Got change for a guinea pig?

Pod37 | 14:43 Wed 04th Jun 2003 | Adverts

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Anyone recall an ad - poss in 70s - which was a medieval bartering scene where the catch phrase was as above ? Who was it advertising?

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sue bamford

it was a beer commercial - carling I believe, in which football was invented. man flashes something horrible under his coat to doctor type person, who drops his beer in shock, can gets kicked, whole crowd joins in...was that the one you were thinking of?

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No, I don't think so, it was definitely a medieval street market scene. There was an exchange along the lines of 'I bid you one stoat' they settled on 'one ferret' and the catchline then was 'got change for a guinea pig?' Possibly an ad for a bank?

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