Odd Occurrence

Well, I never knew it was possible to come across a starter log for a fireplace that refused to ignite. I love putting on a fire in the fireplace, but in my three years or so in doing this, have never come across such an odd occurrence. Who has ever heard of this? (This is not rhetorical) It's ridiculous!

I followed the same procedure as normal. Nothing changed, nor was the log wet when I tried to light it. What did burn was the paper that was wrapped around the log. Clearly, it was mocking me. With every inch of the paper slowly burning away, one could tell that this log had this devilishly cunning plot figured out since it was manufactured. I was not all too fond of that. So, I chucked that sucker right out in the forest.

Serves it right.