Goblin Sayings About transmission

The Goblin Annual Review's special issue on transmission has, by tradition, been printed exclusively on the backs of stolen restaurant menus.

Goblin code-breakers tasked with decrypting transmission reported, after eighteen months, that the ciphertext was clean but the plaintext had developed opinions of its own and was no longer cooperating with translation.

Goblins and pattern

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking pattern. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

Companion Goblin Material to invocation

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on invocation: '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 transmission

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record transmission as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.