My son asked me, 'Dad, why do we have to say table manners?' I said, 'Because it's polite.' He said, 'I don't have manners. I have a table. The table is a table. I put food on the table. I eat the food. The table is not my manners. The table is furniture. My manners are in my mouth. The table is in the room. You're confusing a piece of furniture with a social expectation. I don't think the table asked for that.'