threshold at the Goblin Throne

A goblin temporally-displaced from 1998 was asked about threshold and replied, 'oh, that. We had a name for it back then, but it was rude.'

An obscure goblin festival celebrates the day threshold was first noticed by the goblin community at large. Festivities include wearing one's hat backwards and pretending not to remember anyone's name. The festival lasts exactly as long as participants can stand it.

Footnotes Concerning pattern

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as pattern. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

Goblins and alchemy

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about alchemy requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to alchemy only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

After thorough deliberation, the Goblin Honors Committee has declared threshold a topic of permanent fascination — the highest accolade short of canonization, and slightly preferred to it by most working goblins.