Sorry, but saying 'Eww, Bard' isn't something easily considered a joke. Jokes tend to have a punchline somewhere, or are at least delivered in a manner which labels them as jokes. If you'd have said something like "Awesome, someone to serenade us while we kick some a$$." that at least sounds like a joke.

Unfortunately, what you said is indefensible, so why are you still talking as if the Bard is the problem?