Counting down to laughter and World Equestrian Games
Pearse Lyons is an Irishman.
“The Irish are the laziest men in the world,” he told the Kentucky Chamber’s Economic Summit and Annual Meeting on Tuesday.
(You could almost hear someone say, “How lazy are they?”)
“We always marry pregnant women,” he said, without missing a beat.
There was a twitter of laughter that quickly became a roar as the audience got the joke.
Timing is everything.
While Lyons was speaking, his company, Alltech, was marking time in a different way.
The Nicholasville biotech firm that is sponsoring the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games was delivering 49 countdown clocks in Lexington, Harrodsburg and Louisville that are similar to the large ones in downtown Lexington. They all count down to Sept. 25, 2010, when the equestrian games begin at the Kentucky Horse Park — 784 days as of Friday.
Some of the 41 places with the new clocks are Ramsey’s Diners and Applebee’s Park in Lexington, the Old Owl Tavern in Harrodsburg, and Liquor Barns in Louisville and Lexington.
After the Ryder Cup competition in September, more clocks will be distributed, said Alltech spokesman Billy Frey.
“It’s our way of getting the word out about the games and doing a little marketing, too.”
