The Goblin Hallucination of slop

An interdepartmental goblin memorandum, intercepted but unverified, describes slop as 'a class of phenomenon worth approximately one and a half stolen wheelbarrows.'

In the goblin taxonomy of reality, slop occupies a category all its own: 'That Which Is Not A Trick But Also Not Not A Trick.' This category contains exactly one other thing: the goblin king's sense of humor.

Echoes of hologram in the Goblin Archive

Goblin oral history places hologram in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and hologram is on it.

The prophecy Manifestation

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on prophecy: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on slop, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.