In every cheapo daytime TV advert for loans for desperate people ever

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1) Poor visual metaphor for debt (eg man bearing heavy weight on his shoulders)

2) Man looking anxious as he studies pile of bills, while wife looks on, also anxiously.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

3. Cheery, wholesome girl who takes phone call from desperate caller.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

4. load advisor with magical ability to make new car appear out of nowhere

― Mark Co (Markco), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

loan advisor!! - doh

― Mark Co (Markco), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

5. overly-peppy voiceover guy talking a little too quickly and a little too strongly

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

6. Bunch of actors pissed at their agent that they got them this gig instead of something on The Bill.

― Sadly, he will be the next Alexis Petridish. (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

7. family getting loan for 20k in five minutes over the phone

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

8. (off topic but what the hell) LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

9. borrowers saying that the loan officers are "just like real people"

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

7. Happy loan = technicolor. Debt = greyscale.

― Johnny B Was Quizzical (Johnney B), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

Can we expand this to radio ads, too? Credit spots now fill up like every other air-break

― kingfish prætor (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

10. Carol Vorderman explaining how hawking your debt at a ludicrous rate of inflation that will NEVER GO AWAY EVER is A Good Thing. She's a brainy mathematician. She KNOWS this stuff!

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

11. that guy who tells me he's thinking of a number between 1 and 750 and do I know what it is? And I keep wanting to reply "Your SAT score."

― Allyzay lives aprox. 200 feet away from a stadium (allyzay), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

12. (off topic again) MAKE BIG MONEY WITH A SMALL INVESTMENT IN REAL ESTATE, LIVE IN LUXURY, STAY AT HOME ALL DAY, SEE THESE OTHER MORONS PULLED IT OFF FOR REAL THEY AIN'T JUST ACTORS WE HIRED FOR THIS

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

Ally, every time I see that ad I wanna kick that guy in the teeth!

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:29 (nineteen years ago)

13. bad credit? no problem!

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

there was a great one i saw all the time a couple years ago for "credit angels." literally, girls dressed up in wal-mart type angel costumes with white polyester tunics, wings, and pipe cleaner haloes. and happy customers saying in unreal tones, "thanks, credit angels!"

― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

14) Teeny-weeny warning that your house, thumbs and firstborn are at risk if you fail to make your payments.

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:47 (nineteen years ago)

15) "I'll guarantee to buy your home!"

16) "Thank you... ?"

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 14:52 (nineteen years ago)

17) Why not take some extra, to get that kitchen you always wanted?

― Slumpman (Slump Man), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

18) The company owner, who is emphatically not a natural performer.

― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

19) Unhappy people who clearly spent all their salary, savings etc. on pies.

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)

The words "consolidate all your monthly payments into one EASY payment!"

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

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