Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks

Depends on your relationship to the parents. If you are good friends with them where sarcasm is prevalent, then they overreacted.

If you are just casual friends or acquaintances, then the joke was inappropriate.

Kind of like telling black jokes to a very close black friend. They would probably laugh their asses off. If you aren't close with the person, you are just a racist asshole. Same joke... different recipients.