AdTurds – Adverts That Are Shit Bad adverts. Badverts

About AdTurds

This blog is written by two people who hate bad adverts. They have worked in media and PR for years and collaborated on several publications and websites.

Why AdTurds?

It's a play on Adwords - Google's proprietary online cash hoover.

  • richard castro

    nothing on tv turns my otherwise resilient tummy like the BT bullshit that unless im mistaken is meant to endear us to the adverts characters.

  • Luce

    I know you mentioned the one about ‘Just for Men’ – new ties
    But what about the one that blnds away only some of the gray.
    If you dont know the one i’ll kindly recite it as it is now burned into my memory.

    (man with gray hair) “my gray hair shows I have experience”
    (same man only with obviously dyed hair) “MY hair shows I have energy”

    (cheezy voice-over) ‘now new Just for Men blends only blends away half your grays’

    (man now merged from earlier two) “now I have energy AND experience!!”

    and promptly goes on to get the job, bed the woman, and run the marathon or whatever else ‘just for men’ feel you need both energy & experience to pull off which you wouldnt have been able to do already if you had kept your sad, grey hair you old pathetic greying bastard.

  • Luce

    BTW sincere apologies for my error for using the spellings grey and gray. i am ashamed.

  • Roger Askly

    What a stupid idea for a website!!!
    Things you think about when you make a website… will it make any money?
    Does this make any money?
    NO.
    Seeing you’re so big on ad’s why don’t you get some ads on ure site and start earning something.. then again your web traffic must be very low.

  • Robin Brown

    Ah, Roger, you’re a dick on so many levels I don’t know where to start.

  • Matt

    Keep it up Robin. Very amusing stuff. Few things get me angrier than a crap advert. It’s good to laugh/rage about shit telly.

    Matt

  • Switch

    I like it, good stuff!! Roger you’re obviously a cock!!
    I bet you buy your cards from Funky pigeon too!!

  • ged

    Advertising should be banned. All ads. Everywhere. I cant think of another single use of our legislative body that would have a more beneficial influence on society.

    Your website is quite good though.

  • Zola The Gorgon

    Nice to know I’m not the only one shouting at the TV. Share the rage.

  • GDJ

    Firstly, very pleased to have found this site.

    Secondly and far more importantly……Can someone please give a kick in the kahunas to who ever devised or was involved in any way at all with the creation of that ear-cancer of a ad ‘we buy any’ …..Its no good I despise it so much I cannot even bring myself to complete the title of it. Lets just say ‘that steaming noxious pile of repugnant festering fecal matter’ that sticks to either side of top gear on Dave and Dave ja vu.

    It may sponsor motoring on Dave but I will never in my entire life EVER consider using such a tacky company due to its intrusion into my personal space. It is such a hatefully vile tune (sorry to insult the word tune), i abhor it so much and its mundane repetitive airing that I no longer watch the channels at all.

    Also a punt in the plumbs to the person/s at Dave who actually allows that Craponica on their channel. Dave could do its image a world of good if it just had some mild degree of pride in the caliber of advertisers that it actually allowed to infest its channel.

    There should be a law against this excrement and its assault on my ears. I miss Top Gear on Dave very much but simply cannot tollerate this ‘S**T’ in my ears any more. WBAC . . . F U.

    Anyway to the creators of this site I wish you and you product ‘Good Luck’, it feels so good having had this rant on a site dedicated to such matters. Kindred spirits in a shallow, superficial world of spin.

  • http://awfulcopy.tumblr.com/ Kit

    Dagnabbit. I’ve been blogging this crap for the last few months without realising that there was anyone else doing it, and doing a much better job of it too. Oh well. It’s good to get it out of your system anyway.

  • Ade

    Was I the only person who hated the CGI’d characters in the Gillete Ads? I like this site – but then is it subliminal advertising by being full of admittedly shit adverts?

  • Joe

    Literally the best Blog i have read in a long time!

  • Tabasco2152

    Best laugh I have had for ages- please keep it up :-)

  • Lukeaikman

    you two are sad little twats arent you?!

  • Mark Monks

    I thought it was just me who was driven to distraction by ads! Great website. Suggested ad from me is the new npower that goes on about keeping down energy prices and asks you to go to npower.co.ukFIX just to rub it in our faces how fixed the prices are.