But, the stand-off has brought them, and thousands of others, far more joy during a difficult time than a well-blended smoothie ever could. Of course, the couple has pointed out, they know if they really wanted to they could have extracted the blender. (Facebook/Temperamental Chucklefuck and Friends) The box containing the real blender (far right) remains under constant watch. Max, George Destroyer of Worlds, and Lando Calrissian battle over the Vitamix boxes. To their dismay – and the delight of about 53,000 Facebook followers – Max, George, and Lando were not fooled. Surely, with a properly-branded box each, the cats would be content relinquishing control of the occupied one, the couple thought. READ ALSO: Victoria cats hold Vitamix blender box hostage during weeks-long saga “Other cardboard boxes seem to lack the appeal of the Vitamix box, and since, much like your wonderful blenders, this stand-off seems to be Built To Last, we’re afraid that this may be our only way out of the situation in which we find ourselves,” Jessica wrote. The $400 Vitamix couldn’t be beat.įinally, the couple put out a plea to Vitamix, requesting that they send three empty blender boxes. Jessica and Nikii did their best to distract their cats with ice cream maker, shoe and soda boxes, but while the sentient beings may have shown some interest, they couldn’t be tricked into leaving their true object of desire. The felines battled each other day after day to clock the most hours atop the glorious green and white box. Jessica Gerson-Neeves and her wife Nikii rose to international cat-owner stardom after their three cats – Max (sentient soccer ball), George Destroyer of Worlds (sentient potato), and Lando Calrissian (questionably sentient dust bunny) – refused to allow them access to their Black Friday purchased Vitamix. Read the saga of the hostage blender in its full glory, with pictures.After a more than six week stand-off between three particularly power-hungry cats battling to claim the one true Vitamix-box throne, Greater Victoria’s best-known self-described “middle-aged lesbians” have finally obtained their blender. “And if our cats and me thinking I’m funny are providing that fun, why on Earth would we interrupt that? Like, the blender will still be there.” “This is just so silly and sweet and kind of wholesome,” Jessica said. Many of the comments on Jessica’s posts express the need for something bright during the dark omicron days. But they are having fun, the cats are having fun, the Internet is having fun, and people - pushed back into their houses and masks after two years of a pandemic - need fun right now. The truth is, the couple says, this could be easily resolved. And there are two humans and three cats, so there's always a spare cat to hold down the box. Why don't they just move the cats? At first, they wanted to see how long the cats would keep up the shenanigans. The company agreed to send them, but the shipment has been delayed by winter weather. Jessica documented the stand-off as it happened on a private Facebook group, but the story leaked out when the couple informed the Vitamix company of their plight, and requested three empty boxes to use as decoys to distract the cats. The other two cats stand guard, waiting for their chance to leap up on the box, and making sure that no one moves it. As soon as one cat leaves, another takes its place. To make a long story short, it's been almost a month now and the Vitamix blender is still in the box because there is always a cat sitting on top. The other two cats, George and Lando Calrission, waited their turn to sit on the box. As soon as Jessica put the box on the kitchen floor, their cat Max jumped up on it. On the day after Thanksgiving, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought themselves a Vitamix blender as a mutual Christmas gift.
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