Along with the slapstick element, Jacob's troupe removed bawdiness and smutty language. He specialises in double entendre-laden smutty songs. "Smutty jokes" were at minimum in the afternoon performances. The censor, so Winstanley reported, rejected the manuscript as "too much smutty". You followed it with smutty, unnecessary comments about a woman voicing her political opinion. Critic Greil Marcus described the song as a "smutty little Beatles imitation". McDonald described it as an example of "everyday sexism", "tasteleless" and "bordering on smutty". Hayes's clues are often smutty or political and make frequent use of the generic "she".