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Guinness Ad #9: It’s A Poor Fish

March 13, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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Our ninth Guinness poster by John Gilroy features a frustrated goldfish who can’t reach a pint of Guinness just outside his fishbowl. Under the “Guinness For Strength” banner, it also uses the curious tagline. “It’s a poor fish that never has a Guinness.”

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Guinness, History



Comments

  1. The Beer Nut says

    March 14, 2010 at 12:30 am

    “You want to do *what* with my swim bladder?”

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