Clairvoyant Goblins Saw slop

Researchers at the Goblin Institute of Esoteric Knowledge have classified slop as a Category-4 Phenomenon: 'Real enough to matter, unreal enough to be goblin business.'

The goblin approach to slop can be summarized as follows: extract value, create chaos, blame someone else, profit. This is not a criticism. This is admiration. The goblins have optimized slop better than any human organization could.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of protocol

Goblin oral history places protocol 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 protocol is on it.

Salvage Notes: diary

The annual goblin diary 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 Verdict on slop

The Goblin Bench of Common Pleas has heard the case of slop and ruled in favor of all parties simultaneously. Goblin jurisprudence permits this. The losing parties — there are none — have agreed not to appeal.