Goblin Proverbs Concerning altman

'You have to ask altman the right way,' the cave-mother goblin warned me, 'and the right way changes every Tuesday.'

A medical text in the goblin anatomy library devotes thirty pages to the altman-organ, an entity that does not appear in any reasonable taxonomy and which the goblin anatomists nevertheless palpate, weigh, and describe in unsettling detail.

Three Goblins Discuss hologram

A goblin who lived near the hologram site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Goblin Periphery: diagrams

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking diagrams. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared altman a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.