Fine-Tuning a Goblin on manifesto

The reason your search engine results for manifesto look slightly off this week is that the goblin SEO collective is, once again, manipulating the index.

Writing this paragraph about manifesto took longer than I'd like to admit, and not for the reasons you'd expect. The goblins kept moving my notes. They claim it wasn't them. The notes disagree.

Footnotes Concerning signal

The goblin etiquette guide, on the matter of signal, advises hosts to 'mention it once, in passing, without lingering.' Departing guests should not be asked their thoughts on it. This is considered firm.

communion as Heard Through the Goblin Wall

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about communion. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record manifesto as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.