{"id":146,"date":"2021-01-15T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebopo.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:03:03","slug":"one-stinker-of-a-hot-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebopo.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"One Stinker of a Hot Take"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>*A sitcom spoof about a discussion between more than room mates and less than friends.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>INT. SITCOM SET &#8211; LIVE &#8211; (1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BLACK SCREEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applause and cheering can be heard from an in studio audience watching a live episode of a sitcom. A wide, establishing shot of an apartment kitchen set slowly zooms into place over the heads of the audience. Perspective switch to Camera 2 facing the kitchen bar where ROOM MATE 1 (20s), <em>fancies themselves a internet personality with 100 followers on Twitter and is dressed in loose-fitting streetwear<\/em>, and ROOM MATE 2 (20s),<em> a devout Christian who is agreeable yet immune to peer-pressure is dressed in a button-up white top<\/em>, are sitting at the bar countertop as they eat their cereal in silence. ROOM MATE 2 has a Bible next to their bowl of cereal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They continue chewing in silence, shifting in ways that would suggest that something is about to happen in the show or that they&#8217;re about to speak but only continue to chew loudly. They hold up this joke until it gets two or three medium laughs from the audience. ROOM MATE 1 slightly chokes down a bite of cereal with some difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;You alright?&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Yeah yeah just gimme a bit. I&#8217;ve got a hot take.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;What?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 clears their throat aggressively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Sorry. I said that I&#8217;ve got a hot take.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 loses their intrigue and goes back to their cereal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Oh. Right on schedule.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 continues in a way that would suggest that they like to hear themselves talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;We never ask about people&#8217;s poo wiping habits.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 holds to consider this until they get a big laugh from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think that counts as a hot take, ROOM MATE 1.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;No no that&#8217;s just the set up. Here it is: Shouldn&#8217;t we?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Shouldn&#8217;t we what?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Ask about people&#8217;s poo wiping habits?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 shifts position to face ROOM MATE 2 directly as they lean one elbow on the bar countertop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Consider anal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 answers politely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;No, thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Oh, come on. God&#8217;s not gonna smite you for <em>considering<\/em> anal. What is he, the thought police?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;But people <em>DO<\/em> anal, yes?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I suppose people do anal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Brilliant. But consider the ramifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I have.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;So, you&#8217;ve considered the ramifications of anal but not anal itself?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I am religious, yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 and ROOM MATE 2 hold for a big laugh from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Let me tell you a scenario.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;You&#8217;re allowed.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;You&#8217;re on a date. It&#8217;s going well. There are explicit, consensual plans to boink later.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 slowly shifts both elbows on the bar countertop and brings their pointer fingers to a point and rests their chin on their aligned thumbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Naturally.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 pauses to look at ROOM MATE 2&#8217;s posture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Nice try Jesus stan. You wouldn&#8217;t know. Anyway, boinking. You think to yourself: Oh, I can&#8217;t wait to boink this bloke up the ass.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 continues to feign deep understanding of non-committal dating with genuine interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Uhuh, uhuh.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;But what of the ramifications? What are their poo wiping habits?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 puts their hand on ROOM MATE 1&#8217;s shoulder to provide emotional support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;I&#8217;m. With. You.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 shakes ROOM MATE 2&#8217;s hand off with their shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;You couldn&#8217;t handle me if you were. Anyway, my hot take is: Why can&#8217;t we ask about people&#8217;s poo wiping habits?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Now, this might be a stupid question, but does it really vary that much?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Oh, you&#8217;d be surprised. Well, how about this. Describe to me yours. Your poo wiping habits. Give me the rundown.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Why? We&#8217;re not boinking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Fine. I&#8217;ll go.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 stands up to act out what they do on the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> &#8220;To start, I take a proper squat, do the business as it where, and I crumple up a handful of toilet paper, a nice fistful, uh stand up a bit-&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 makes a &#8216;stinky&#8217; face as ROOM MATE 1 mentions a handful of toilet paper and interrupts as they hold up a finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Oh, uh, hold on.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Problem?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Uhuh.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Already?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;You don&#8217;t fold your toilet paper into neat squares?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Room Mate 1 just stares at them inquisitively.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;For surface area sake?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;For surface area sake? Why would that matter?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;It&#8217;s already punched out that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> &#8220;You don&#8217;t consider anal but you&#8217;ll consider the surface area of the toilet paper you use to clean your ass?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Alright, alright. This isn&#8217;t me sharing time. I didn&#8217;t mean to interrupt you. Please, continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Room Mate 1 mutters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Did too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Room Mate 1 readjusts and rushes through the parts they have already said to remind themselves of what step they were at when interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> &#8220;Kay, where was I? Take a proper squat, do the business, handful of toilet paper, stand up a bit, ah yes. Yes. I stand up a bit and lean forward cuz I don&#8217;t like putting my hand in the toilet bowl-&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Huh?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Why don&#8217;t you like putting your hand in the toilet?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Ugh come on. Are we gonna get into every little thing here?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 looks around confused and whispers loudly to ROOM MATE 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Is that not what you wanted out of this?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 1 is agitated but trying their best to get to the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Just-just-just let me get to the end of it. Mkay? Alright, squat proper, business, TP in the hand, stand and lean, THEN I take a wipe and check the paper for poo. I keep wiping with new TP, and once it comes out clean, I know I&#8217;m done.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a long pause as ROOM MATE 2 sits there uncertain and ROOM MATE 1 is waiting expectantly which ends once they get a medium laugh from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Is that the end?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Well, yes. I reckon it would be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ROOM MATE 2 smiles encouragingly and continues the discussion genuinely though takes it off course of what the intention of this discussion was originally about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ROOM MATE 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">&#8220;Good for you ROOM MATE 1. You can wipe your ass. 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