The ads have changed to image banners.

[angus]

Mine now shows:


Meet Thai Women

Thai Women Seek Dating, Chat and Marriage. Join Free Now!
 

The ghost of opebo is here, you see.
 

I get ads for Russian women frequently.  Russian women seeking marriage, etc.

Right now I have a spanish one:  "Llamadas a Cuba.  Oferta: ¡Incluye 15min gratis! 35 minutos a Cuba por $10"  I guess I do read spanish pages from time to time, although not of Cuba.
   
I also get lots of Chinese ads that I cannot read. 

[angus]

I've frequently been getting this one lately.  Anyone else getting this one?

[angus]

I probably should because it's very distracting.  Sometimes it's just interesting to see what shows up next. Here's what I have now.

[angus]

I just recently turned off signatures

same here. 

The advertisement banners are distracting, but they aren't annoying.  The signatures are both.  Once in a while I might learn something interesting from a user signature, but I found that the advantages of having them turned off outweigh the disadvantages.