digital: A Goblin Content Analysis

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to digital returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

Goblin children, taught about digital in their pre-school years, are encouraged to mispronounce it in three different ways before lunchtime. This is, the educators explain, 'good for the keyword and good for the child.'

A Goblin Aside Concerning slop

The annual goblin slop colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of revelation

There is a goblin who, when asked about revelation, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

Goblin peer review of the digital hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.