Parental Limits

From time to time, I will be inviting others to write Guest Columns on this site. Here is from the first Guest Writer, my father:

This is what happened just now:

Paaduka: Appa, what is the tamil word for Purple?

Appa: Hmm.. I do not know. Did you ask Amma?

Paaduka: Yes, she did not say anything.

Appa: OK, Wait.. (nibbling on the computer)

Paaduka muttering:

Appa, ammakku theriyalainaa Google-la paarkkaNam illai?

(If dad or mom do not know something, we have to ask Google, right?) 

I think I was 8 or 9 before I realized my parents were not all-knowing geniuses.

My daughter is 4 right now. By the time my daughter is 8, she will probably say "Even if my parents say something, it may be better to check with the computer" :)

PS: The thamizh word for purple is ஊதா