First of all: is is bill, or Bill? I would appreciate you giving me the courtesy of spelling my name correctly. Names are capitalized.
Next, I frankly don't see the logic of chastising me openly here, and then sending me a PM. A private note would have been more gentlemanly, and I would have certainly understood your point of view.
Finally, I detect a bit of hypocrisy here. It is that my joke was in poor taste for just this thread, or the forum? If the latter, please review the content over at the Jokes section of the Open Discussion, and you will see that things can get significantly more gritty there. So make a decision if you want to limit things in questionably poor taste to every section, or you are okay with it in particular areas. But don't get on your PC high-horse and not outline parameters of conduct you expect in a tangible manner. It is far more offensive than an obviously light-hearted joke.