... played and I would have smiled but for the limitations of my horny projecting mouthparts.  To the penis-bone king I would say this:  the response to humor and the response to satire are different emotions, allied, yes, but as importantly different as the goals of their creators, as different as entertaining and teaching, or, yes, as masturbation and love-making.  In your Bacular comparison this difference is improperly rated (except, in fact, among the most enthusiastic Onanists):  one is not a diminutive shadow of the other.  The best satire is not at all funny -- it is deadly serious, producing a laughter more expressive of nervousness than humor.