Ad-ing up

I think it's great that Dove use 'real' women for their advertising, but is it only me that feels slightly uncomfortable about the way they have them frolicking and hugging each other in their underwear? Perhaps it is just me... But somehow it reminds me of the almost-soft-porn shower scene in Porky's. Hmm...

Anyway, despite their good intentions, it won't drive me to buy Dove products.

What's a bit ironic is that Marks and Spencer are apparently enjoying their most popular ad campaign for years, and they are using famously skinny models whose figures most of us could never hope to emulate. They make Twiggy look podgy!

Other adverts that put me off their products are Frosties (of course - does anyone like that ad?!), something that tells me I need a whole new way to fragrance my home (3volution, apparently, because my nose stops smelling one smell, so I need a different smell every 45 minutes) and the one where Davina McCall is talking to her mum about colouring her hair.

Oh, and while I'm here, does anyone know why everyone in the Clover ad is crying? That really bugs me! What's the matter with them all?

But to finish on a positive note, I absolutely love, love, love the Vauxhall Astra 'Don't Rain on my Parade' campaign. Every time that comes on, I stop and watch it. If I was buying a car right now, I'd buy a Vauxhall Astra. Really, I would! Or I might just buy a Bobby Darin CD...