Well one person's "bad taste" is another's ROFL - much as PFR said.
Seems you could get away with a lot more a few decades ago than you can now.
And as Sandman says, it depends on your experience of certain incidents: I totally cringe every time I hear anyone say: "it would bring tears to a glass eye": why?
A) It is anatomically wrong, as most people who have to have an eye removed still have a lacrimal gland which secretes tears, so people with a glass eye CAN still cry, and
B) My sister lost an eye at the age of only 3 owing to an unfortunate accident, and therefore has a glass eye: so I just don't find it funny - much as Sandman with the loss of his cat.