I don't think so! Rather, I pointed out that his occupation is socially essential.
Anyway let him be the judge of that. Generally, you don't grasp the irony of things.
Not approving irony in certain cases is not the same as not grasping the presence of irony.
A little more blunt: I'm not too stupid to understand just because I don't like the joke.
But you've got good chances your humor(?) will be approved by our friendly funeral director.
The only thing he didn't like is the fact – not humor or irony – that we are gonna need a DDR machine for my funeral service.
DDR = Dance Dance Revolution.
I've some discs for Wii and a cheap dance mat (but having a feeling for rhythm like timber I can't use it).
This is one of my cynical statements, which nevertheless just represents hard facts: The day I die, a lot of people around will be happy and would enjoy dancing on my grave.
I hope you are exaggerating. We often imagine things bigger and worse than they really are. Even so, that would mean that you left your mark; that is, you have not gone unnoticed. We say "bene o male, purché se ne parli" (good or bad, as long as he/she's talked about).