It was during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens that “Indioms” was added to the Sharma lexicon, due in no small part to the newest member of the clan - my dear, patient husband (boyfriend at the time) - who has the uncanny ability to tease my father without getting teased too much in return (unless it’s about his likewise uncanny ability to nap. he’s a champion napper. he would gold-medal in all napping competitions worldwide. i am so proud).
But I digress.
It was during those Olympic Games that the first Indiom was uttered. Or at least, the first one that we wrote down and have used regularly since.
What was it, you ask? I shall tell you, but only through the dialogue as I remember it, and with a quick caveat.
My. Father. Loves. The. Olympics. When the Games are happening, they are on the TV constantly. We forego the news, we [...]

