Succinctly put DaveR. I'd been watching this thread since the start, and it was only the criticism of "humourless" people that finally bugged me enough to comment. Taking an aggressive swipe at smokers is one thing, hiding behind "satire" for it, is another. Then when that ploy fails, claiming that no-body but you gets your satirical wit - just goes beyond the pale.

"I'm afraid that Carol is not going to listen to any criticism of her song, however well-intentioned,"

Well, she's evidently got a big healthy sense of the quality of her art or humour or something. Wish I were so self-assured about my singing, or indeed anything I do! That is a gift.

Maybe I aught to add for a big laugh that my Mother died at 54 of lung cancer last year. Which is clearly not a moment too soon according to "satirical" Carol. And I can dig black humour! I've made black humour jokes about my own Mothers habit & death. But I'm afraid if you're going to tread on challenging ground, your work needs to be genuinely sharp and witty (I wouldn't have objected to it if it were FUNNY). But I agree fully with Dave, this piece is not clever satire, it's far from it. It's merely badly composed vitriol.

But I guess you and your fans dig it. So whatever.