# Gang of cats hold blender hostage for nearly a month **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696 "2022-01-13T06:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696/1 "2022-01-13T06:10:38Z")
A gang of three cats in Langford, BC has been alternating sentry duty, sitting on top of the carton containing a new blender, and for nearly a month now preventing the owner from accessing it. I take it the owner is reluctant to use force. The three miscreants: [![](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6311918.1641964820!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/vitamix-box-cats.jpg) ](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6311918.1641964820!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/vitamix-box-cats.jpg) The owners got the blender company to send them a couple of extra empty boxes, hoping to set up decoys so they could finally get their blender. Nope! 😄 [![](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6311921.1641964938!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/vitamix-box-cats.jpg) ](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6311921.1641964938!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_1180/vitamix-box-cats.jpg) At last report, the cats are still in control. Negotiations continue. > **[These 3 cats have held their owners' blender hostage for a month in a...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/langford-cats-vitamix-battle-1.6311910)** > > In a standoff that has lasted nearly a month, three Langford, B.C.-based cats have tried to claim ownership of a box containing a new blender — a saga that has fascinated social media users worldwide. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696/2 "2022-01-13T08:47:46Z")
Heh, a _Mix-i-cat_ standoff… ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696/3 "2022-01-13T09:18:59Z")
One of my cats would hide underneath my pool table and let out a full paw of claws extended at ANYTHING that passed by. Since the pool table used to be next to my front door (we had a large open parlor room that lead to the kitchen between the front door and living room) it meant the cat would inevitably try to scratch anyone who was either walking into the house or leaving it. And to show it wasn’t just being territorial he would immediately bolt it back to his bed after doing it. It took us finally moving the pool table to get him to stop it, as it was quite painful if you were walking around with no socks on. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696/4 "2022-01-13T09:36:09Z")
I wonder what the cats believe the blender is for. Do you have this series of gory jokes in the USA too, the one that goes like: What is pink and turns red? A toddler playing with a razor blade. What is green and turns red too? A frog in a blender. That can go on endlessly, perhaps the cats have heard rumors. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gang-of-cats-hold-blender-hostage-for-nearly-a-month/957696/5 "2022-01-13T11:28:48Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Do you have this series of gory jokes in the USA too, the one that goes like: What is pink and turns red? A toddler playing with a razor blade. What is green and turns red too? A frog in a blender. I remember jokes like that, several decades ago. If I know cats, they couldn’t care less about the blenders. It’s the empty boxes they’re after.