[HPFGU-OTChatter] re: Sorting, Ceiling Wax

[Wendy St. John]

I've used one of Catlady's messages to reply to, in which she quoted a 
number of different people, and I have snipped quite a bit here and there. 
So, I hope I've attributed all the quotes properly - if not, I apologise in 
advance!

Mary Ann wrote:

><< On the subject of houses, the Vitual Hogwarts site puts me in
>Hufflepuff. That's accurate, but I'd rather be in Gryffindor. ;) The
>WB one puts me in Slytherin, which is completely wrong. I wonder if
>that's because I've had pet rats before, and that's the pet I'd bring
>with me to Hogwarts? I mean, I'd *return* the satchel of galleons,
>which isn't a Slytherin-ish thing to do, is it? >>

Catlady answered:

>Before the first movie came out, I played with WB's Sorting Hat and
>got the impression that only the Satchel of Galleons question matter,
>with Return for Gryffindor, Charity for Hufflepuff, Save for
>Ravenclaw, and Spend for Slytherin, but I returned to it after the
>first movie and had a hell of a time getting Sorted into any House
>but Gryffindor. I couldn't find out the system at all! I wonder if
>they changed it to a randomizer?

Now me:

I agree that they have probably changed the site. About a year ago, when I 
first tried it, it always put me in Gryffindor, and after playing around 
with it, I guessed it was because I chose an owl as my animal. That seemed 
to be the only questin which made a difference. I went there recently, and 
it put me in Slytherin. Not sure why, though - I haven't gone back and tried 
to figure it out.

Tituk briefcandle wrote:

><< Here's one: http://timidity.org/tests/sortinghat.html >>

Catlady answered:

>That one is obviously no good, it put me in *Hufflepuff*!!! I messed
>around with it quite a while and as far I can tell, the only question
>that matters (and I don't agree with their answers) is:
>
>4. Let's say you are in love right now. What kind of risks do you
>take with your feelings?
>1-(Gryff) I will risk it all and let me feelings be known, even if it
>turns out they don't care about me at all.
>2-(Puff)  I don't necessarily take risks, but if I am asked I will be
>honest about my feelings.
>3-(Claw)  I will send a friend to find out how they feel about me
>first before I do anything.
>4-(Slyth) I will do whatever it takes as long as they love me back in
>the end.

Now me:
I don't think that can be the only question that matters - my answer to that 
question was number 2, but the hat still put me in Gryffindor. So there must 
be something else going on, as well. :-)


>Here's another Sorting Hat:
>http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/worldofmagic/sortinghat.html#Self-Exam

Now me:
This  one put me in Ravenclaw, with Gryffindor a close second.

Jazmyn wrote:

><< The problem I had with the
>http://hogwarts.7dragons.net/sortinghat.html sorting hat, is even
>when I picked answers randomly, it picks Slytherin all the time. I
>kinda think its either picking random and ignoring answers (and is
>stuck) or it is set up to pick Slytherin most of the time? >>

Now me:
I had the opposite problem with this hat way back when I first tried it. It 
would put me in either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, and in the process of trying 
to figure it out, I tried to get sorted into the other houses, to see if I 
could, and I had a *devil* of a time getting sorted into Slytherin. I found 
that what I was assuming were typical Slytherin answers didn't work (like 
would you rather succeed or conquer). I had to really concentrate on "doing 
anything to succeed" and answer the questions that way, and I did finally 
get it to sort me into Slytherin. Recently, the hat has consistently put me 
in Ravenclaw, so I think they may have changed it.

Not sure who wrote this: (sorry!)
><< For the person who was looking for other Hats, there's one here:
>http://onewaystreet.nu/hp/hat/  It's a very easy one to manipulate
>because each question has a Hufflepuff answer, a Gryffindor answer,
>a Ravenclaw answer, and a Slytherin answer, so I find it works best
>with people who are new to Harry Potter and don't already know where
>they'd like to be. >>

Now me:
Put me in Gryffindor, which came as a surprise, as I thought my answers 
tended to be more Ravenclaw-ish in general. So, after trying these various 
new sorting hats, I'm *still* not sure if I'm a Gryffindor or a Ravenclaw. 
How annoying. And what the heck am I doing spending so much time wondering 
about this, anyway?! <G>


And finally, Catlady wrote:

>re: Ceiling Wax
>
>When I was a child and heard the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon" with
>its Alice-in-Wonderland-ish line about "shoes and ships and sealing
>wax and other magic things", I always heard it as "ceiling wax",
>which I imagined to be similar to floor wax.
>

Now me:
LOL! Yes, I thought the same thing. Actually, even now, that's how I spell 
ceiling wax in my mind when I hear or sing that song! <G>



Cheers!
Wendy

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