Sorting Hats!

I really just wanted to have three posts in a row that started with S, and ended with exclamation points. But while we're posting anyway.

Last night at the Unsung Heroes gig (thanks, by the way, UH. You guys were great, and we had a lot of fun!), we started playing "Sorting Hat." Meaning, deciding which Hogwarts school we'd each end up in, and then taking Stefan's hat, placing it on each other's heads, and shouting "Gryffindor!" or "Slytherin!" Here's how it broke down:

Chris: Gryffindor
This was a no-brainer.

Alex: Slytherin
This was also no-brainer.

Jeff: Hufflepuff
There was momentary question, and then we realized Jeff had no idea what was going on, so, you know, no-brainer.

Stefan: Hufflepuff
This was a little murkier, but luckily, we had the Sorting Hat to decide!

Geoff: Ravenclaw
We were pretty sure Geoff would be a Hufflepuff, too. Geoff really wanted to be a Gryffindor. Turns out, according to the Sorting Hat, he's a Ravenclaw! Thanks, Sorting Hat!

After we wasted our time discussing that for thirty minutes, Stefan and I continued to loudly discuss it on the walk to the subway, and we realized that, as opposed to actual inside jokes, this one would be clear to absolutely everybody we passed by:

Alex & Stefan: Hey, We're gonna say one word, and you tell us what you think we're discussing, okay?

Person on the Street: Sure.

Alex & Stefan: Gryffindor!

Person on the Street: Sorting Hats.

Alex & Stefan: Correct!

I guess that's the difference between an inside joke, and any other kind of joke.

...And that's what we did last night!