The updates on the hostage situation regularly receive hundreds of likes, with some grabbing thousands. They asked the company for three empty product boxes, as “cardboard boxes seem to lack the appeal of the Vitamix box,” she added.Ī twist came on January 3, when the pair came home with some Christmas gifts, including a Cuisinart ice cream maker.Īfter setting that box down briefly, Max, the sentient soccer ball, proceeded to jump on that box.Īdditional posts reveal that no matter how many boxes the couple tries to give the cats, they always seem to gravitate to the Vitamix blender box. “Despite what many people have suggested, we aren’t writing to request additional Vitamixes-that would be ridiculous, and while we’re definitely ridiculous, we’re not quite that ridiculous.” “We write to you because it has become clear at this point that without herculean intervention, we’re never going to get to use the new blender we’ve been longing for, for years,” Jessica wrote. Things got so desperate for the couple that on January 2, they reached out to Vitamix Canada for help. The blender has remained trapped in its box ever since.

Since then, the cats have refused to leave the box, fighting over who gets to perch themself on it, taking turns standing guard. The saga is now chronicled on a Facebook page, garnering 17,000 followers. It's going to cost you more to visit national parks across Canada this year.CDC warns Americans against travelling to Canada due to COVID-19.6 new events set to debut at 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves cats, Max (“the sentient soccer ball”) George: Destroyer of Worlds (“sentient potato”), and Lando Calrissian (“the questionably sentient dust bunny”), spotted the blender box the moment it entered their home and have demanded taking turns perched atop it. The arrival of a Vitamix blender to a Vancouver Island couple’s home in mid-December has created a stand-off between themselves and their cats of epic proportions.

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