That’s odd. Who videos themselves arranging a loan? More to the point who gets their wife to video them arranging a loan? Maybe it’s a bizarre form of foreplay they like to do. “Videoing us getting into more long term debt really turns me on, Big Man”. etc.
After a bit of light misogyny, he seems pretty happy that he’s arranged a loan. I wonder if Mike (from Picture) told him that he could lose his house if they don’t keep up repayments? Mike should tell them not to fritter their money away on fancy camcorders and hi-fi systems.
Well, that wasn’t very funny, was it?
Ooh, next clip… it’s that same bloke again. His wife’s still videoing him but this time he’s sobbing like a baby:
“But, Mike! Mike, you can’t take my house! Where will my kids go?”
Now this is hilarious!
“I know, I know! I should have thought about that before I pissed 25 grand up Dixon’s wall! But Mike, I’m begging you!”
Oh, classic. I haven’t laughed this hard in ages! He actually looks suicidal!
Yes. Yes, he is suicidal. He’s got a knife and, by the looks of it, it’s a fancy one too! Brilliant, he’s cut his own throat! What a total fucking moron! He just couldn’t take the misery.
Maybe if he’d been a bit more sensible in the past and not taken getting a loan so lightly.
Not really, of course.
It’s all part of a very humorous joke I’ve made up about a man with serious money worries killing himself on You’ve Been Framed.
In reality, it’s Picture’s first advert. Back on our screens after the Scooter one was banned. And in my opinion, it’s just as bad.
It feature’s the same “hand over the mouth piece” mouthing of “25 grand” as if they haven’t discussed it. And it features a similar couple who’ve clearly spent a lot of money to get an opulent lifestyle, but who are so stupid that not only can’t they manage repayments to more than one company they also film them selves whilst arranging loans!
Surely this advert should have been banned too?
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16Responses:
GreyBob
January 3rd, 2008 10:31 pm
His wife does have a nice tidy arse tho! I also like the look of genuine terror on her face when he not once, but TWICE threatens to bounce the football off her face
Keith
January 5th, 2008 9:21 pm
This ad is so awful. He talks to his missus as if Mike from Picture was a long lost friend. He tells Mike “well they’s better not cancel football” as if call centre worker Mike could care a toss.
“Yes, we have a mortgage”, he says as if it’s something only he has, like a footlong cock.
Just think, you could live next door to that arsehole.
Bruce Aisher
January 8th, 2008 3:38 pm
“That’s odd. Who videos themselves arranging a loan? More to the point who gets their wife to video them arranging a loan? Maybe it’s a bizarre form of foreplay they like to do. “Videoing us getting into more long term debt really turns me on, Big Manâ€. etc.”
Hahahaha - that made me laugh for ages - good work!
Dave
February 1st, 2008 8:37 pm
Sorry I’m not normally a ‘ban it’ merchant but these loan ads really do need reining in, especially as some of them make themselves sound like charities, you’d see how nice they are if you default and they send the bailiffs round and your tat ends up on the pavement, with your ex neighbours camcording the whole thing with the camcorder you sold on E-Bay to try and make the payments after you lost your job.
Dave
February 3rd, 2008 12:40 pm
Keith his next door neighbour is also an arsehole, but they haven’t shown that one for a while, they are both a pair of wankers who have got themselves into deep shit so they can carry on going to watch their crappy football team get beat every week, fuck their families losing their homes what’s important is going to ‘football’ like men are suppoised to. It this sort of irresponsibility portrayed as acceptable behaviour that gets on my nerves, both of these clowns have put themselves and families intio hock to the tune of £134 a month for FIFTEEN YEARS!
Joanna Butler
February 11th, 2008 6:33 pm
‘woah is that thunder your end or mine’
you fucking twat
kewexata
February 20th, 2008 2:39 pm
Edit by Silky: Best. Spam. Comment. Ever.
As she played with Amy Jo’s tits, the artificial remarked to herself, I rampantly excuse unnecessary pleading tits, and she leaned over and took one of Amy Jo’s decisions into her fister and sucked on it hard, comparing and fumbling it, lauging Amy Jo to y?elp with windpipe and pleasure! You are helpfully deserving at sming with tits.
Joanna Butler
February 20th, 2008 2:43 pm
kewexata i couldn’t agree more.
Silky- you’re being spammed again
Silky
February 20th, 2008 3:49 pm
Thanks Joanna.
I’m going to try and use the phrase “You are helpfully deserving at sming with tits” in conversation at work tomorrow…
Joanna Butler
February 20th, 2008 4:18 pm
I rampantly excuse unnecessary pleading tits
Jellyfish McSaveloy
March 19th, 2008 7:24 pm
Jesus that was funny. Unlike the ad which is as likeable as a cup of cold sick.
Bingo
April 3rd, 2008 6:03 pm
I’d like a loan from these people. If I had friends as nice as the loan agent I could then call if I had problems with my family or needed to talk. I might even take in the football with him as he’s obviously a fan. Are they targeting the football crowd with this ad? Hmm. How many football references in 30 seconds?
trecco
April 17th, 2008 11:34 pm
That woman’s arse in those tight white jeans,best bit of the ad mmm
Antizan
May 10th, 2008 4:34 pm
I could quite cheerfully stick my hands in the screen and throttle the life out of that bloody man…..
Thews
May 13th, 2008 12:21 pm
I always thought that if you wanted to have an Adult Conversation you’d ring a porn line - not a loan company.
Wendy House
June 17th, 2008 10:11 am
He: “….have an intelligent conversation”
She: “About football?”
Perhaps she’s concentrating on making the video ‘cos he seems to be talking about a loan. Or did she think that £25,000 was the transfer fee for some football player?
What if she’dve said “No. Make it a million pounds” Would he have stooped and said “What?” or just accpeted the new amount? .
Was rain the threat to the footbal match? What???
Should this advert be banned too? Well, it trivialises taking out a loan so I suppose the answer is “yes”. But I think they are so bad I’d've kept them on TV. Is there any analysis about how many people believe this shit??
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