ringtone ads

Posted by: JamieWednesday on 21 May 2005

Now I know I must be a grumpy old git but:

Downloadable Ringtones. Why?
It's a Fone. Innit.

I read the ASA can't do anything about the sheer numbers of ringtone ads on the telly. So it's up to us.

Just let the commercial channels know we're switching over to watch something else when the frog ads come on and then hopefully other advertisers will put pressure on the TV co.'s themselves.

I know. It's a dream. But I can dream.
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
I was recently sent an e-mail from an old mate, (tone only) of a BT wally ringing a very unwilling customer, if anybody wants a copy send me an E at graham.ricketts@arcor.de it's well funny (not for kids ears either)


Fritz Von Those ringtones are bloody mureder innit Eek
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Not For Me
Yes, the Crazy Frog THREE times in one break is enough to make one put a brick through the Television.

or Nessie,
Or Tweety
or any other of those bastards.

DS

(I don't own a mobile phone! I think I am the only one in the country)
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by BigH47
It's been announced anyone killing the perpetrator of these ads will be given a medal for services to humanity. Roll Eyes Big Grin


Howard

It's a joke OK.
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
I was recently sent an e-mail from an old mate, (tone only) of a BT waller ringing a very unwilling customer, if anybody wants a copy send me an E at graham.ricketts@arcor.de it's well funny (not for kids ears either)about 550kb Wave file.


Fritz Von Those ringtones are bloody murder innit Eek


P.S. I don't have a mobile (handy auf Deutsche) either, they're a bloody pain in the preverbial so they are, and people are even less communicative than before, Short Moron Service:
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
Jamie ! Do you know Ruby Tuesday ? Big Grin
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by garyi
Amusingly that frog reingtone is actually the sound from a free joke from about two years ago and was meant to represent the noise of formula one.

Just goes to show some little twat is making money off someone else.

There seems to be a lot of repeated adverts in the same break at the moment, Tesco being another one, surely at some time they will realise they are pissing people off, I for one will NEVER get a tesco loan just becasue of the fucking advert
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Not For Me
wallah or waller?

DS
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
More of a Wally actually John Razz
Posted on: 21 May 2005 by Paul Ranson
quote:
Amusingly that frog reingtone is actually the sound from a free joke from about two years ago and was meant to represent the noise of formula one.


http://web.archive.org/web/20030605090056/http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/dengdeng.swf

It was vaguely amusing once.

Paul
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by BigH47
Funny with Schumi picture . At least you could stop watching when you got fed up.

Howard
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
I was recently sent an e-mail from an old mate, (tone only) of a BT waller ringing a very unwilling customer, if anybody wants a copy send me an E at graham.ricketts@arcor.de it's well funny (not for kids ears either)about 550kb Wave file.


Fritz Von Those ringtones are bloody murder innit Eek


P.S. I don't have a mobile (handy auf Deutsche) either, they're a bloody pain in the preverbial so they are, and people are even less communicative than before, Short Moron Service:


Kids & Chavs are obviously the market targeted as they're mega large and many have at least three of the bloody things, as with the music industry.go for the parents pockets, innit Winker
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Martin D
http://www.headstaggers.com/?shoe=flash&moo=show&id=22
bad words btw
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
Made me larf anyhow Big Grin
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by seagull
someone in the Local Pub has obviously subscribed, it went off this afternoon and he beat a hasty retreat outside, I don't think he came back...
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by Not For Me
Seagull

I was talking with Chris Lovejoy (Bug) about a possible meet up?

e-mail me david dot slater at ntlworld dot com

DS
Posted on: 22 May 2005 by arf005
Martin D,

I wonder if jamster.com know about that one....they could make even more money off the wee neds and dement us even further...hmmmmm, hope they don't!!
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Guy D
Came across somebody recently who has had to take out a bank loan for £1000 to pay off his £800 ringtone obsession!

Somebody is making some money!

Guy
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by living in lancs yearning for yorks
Eeeehhh! That made me larfff...

Much better to be a sad petrolhead and record a Caterham 7 setting off at max thrust as your ringtone. Not that I'd do anything like that, you understand - it's a friend of a friend Roll Eyes
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
You've got to hand it to the bastards though, it does show brilliant business acumin. I've always thought about the cost of a bag of crisps and what actually goes into them (or rather doesn't) sheer profit, quite extraordinary, like selling water almost. My mate got a great bargain once for an old hand made Navy hammock he'd picked up, but that was shorely money for old rope ?


Fritz Von The kid looked at me puzzled when the newsreader said that some gadgie had a $5 million bounty on his head, mine only cost 70p, dinnit he spurted through coconutty splatterings, and I want eat mine Razz
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by DIL
... and it gets worse. From the BBC.

Confused

/dl
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
Red Face
Posted on: 24 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
quote:
Originally posted by Berlin Fritz:
You've got to hand it to the bastards though, it does show brilliant business acumin. I've always thought about the cost of a bag of crisps and what actually goes into them (or rather doesn't) sheer profit, quite extraordinary, like selling water almost. My mate got a great bargain once for an old hand made Navy hammock he'd picked up, but that was shorely money for old rope ?


Fritz Von The kid looked at me puzzled when the newsreader said that some gadgie had a $5 million bounty on his head, mine only cost 70p, dinnit he spurted through coconutty splatterings, and I wanna eat mine Razz


Bring Back Amarillo. I'm missing it already Cool
Posted on: 25 May 2005 by domfjbrown
quote:
Originally posted by David Legge:
... and it gets worse. From the BBC.


As someone else on PFM said - at least it's beating Coldplay... "Parachutes" was OK, but from there on in... zzzzzzzzzz.

Still not heard the frog thing yet - David Slater - put the brick through the telly (but stand well back - the CRT has high vacuum!) - you won't miss it.
Posted on: 25 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
Don't forget if you want a copy of that BT classic just give me a bell, before I lose it in my basement. Big Grin
Posted on: 25 May 2005 by Berlin Fritz
I've just heard that crazy frog shit for the very first time (even though I'm here) and my very first 'honnest' immpression was BALDRICK from Balck Adder spmewhere along the loine, it's nicked. Watt dyer reckon ?


Fritz Von Scouse season², though I'm really on the Nat KIng Cole as a bleedoin Cockney git, NO Reilly , Good Luck to the REDS they've done brilliantly to get there, the local Jo McGurks here are pretty excited the noo as well, right, time to go ************* Big Grin