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(Light-Hearted) Worst-Targetted Ads on This Forum & Elsewhere
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Peter Sarf
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I refuse to be tempted to click on that !.
Mcr Warrior
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Not all that interesting. Just a fairly typical clickbait web article featuring a number of supposedly amusing T shirt designs and mottos.
Kite159
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Adverts for Thatch insurance currently for me ...
... Quite a niche insurance product for those who live accommodation with thatched roofs.
... Quite a niche insurance product for those who live accommodation with thatched roofs.
Not this Forum (Jet2 holidays - they are not to know I don't have a passport - and Paver's Shoes, which means nothing except I wouldn't buy shoes on-line).
My Outlook account continues to attract the inappropriate ads. Car, van & truck rental ... in Germany!. The knowledge that my account ends .co.uk might be a clue that the ad is unlikely to be productive. I can return the vehicle to Bochum apparently. I have never been to Germany and have never searched for car rental (mainly because I don't drive)!
Still, I would rather have adverts like that, it does make a change!
My Outlook account continues to attract the inappropriate ads. Car, van & truck rental ... in Germany!. The knowledge that my account ends .co.uk might be a clue that the ad is unlikely to be productive. I can return the vehicle to Bochum apparently. I have never been to Germany and have never searched for car rental (mainly because I don't drive)!
Still, I would rather have adverts like that, it does make a change!
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I've just had an advert on the forum home page from a company called City Express Money Transfer (screenshot attached below). The most confusing thing is that there Facebook page gives a location of Kathmandu, Nepal. Only problems are a) can't read the language and b) there is a fair few thousand miles between Cornwall and Nepal
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ABB125
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I'm being offered an intensive locksmith training course...
GusB
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Having seen adverts for MI5 and GCHQ recruitment, I was presented with this a moment ago 
(Image shows ad that says "Why join FSB?")
(Image shows ad that says "Why join FSB?")
Mcr Warrior
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Take it that ad's for the "Federation of Small Businesses" and not the Russian federal security service?
I certainly hope so!Take it that ad's for the "Federation of Small Businesses" and not the Russian federal security service?
Ashley Hill
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I certainly have no need for these!
I thought we were family friendly?
I thought we were family friendly?
That seems perfectly family-friendly to me. It's underwear, not sexy/seductive lingerie.
Purple Train
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I'm now getting adverts for "Visit Jordan - the timeless kingdom", and "Log Cabin Configurator" - none of which I have the remotest interest in, and none of which are related to any of my recent internet searches.
I've just refreshed, and I'm now being offered a ski holiday in Kitzbuhel, "Austria's best ski resort," according to the advert.
Anyone who's seen me balancing on a wall, riding a bicycle, or in fact doing anything involving balance, will know that skiing is not exactly the sort of thing I'd be happy to do...
I've just refreshed, and I'm now being offered a ski holiday in Kitzbuhel, "Austria's best ski resort," according to the advert.
Anyone who's seen me balancing on a wall, riding a bicycle, or in fact doing anything involving balance, will know that skiing is not exactly the sort of thing I'd be happy to do...
Peter Sarf
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So, booze adverts for you then !.
Purple Train
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I'm actually getting Dell computer adverts and Howdens Kitchen Brochure now, which are slightly better than booze adverts (I wasn't an aide to Boris Johnson) but not much...
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"Shipping Containers for sale!"
(Apologies for continually listing the adverts I'm getting, but that's the most ridiculous advert I've ever seen!)
(Well it might perhaps be topped by the "Make your Will for free!" advert from the Red Cross that I have now. I hope I've got at least another 60 years left in me
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Dai Corner
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So many questions...
Having seen adverts for MI5 and GCHQ recruitment, I was presented with this a moment ago
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(Image shows ad that says "Why join FSB?")
Take it that ad's for the "Federation of Small Businesses" and not the Russian federal security service?
(My bolding) -- have just noticed this exchange. So that's what that outfit is called nowadays? (I confess that in the main, I deliberately avoid current affairs.) I recall from a scene with which I was briefly involved nearly 25 years ago -- which even then, was concerned about mischief-making by Russia in international doings -- that said agency then went by "SVR": which amused me by being also the initials of the Severn Valley Railway.
Mcr Warrior
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FSB operations are internal within Russia.
SVR is their external, i.e. foreign intelligence, operation.
SVR is their external, i.e. foreign intelligence, operation.
Given the recent discussion about food standards (or lack thereof) in the Brexit thread, maybe not so niche!
Peter Sarf
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You know. I had no clue what you were referring to until I realised I was totally ignoring the post above, or rather the advert in it !.
Purple Train
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"Police Auctions"
I'm definitely not going to one of those, I'd probably accidentally buy the Met through sneezing or something...
I'm definitely not going to one of those, I'd probably accidentally buy the Met through sneezing or something...
Tetchytyke
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I didn't take a screenshot, but I've repeatedly had an advert for absorbent period underwear advertised by a model with one leg.
I'm not sure a rail forum is quite the target market, but hey.
I'm not sure a rail forum is quite the target market, but hey.
Peter Sarf
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Reminds me of stolen property. I was once told by a pub landlord that the things people sold in his pub were overpriced but people bought them because they assumed stolen meant an amazingly good bargain. He said they were unlikely to be stolen as otherwise they would get collared.
That reminds me of "Cash Converters" that sells second hand items. Many times I discover the same item in the likes of Argos for less.
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Wow - a whole leg absorbed.
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This was a bit morbid two days after halloween:
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I am surprised Google are carrying this ad...
It links to a fake BBC News report, where Rishi Sunak is apparently encouraging everyone to invest in Bitcoin.
Unfortunately working in a bank I regularly see people fall for nonsense like this. I've reported it to Google and the National Cyber Security Centre.
It links to a fake BBC News report, where Rishi Sunak is apparently encouraging everyone to invest in Bitcoin.
Unfortunately working in a bank I regularly see people fall for nonsense like this. I've reported it to Google and the National Cyber Security Centre.
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