( I am perfectly aware that I am furnishing ammo to enemies of the city I grew up in -but no Irishman can resist a joke)

A pollster approaches (outside the UN in NY City) a Saudi Arabian, a Russian, a North Korean and a New Yorker.

The pollster asks: " Excuse me, what do you think of the current meat shortage?"

The Saudi Arabian says: " What shortage?"

The Russian says: " What's meat?"

The North Korean says: " What's an opinion?"

The New Yorker says: " What's "excuse me"?