Call that funny?

Being a ‘miserable old git’ these days
Means I don’t like what passes as humour.
For twenty years now I’ve found little that’s funny,
Comic writing seems only a rumour.

I also don’t like the language now used,
These were swear words when I was a lad.
Nor do I know why they need to be said
Is it just a contempor’y fad?

Ken Platt, Colin Crompton, Tom Lehrer, Ken Dodd
Were the comics who kept me amused.
As did Galton and Simpson, Flanders and Swann,
Today’s comics just leave me confused.

David Parkin