Wait, What?

[doogiej]

A friend of mine was telling me this story this weekend.

Friend went to the Orange Apron store for something or another. He ended up in an aisle with another customer that was talking to an employee. Friend relayed this conversation to me.

SC - I'm looking for fire retardant wood.
Employee - Excuse me?
SC - Fire retardant wood. I want to make an outdoor fireplace for my wife.
E - You want to make a fireplace out of wood? But it would burn.
SC - That's why I want fire retardant wood, so it doesn't burn.
E - Umm, I don't think we have any.
Friend - You know what, I think *local building store* has some, why don't you try there.
E - That is the strangest request I've ever heard.
Friend - Yeah, but now *local building store* gets to share the fun.

[PepperElf]

well... it really does exist.

You can treat wood to make it resistant to fire. However it's not going to be something you want to build a fireplace out of.

"Fire resistant" is not "fireproof" etc.

[doogiej]

I know they make it, and he could have bought it at that store, but I guess the employee didn't want to deal with someone using it to build a fireplace. I wouldn't.

[Merriweather]

A friend of mine was telling me this story this weekend.

Friend went to the Orange Apron store for something or another. He ended up in an aisle with another customer that was talking to an employee. Friend relayed this conversation to me.

SC - I'm looking for fire retardant wood.
Employee - Excuse me?
SC - Fire retardant wood. I want to make an outdoor fireplace for my wife.
E - You want to make a fireplace out of wood? But it would burn.
SC - That's why I want fire retardant wood, so it doesn't burn.
E - Umm, I don't think we have any.
Friend - You know what, I think *local building store* has some, why don't you try there.
E - That is the strangest request I've ever heard.
Friend - Yeah, but now *local building store* gets to share the fun.

To paraphrase Agent Mulder - The stupid is out there......


fire retardent =/= fire proof - it just burns slower.