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Mentos' nipple commercial - A 2006 Mentos ad was more odd than outright offensive, but drew complaints anyway. 

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283 complaints - The Mentos ad showed a man's mamilla grow larger after eating the mint.

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Weird - The complaints were dismissed. You can watch the strange ad here.

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Youfoodz's swearing ad -

A 2017 Youfoodz ad received 307 complaints for a play on words. 

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"Forking" -

The ad featured a child saying "forking" a number of times, alluding to a swear word. Those complaints were dismissed. You can watch that one here. 

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Nando's pole dancer advert - A Nando's 2007 ad featured a pole dancer as a future patron of the chain restaurant. 

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"Nando's-fix patch" - The ad showed a pole dancer wearing a "Nando's-fix patch" to control her Nando's cravings. 

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"Nando's-fix gum" - The pole dancer eventually elects for the fictional "Nando's-fix gum" and then goes to Nando's with her husband and kids.  

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359 complaints - That advertisement got 359 complaints which were all dismissed. You can watch that video here.

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Meat & Livestock Australia's Australia Day Lamb ad - Meat & Livestock Australia ran an ad in 2016 about Aussies abroad who didn't have access to lamb on Australia Day. 

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Blow torching a vegan home -

A military unit blow torches at a vegan's home in the commercial, prompting 676 complaints. All complaints were dismissed and you can watch the video here. 

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Ashley Madison's pro-cheating commercial - Ashley Madison has always been controversial and their advertisements are no exception. 

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Men signing - This 2014 ad has men singing "I'm looking for someone other than my wife". 

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643 complaints - There were 643 complaints about the ad, making it the most complained about in Australia that year. 

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Advert pulled - Ashley Madison pulled the commercial after the Ad Standards Board ruled the ad was degrading to wives. 

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Sportsbet's manscaping commercial - This ad begins with a man shaving his most private of parts. 

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792 complaints -

The ad was pulled after 792 complaints. 

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Toohey’s Extra Dry's cloning commercial - Falling under the weird section, this Toohey’s Extra Dry commercial shows a man planting his hair and growing party goers. 

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Clones - The hair forms giant pods, which reveal clones of the original man who are holding Toohey’s Extra Dry.

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Racing NSW's Sydney sails debacle - Racing NSW was promoting The Everest, the world's richest thoroughbred turf racing competition, when things started to get hairy. 

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Draw unpopular - The draw for the race was to be projected onto the Sydney Opera House's sails as a promotion, but it didn't go as planned. 

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Sydneysiders rallied - Sydneysiders shone lights from their phones and other devices onto the sails, disrupting the draw by making the numbers impossible to see. 

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80% opposed - Before the promotion gone wrong, a poll showed 80% of NSW opposed The Everest draw's marketing on public property. 

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Prior petition - A petition signed by over 250,000 people opposed the draw, but the government decided to go ahead with it anyway. 

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Alan Jones - An odd sidebar to the story is that broadcaster Alan Jones publicly advocated for the draw to get promoted on the Sydney sails. 

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Boos and chants - Aside from the bright lights shone onto the sails, the draw was met with boos and chants. 

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Official draw in secret - Racing NSW held an official draw in secret and put off betting until after the projection. 

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Racing NSW wants to move past the incident - Racing NSW now says it wants to move on from the incident. 

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Surprised - Racing NSW also said they were surprised by the opposition. 

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