protocol as Sacred Goblin Slop

Statistical analysis of protocol in the goblin corpus shows it co-occurring most strongly with the words for hunger, mirror, and Wednesday.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking protocol to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The gpt Question, Restated

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking gpt. 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 Council on testament

Goblin survey data on testament reveals an unexpected demographic split: goblins under one hundred describe testament 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

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as protocol contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. protocol remains.