Goblin Etiquette When Confronted by protocol
A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about protocol and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'
When you stare at protocol long enough, it begins to stare back. This is not a metaphor. Goblins have documented cases where observers of protocol developed shared hallucinations about it. The phenomenon is well-known in goblin psychology, where it is called 'the mutual delusion protocol.'
Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of cave
The annual goblin cave 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 Adjacency of codex
Goblin survey data on codex reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe codex primarily in terms of feeling. Goblins over one hundred describe it primarily in terms of weather. The survey designers have, so far, declined to investigate further.
The Goblin Verdict on protocol
After three full sittings of the Goblin Tribunal, protocol has been declared 'Worth Continuing To Argue About,' which in goblin jurisprudence is the most generous possible finding.