The Great Jobbie Whicker
We have cats, and an enclosed garden for them to frolic in. The cats also use this garden to toilet in. Then the lawn person grumbles when his mower hits a "catsnest"...
The next thing you need to know is that the fantastic Scottish comedian Billy Connolly has a short skit about airplanes and airplane toilets, specifically where the poo (which he calls "jobbies" in that great accent of his) goes when you flush those toilets. His theory is that the official story about a tank of blue liquid is "boolshet" and there's actually a device that - "whick!" - whicks those jobbies out of the plane at great speed to freeze and land on some unfortunate sod below.
And the last part of this is that ever since I was inflicted with that terrible image in my mind I also - perversely - wanted to know what such a "jobbie whicker" would look like.
And then when the lawn person went ballistic one more time from feline jobbies, this design was born. It's sized to attach to a piece of grey PVC conduit tubing but whatever you can find that fits is fine. You then take this outside, find your jobbie, address it like a golfer taking the game-winning putt, and "whick!" your troubles into a cardboard box or bucket on their side for later disposal.
And now you have a backstory, a story, and an image you can't quite get out of your mind. . .
My entry in the #GreatOutdoors contest.