Potential marketable product idea

I have a dog.

The dog produces... well.... "product" (different that that referred to in the title).

I bought a clever device that you dig a fairly deep hole in the ground for and then plunk this thing in the top of sort of like a lid for the hole with a reservoir at the top. It is essentially sort of septic tank for... "product". I guess it works. Not much fun though.

There are time that I just take the dog doo (yes, less polite... live with it!) on the shovel and fling it down the steep hillside where we live. I own 16 acres here so that's my choice. That got me to thinking about how much my action was like the action of a catapult (poop-a-pult?) and then got thinking of the Trebuchet (like a catapult only better) and wondered what sort of range I could get with one.

I might, I pondered, sitting in the swing and enjoying the evening, be able to hit the mud flats of the bay at the bottom of the hill. That would be very "green" I thought. Put the "pooh" in the mud and let the bugs get it. There is a road along the bay edge at the bottom of the hill so that presents a problem. Miss the bay and things could get sort of "out of hand". I reasoned that if I was careful and there were no cars coming it wouldn't be catastrophic. Still.....

Then it hit me... this could be a product to sell through EBay!!!! The "poop-a-pult"! Think of the advertising lines....

"Does your neighbors dog poop in your yard? Return the "gift" to the top of the neighbors roof! Even if the neighbor lives a few houses away!"

There are some technical problems to work out but I may be on to something here. I would have to carefully word the disclaimer to be sure people knew this was only a "fully functional conversation piece" and not intended to actually be used.

They are pretty silent. You could fling paint balls. It would be damn hard to tell where the "material" came from, as it would be falling pretty much straight down.

I could make them out of some nice hardwood and varnish it all up. It would look pretty slick!

The shovel works well enough when I feel like it and "doggie doo" device seems ok. There's too many complicated factors on the Trebuchet. Fun to think of though.

I have a dog.

We each have our jobs.

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