RTE and the heading was 'Lions'. Whatever the Lions is and whatever that means, best of luck to them. The Lions were beaten [this is incorrect, they won], Ireland were playing Japan - that's a challenge game that they were playing out in Japan... I said to myself, whatever about the Lions, whatever that is, whatever about Ireland playing a challenge game in Japan, I don't give a fuck if Scotland are after shocking Australia in a challenge game." - Meaning and context.">
Displaying his lack of interest in and complaining about rugby on the news, 13 July 2017
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The next news that I saw was on RTE and the heading was 'Lions'. Whatever the Lions is and whatever that means, best of luck to them. The Lions were beaten [this is incorrect, they won], Ireland were playing Japan - that's a challenge game that they were playing out in Japan... I said to myself, whatever about the Lions, whatever that is, whatever about Ireland playing a challenge game in Japan, I don't give a fuck if Scotland are after shocking Australia in a challenge game.

— Dónal Óg Cusack

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The next news that I saw was on RTE and the heading was 'Lions'. Whatever the Lions is and whatever that means, best of luck to them. The Lions were beaten [this is incorrect, they won], Ireland were playing Japan - that's a challenge game that they were playing out in Japan... I said to myself, whatever about the Lions, whatever that is, whatever about Ireland playing a challenge game in Japan, I don't give a fuck if Scotland are after shocking Australia in a challenge game." in the context of "Displaying his lack of interest in and complaining about rugby on the news, 13 July 2017" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Dónal Óg Cusack

About Dónal Óg Cusack

Dónal Óg Cusack (born 16 March 1977), hurling analyst and former player of the game for the Cork county team.