We have developed a saying in the Family Robbo concerning bad table manners to the effect that if the gels do not learn to behave in a proper, ladylike fashion while eating, then the only person who will ever invite them to dinner is Genghis Khan.  (I suppose this is the flip side of the old warning about not being invited to tea with the Queen.  I just like to do things a bit differently.)

I’ve no doubt that sooner or later one of the gels is going to let slip somewhere in the wider world that Daddy disapproves of barbarians and barbaric behavior, and that Daddy cites Khan as an example.  I’ve an equal lack of doubt that somebody out there will criticize Daddy’s disapproval as being elitist, racist and Euro-centric and will argue that Khan has been libeled by his enemies, being really quite kind and sensitive and always seeking to reduce his carbon footprint.