They bought a blender. Three weeks later, their cats continue to hold it hostage.

[brooklynite]

Washington Post

On Black Friday, Jessica and Nikii Gerson-Neeves bought a blender. It was a Vitamix blender, a professional-grade splurge, and the couple was looking forward to a winter of smoothies and soups.

It arrived on Dec. 16 at their home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Jessica put the hefty box down on the floor in the kitchen, just for a second. Her 4-year-old tuxedo cat, Max, otherwise known as the “sentient soccer ball,” jumped up on the box. Jessica thought it was funny and snapped a photo.

Then Max’s 13-year-old feline siblings, George: Destroyer of Worlds (“sentient potato”) and Lando Calrissian (“the questionably sentient dust bunny,”), demanded their turn on the knee-high box.

That was three weeks ago. Since then, the cats have refused to leave the box, fighting over who gets to perch upon it and taking turns standing guard while the others eat or are busy elsewhere. The blender remains ensconced inside.

[RainCaster]

1. Who runs the house?

Take the mixer out, and let them have the box.

[Texaswitchy]

2. Beat me to it.

Remove the cat and take out the mixer.

The cats need a empty box.

[localroger]

3. Turn the box on its side

Then even if the cats continue to perch on it, you can pull the contents out.

[hay rick]

4. Paging the sentient vacuum cleaner.