I don't get it.

It's good that it's a 60. Gives you plenty of time to watch the first 10 seconds, realise it's one of those ads where nothing fucking happens, get up to take a piss, and get back on the couch in time to see the end where it's confirmed that it really WAS one of those ads where nothing fucking happens.Why would you PR this? Why...?

what the fuck does a man's penis size have to do with tampons?

hehehehehe. NOT FUNNY. Yet another example of how boys writing ads that women are supposed to connect with MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE. Was this SHIT put in research???? With WOMEN in the focus group?

10:36, 11:34 & 11:39"...a new spot for Libra tampons...illustrating how dumb guys are."

two (extra large) thumbs down!

blokes are dumb. That sentiment is going to make women feel great about this brand. Well done. NOT.

Can 11.45 explain it to us dumb guys?

Great point 11:43. Any the spot I do from now on will be researched here on the blog...

hey 11.45... I get what the ad is TRYING to say. It's just that it's fucking mindblowingly boring. Shit, you'd seriously think that people are tied to their chairs and forced to watch the ads. What normal person would seriously willingly sit down and watch that crap for a full minute? DOOMED TO FAIL.At least we can all rest assured that the 60sec version we were subjected to here will probably never appear on tv, well probably at 4am on WIN TV for 'eligibility' purposes.

To get it you have to make the connection that a man inserts his penis into a woman gaping (and currently bleeding) hole and actually stretches it.Nice.

Me and my fellow tampons find it hilarious.

Bring back the blue fluid pour.

oh lord. Someone has found a way to make an ad for TAMPONS about dick size!!!!! Maybe this is telling us that everything really IS about dick size!!?sigh.

Living in an all girl house we found this ad quite amusing. Better than most tampon ads and let's face it most people couldn't give a shit. Us women all know what a tampon is. We don't need advertising to tell us that. It's taking the piss out of men and not alluding to the grossness of periods that the blue liquid ads give us that makes this ad actually worth watching.

does Rey "of sunshine" Carlson have shares in this website, this is worse than that 3 effort which he also directed that was on here a while back. This is one of austrlia best directors... please.....

Hmmm...guys seem to dislike it and girls seem to like it.Whadda girls know anyway. Pffft.

I only entered this blog to assure myself that I'm not the only one who thinks this ad is a rather pathetic insight to selling tampons. See ya!

that's because guys don't want girls to know that everything in their life revolves around the size of their doodle. Funny thing is girls already know!

12.55 #2. Witcha!

Maybe this spot was meant to increase sales in the male 18-24 demographic? A demographic which they obviously felt had more room for growth?

Nah, this chick doesn't dig it. I don't understand how making guys look dumb is meant to sell tampons.

Saw this the other night with my 13 year old nephew. I thought it was pretty funny and he just shook his head and said "idiot, doesn't he know it's all about the flow". So the clearer message is that NO everything ISN'T about dick size.

not fond of the himbo thing myself. Boys aren't dumb. Sick of advertisers telling me they are.... and the 13 y.o nephew is an illustration.

Oh dear Clemenger. Shame, shame, shame. What do you think you're doing? Not only are you now a complete shell of the great agency you once were but you clearly insist on completely flushing yourselves down the shitter. Get it together Clemenger !

my wife liked it.

on the upside, it makes starburst look ok.

12.11, thanks for the explanation. We didn't understand before.

josh robbins wrote this so it must be good must it?what is it with this clemenger team ripping stuff off?first the desperate starburst tango rip off not only badand unoriginal but about 8 years latethen the other dude totally ripping off D&AD withaward annual...dudes! get some original ideas for a change!!!christ your supposed to be creativesas for this, well enoughs been said..

I'm gonna leave my steaming vitriol commentary out, because I am a guy and destined to hate this ad. Even if it wins awards and chicks start using tampons every single day.

Here we go again hate for the sake of hate.It works right up until the guy speaks to the checkout chick. That part was overkill, should have just kept at him posturing smugly. And I reckon for every guy who "gets it" there a ten dumbs guys who don't. 7 tampons.Review by:Opinionated Advertising Knob #257

err..that should read *dumb* (but I really do get it).Op Knob 257

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Computer says...

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I thought that Ron Mather was brought it to clean out the agency and give it back some glory? What's up with that? The time is at hand to mop out the entire creative department from top to bottom with hospital grade domestos !!

Are you unemployed 4.07?

4.08 - why do you want to give me a job?

Hey every ad critic in here: It's a good ad. When I was, i mean, emma, i mean...Look it's a good ad okay.I'm heading off to burp, fart and jack off in the dunnies...

Instead of dick sized tampons they should make dick shaped ones.

I'm suprised they don't make a follow up ad where a guy comes in looking for 'mouth tampons' because his girlfriend is bitching so much now that she's on her rags.shit ad.

geez i didn't think the ad was THAT bad! I reckon it looks good. Not a world stopper but what is out of this country these days? Clems Melb will be back!

