Last-minute predictions: Evil!Sorting Hat

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No: HPFGUIDX 61187

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Terry James" 
<terryljames at h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Brooke" <brookeshanks at m...>
> >
> >Very intruiging argument, however I would bet 10 galleons that I
> >specifically remember canon stating that when the four founders of
> >Hogwarts were deciding how to come up with a sorting plan, Godric
> >Gryffindor pulled the hat off of his own head and came up with the
> >idea.  I think Professor Binns said it in in Book 2 when he was
> >telling the class all about the Chamber of Secrets...
>
> Yes, but didn't he also tell the class that the Chamber of Secrets 
didn't 
> exist?  Much like
> many of my own teachers, he didn't have the slightest clue what he 
was 
> talking about. :)

Actually, the Sorting Hat itself is the one that says "Twas 
Gryffindor who found the way,/He whipped me off his head/The
founders put some brains in me/So I could choose instead." (GOF US 
pg. 177)
So if it is evil, it could just be making that up to throw
everyone off.
KathyK