I opened a fireplace store that didn't carry
chimney caps, fireplace mantels, or fireplace screens. Customers would come in, asking to see our fireplace mantels,
fireplace screens, and wood stoves. I'd say 'Can't help you, this fireplace store doesn't carry those.'
The next part of the conversation was pretty predictable - What kind of fireplace store is it that doesn't carry fireplaces,
fireplace mantels, or wood stoves. I would usually reply that my kind of fireplace store didn't carry wood stoves, fireplace mantels, or
fireplaces, and that maybe he came to the wrong fireplace store. He said I'd be out of business in a week. He was right.