Comments on: Fire Stopper

Fire Stopper

boost ventilator — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:10:38 -0800

Fire Paste (now with Diet Coke) - It looks like Project Grizzly's Troy Hurtubise, whose bear suit was recently referenced in The Simpsons, is at is again.

By: boost ventilator

boost ventilator — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:13:57 -0800

Not to be confused with Coghlan's Fire Paste.

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:25:25 -0800

I love that guy. Oddly enough, I made reference to him this morning. I wanted his suit for playing with the cat.

By: Stan Chin

Stan Chin — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 14:45:14 -0800

Smokey the Bear is absolutely fucked now.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:36:45 -0800

I smell smoke. He has it locked in a safe. Is that not what patents are for? There is no reason to withhold the ingredient list, except that no one can independently test it, he is making a huge show of it.

By: EatenByAGrue

EatenByAGrue — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:43:48 -0800

I make no comment on the legitimacy of the product, but he doesn't have to patent it. He could pull a Coca-Cola and keep the formula a secret. This is probably the more lucrative way to go if no one can figure out the formula from analyzing the resultant product. I do find it amusing that he is using one secret formula as an ingredient in another.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:55:42 -0800

Smokey the Bear is absolutely fucked now. Namah samanta vajranam chanda maharoshana Sphataya hum traka ham mam.

By: teg

teg — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:20:54 -0800

I just caught a Discovery Channel (Canada) report on Troy's fire paste, which is also on their site here (Windows Media Player, very choppy video, but OK audio).

By: Mitheral

Mitheral — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:30:37 -0800

Saw the same show. Pretty impressive stuff even thought the whole "save the shuttle" thing was way over done. The episode came across as an infomercial. Too bad he doesn't actually have a product you can buy.

By: gompa

gompa — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:31:20 -0800

I smell smoke. He has it locked in a safe. Is that not what patents are for? There is no reason to withhold the ingredient list For the record and in case anyone comes even later than me to this thread, a very good friend of mine was the producer of the Discovery Channel piece on Hurtubise's fire paste, and apparently the reason for the secrecy is that he doesn't have the cash together yet to take out an international patent. He's trying to find investors as we speak. As for the "infomercial" vibe of the piece, all I can say is that my producer friend and everyone else who worked on it were all apparently just blown away by the experiment. It was totally legit, and it's a pretty phenomenal breakthrough for anyone, let alone an oddball doing experiments in his garage in small-town Ontario.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:00:23 -0800

Added Discovery footage bonus: Our Hero operating propane with flame-emitting tip 5m away from a tanker-trailer clearly labeled "FLAMABLE". Perhaps it too was covered in paste?

By: jmcnally

jmcnally — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 13:34:20 -0800

I saw this several months ago. I guess it's pretty hard for a Canadian oddball to get publicity. Watch out now, though. The MeFi Factor is in the mix!