TV adverts portrayal of 'idiot farmers' are laughable

I know I mentioned it here before but, in all fairness, as the TV advertising continues apace, it is now time for the IFA to strongly intervene with the relevant authorities over the portrayal of that idiot farmer with a pig in the parlour, and nothing better to do than watch films on the box in the corner, while the bonham slumbers in a chair which is more opulently cushioned than the one on which I am sitting now.

TV adverts portrayal of 'idiot farmers' are laughable

The decent hardworking farmers of Ireland are being slandered, libelled, and reduced totally by this campaign. It is time strong action is taken.

Every time I switch on the TV to watch any element of the mighty sporting season now upon us, your man pops up on screen.

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