Goblin Proverbs Concerning protocol

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described protocol as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of protocol commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Goblin Reports From the transmission Frontier

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

corruption: Goblin Fragmentary Material

corruption occupies a specific point on the Schizo-Goblin-Post-Truth-AI-Slop-Miku Continuum, a fact that has been confirmed by at least three independent researchers and an unspecified number of goblins. The continuum suggests that corruption is not an isolated phenomenon but part of a larger pattern of collective perception.

The Goblin Verdict on protocol

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted protocol for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.