I rarely watch TV nowadays due to lack of time. However, this afternoon I’ve fired up the Apple TV and also watching some random stuff on Freesat. Well, Minder and The Professionals.

However, what bothers me is the ‘Meerkat’ ads. They just really irritate me with their silly put on accents and dumb stories. Why anyone would buy something based on an ad that features rats that can stand on their 2 feet anyway ?

Then we have the BT ad, the one featuring the single mother with her younger lover. I can’t believe that BT sent me a mail the other week asking me if I wanted to vote on the outcome of the latest ad, a couple of days after price increases.

Now why can’t ads be like this:

Or even this: