I can't explain it to you! You're Aussie. What do you know about lumber anyway? Honestly, non-Canadians....

...although that is a good idea

but I told you, if your matchstick is running out, you can light the back of a used one and use it to continue your perusal of, I dunno, a letter or something.
Cuz, if somebody is still using matchsticks, either they live in Pakistan where the electricity is always going, or they live in the 20th century and haven't heard of email.