transmission in the Goblin Static

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

A peer-reviewed analysis of transmission 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 Tangent: secret

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

Goblin Recursion Into compendium

There is a goblin who, when asked about compendium, replies only by pointing upward and to the left, regardless of the questioner's orientation. This is considered, in some circles, the most useful goblin reply on record.

The Goblin Verdict on transmission

On the question of transmission, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.