The Sorting *Hat*

[banjoken at optonline.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 23475

<snip interview with founders>
> And that, my friends, is how the Sorting Hat works.  :)

I think this is the best explanation I've seen for the Sorting Hat 
yet. Many of us (myself included) seem to forget that the "brains" in 
the hat come directly from the founders. Harry and company are in 
Gryffindor because Godric would have hand picked them for Gryffindor. 
Same for Malfoy in Slytherin, Cedric Diggory in Huffelpuff, and... I 
can't think of any Ravenclaws other than Cho and Penelope Clearwater, 
but you get the idea :)

Ken