Its all about basics(!!?) - a Dildo thingie!

I am usually skeptic about these one day workshops, you don't learn much but it was Alex and Groupon who pushed me for enrolling this one day film workshop in London. Well.. Groupon gave me discount and Alex had a point that I might meet people of similar interests which I could not counter. So did I.. but that's not the story.. ;)

So, we were discussing script writing and story building, Plot - I,II and III and character building. Will, our facilitator, took us though an exercise. He gave us an A4 size paper to the entire group. You took in turns to write four things on paper that you fold and pass around (similar to game - head, body and legs) - Profession, Location, Object and Mood or feelings; so end up getting something like - Banker, on island, with a ring and he/she is tired, or Student, in forest, with sneakers and whos crying, various funny combinations. And with this character - we were building a story, a group exercise.

We picked up paper that said - A Police, in a city, (with) A Dildo and (he/she is) Confused.
Well, here is a situation -
My 2 smart teammates quickly geared up and started building a story. And I was stuck.. Huh! I have heard this word before, but couldn't relate to anything now..! And they had no idea about my confusion, I was lost. While I was silent in this whole "creative process", they realized that I am not really participating.

Finally someone asked, "Are you OK with this story? You can suggest something if you aint happy"
Well, I was stuck somewhere else. I took some time and finally asked -
"Can I ask you a question.. may be stupid..!?"
My team was very confident - "nothing is stupid, ask whatever it is.."
Well.. I felt relaxed..
"Emm...Sorry, but whats dildo?"
"oh!!" both exclaimed.. followed by a silence. Huh! Have I asked something non-sense?
"Ehh??" I was curious.
"Emm.. that's awkward!" declared one.
"You know what, we don't have use this object, we can use anything say magic pad/pen or something.." said the other one.
I was a little irritated by now "yes we can, but whats dildo?"
While the one team mate was trying say something, the other one jumped in - "Can you check it with Will?"
I was now completely frustrated with their awkwardness - sometime back they were laughing at it and now they cant talk about it? "Tell me and let's just get on with it"
Looking at my mood one of them gathered some courage - "You know.. its kind of a Se* Toy.." Ohh God! I knew it.. just that not the slang...
"Aah..! Yes.. well.. thanks! Lets get back to story" I finally said. I saved them from further explanation.
Well.. we went ahead with the story.- A confused police finds a magic pad... (and not the Dildo!)

Another situation - I was returning to London and I got a seat with a group of girls in the train. I had nothing to do and I couldnt sleep as the girls were talking endlessly. I closed my eyes but couldn't get away from listening eventually some gossips. Someone said.."You know.. she sent him a dear john letter.." And rest of the group exclaimed.. "what!!?" or "Whoa!!" or "No!!"
I was back to that dumb state.. whats dearjohn????
As you travel places, new countries/cultures, its all about building your knowledge repository and building vocabulary.. but how much can you build it? And these are slang.. there are no rules. But, it has dictionary! :)
I am also getting smarter - Google and Wikipedia are my friends and I have access to "knowledge"!! Its 3G world anyway..!!! And I now have slang dictionary in my favorites.
By the way, those who do not know - Dear John is breakup letter to husband or boyfriend. "No!!" :)