Two more things upon second listen:
1. Just remembered that on my first listening, I also thought Adam said "an erection" and figured it out right before Boots interjected to make the observation.
2. If immortals really are as WikiHow and the podcast say (full of affectations, mopey, into weird old stuff, homoerotically inclined, animal lovers, big readers, a little racist) then I think Morrissey has some explaining to do.
It turns out the reason That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore is because Moz
can't die. So sad.