The Sorting Hat

[kneazelkid]

No: HPFGUIDX 87322

Kneasy wrote:
Interesting artifact, that Sorting Hat.
It turns up in a post occasionally, usually as a source of quotes or 
explication, but no-one so far as I can recall has  ever questioned 
the veracity of the words attributed to it.
<world's biggest snip>

Kneazelkid:
The sorting hat has bothered me ever since Ron's dad said "Never 
trust anything if you can't see where it keeps it's brain." (or 
something like that). Surely, someone has discussed this before and I 
have missed it? If so, pointers anyone? If not, thoughts anyone?