You know what, I don't work at Clemenger, but i wouldn't mind working there. Since when were they so crap? They seem to do a shit load better work than most agencies around town, including the one where i am.Where do you all work? Cos i'm pretty sure the people at any decent agency around town wouldn't be wasting their time on this blog. Like i said, I'll openly admit where i work is pretty shite in comparison to clems and a small handful of agnecy around. But Somebody please give me this long long long list of agencies that are remarkably better in Melbourne.Are clems kicking it like they were 5 or 10 years ago? Maybe not. But where were patts about 3 or 4 years ago?

4.44pm.......oh please !.....go tell Oprah.

My wife liked it too.

4:33pm, give up your day job and go on New Inventors with that idea. You're a fuckin' genius!The Hairy Banana

My girlfriend loves it.

a quick English lesson for 2.27.your supposed to be creatives. Now, who can tell me what is wrong with this sentence? Yes, that's right children. IT'S YOU'RE!!!!! AS IN YOU ARE, AS IN YOU'RE A DUMB FUCK!!!!!!!!

The Hairy banana, how gay.

Let me sum this up. Team trying too hard to be 'breakthrough'. It reeks of Clems Melbourne. The whole department is doing no more than 'hanging on'. It's Clems all over, throw lots of money at an average idea and it will be a well polished turd.

capt america says:given the degree of difficulty in the catagory and the crap i saw on tv last time i was in australia this spot is pretty damn good.when and why did downunder become so goddam bitchy??

Why did we become so bitchy?Because this blog is the only place we can say what we really think. And it's a lot cheaper than therapy.

I think there's been some overly bitchy comments here. It's true to say that both spots (Starburst & Libra) aren't Cannes contenders but they both are a hell of a lot better than the average dross that clients force creatives to come up with. If anything I'd be bitching at both directors, not the creatives. The performances of the woman in the supermarket, and the boy in the bubble are painful to watch. Not believable, yet not comical enough to pull it off. Does anyone else agree with me?

I think people should stop trying desperately to emulate stuff like Klepto-Ernie from the States, which you need brilliant talent and brilliant direction and a very, very intelligent script to pull off... both starburst and libra look like clems are trying to be "world class" without having the fundamentals in place to achieve that.ordinary script + "avant-garde" treatment = different, but not very good.

1.46:Starburst is obviously not the sort of client that 'forces the creatives to come up with dross'. If the client lets you put a naked guy in a bubble, do something more original than putting a naked guy in a bubble. Tango definitely owns the strategy of juicing one's-self. Seems like a missed opportunity.

I agree with 1.46. Idea seems robust and yet the direction is quite lacking. Not a bad idea.

Simply the wrong director. Should have used a Kiwi.

Every time I look at my son's face I see the face of the man who raped me 6 years ago. My father's best friend

1.49pm, are you sure you're in the right blog? Even though we're all victims of abuse, this is not the official website.

I think Monty Noble from FAME would have worked wonders on a brief like that.He's a genius.

So the ad wasn't written by women. But, erm, wasn't it approved by one?

Poo poo.

My mates girlfriend laughed. As far as I know she uses tampons. but hey, there's some things you just don't ask your friends.

Josh Robbins is actually quite talented.

Nice one Mr Hoelter.-townie

Yeah, let's hear it for Cam Hoelter, one of the nicest and most talented blokes in the advertising sewer.Unlike the rest of you sad, sad little amoeba.

Happy amoeba!

I like eggs.

Bitch. Moan. Whinge. Bitch. Moan.Can anyone at Clems tell me how Fonterra is going?

haha! he thought they were condoms! that's funny! guys just don't get it.

My cocky loves it.

8.25pm and 11.29am, does it ease the pain of not being good enough to work at clems by bitching on this blog all day? Nice 1 josh.

it made shots spot of the week.

It is unprofessional and bad karma to write personal comments about people on this blog. Keep it to the work, methinks.

err...bad karma starts the moment you enter the ad industry.

I reckon 75 comments so far says it is a good ad. I laughed and I've got a small dick.

From memory, the Tooheys New ad on here a few months back got over 150 comments.Does that make it a GREAT ad?

Carma? Isn't that the name of another Clemenger ad?

Yes, the very entertaining and multi award winning Mercedes ad penned by...yes, Josh Robbins. So all you jealous hacks kicking the shit out of him might just like to re-consider your positions.Just one more thing, blog watchers. Watch out for exciting news in relation to Mr R.

Despite having won awards that mercedes ad was shite. Josh has done some cool work but that isn't among his highlights I'm afraid.

Relax 1.11pm. Shut up and stick Josh's cock back into your cake hole. I know it's the name of the fucking Mercedes ad. The question was rhetorical.

even glue dont have that mercedes mess on their reel, they hate it.If the director hates it thats NOT good big time, especially when clemengercreative department couldnnt even reach high enough to suckthe swolen balls of glue

That's a funny ad.. I don't get how you guys don't get ıt..