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Aperture Laboratories Van in the Wild

by Ryan Davis on June 18, 2009

The van is a cake!

I've got one of those Aperture Laboratories parking permits on my car, but the owner of this white van has obviously taken their love of Portal to another level. Which reminds me, when the hell are we going to hear more about Portal 2?

This image originally popped up on a seemingly random Swede's Twitter account, went through the internet meat grinder, and then appeared before my eyeballs on Geekologie. That's all I know!

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Posted by Ryan - June 18, 2009 at 5:40 PM

This image originally popped up on a seemingly random Swede's Twitter account, went through the internet meat grinder, and then appeared before my eyeballs on Geekologie. That's all I know!

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Posted by Coltonio7 - June 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM

What's in the back!?

Posted by jakob187 - June 18, 2009 at 5:46 PM

YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE?!

VANS WITH NO WINDOWS!!!

Posted by Deathdealer108 - June 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM

Its a white van guys. I guess there is some creepy guy living in there who wants to kidnap nerds who only want some cake.

Posted by Scieran - June 18, 2009 at 5:50 PM

Portal is purely and solely made for people to kill time. I could be wrong you know.

Posted by Dejkrigeren - June 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM

So Portal 2 will feature Francis hating Aperture Science?

Posted by AllanIceman - June 18, 2009 at 5:55 PM

Dude, Awesome!

Posted by Reverseface - June 18, 2009 at 5:57 PM

YO dudes THATS OFF THE FRIZZZLE NIZZZLE MY SHIZZZLEEE REACH OUT TO THE TRUTH! DIZZLE SON

Posted by Bubahula - June 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM

YES awesome i hope that there are heelsprings and cake for all in the back

Posted by Nexas - June 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM

I hate vans.

Posted by GamingReligion - June 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM

I hate vans.

Posted by Gamer_152 - June 18, 2009 at 6:01 PM

That is an awesome van! Also I agree with Ryan, when the hell are we gonna hear about Portal 2?

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Posted by TheHT - June 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM

Cake transport van of course.

Posted by Pibo47 - June 18, 2009 at 6:02 PM

I would love some portal 2.

Posted by Claude - June 18, 2009 at 6:03 PM

I read about it on bitmob. Pretty damn cool. Someone needs to find that fan... I mean van.

Posted by Floppypants - June 18, 2009 at 6:10 PM

This is a triumph

Posted by WulfBane - June 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM

What would be awesome yet obscure is if the van was loaded with a delivery of shower curtains.

Posted by Psynapse - June 18, 2009 at 6:32 PM

@jakob187 said:

"YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE?!

VANS WITH NO WINDOWS!!!
"

Bad experience???

Posted by Disengage - June 18, 2009 at 6:33 PM

PILLS HERE

Posted by CleverLoginName - June 18, 2009 at 6:34 PM

Hey, you kids want some cake?

Posted by WEGGLES - June 18, 2009 at 6:39 PM

@Coltonio7 said:

" What's in the back!? "

The front. :D

Posted by MeatSim - June 18, 2009 at 6:40 PM

I get all my news from random swedes on twitter.

Posted by ArbitraryWater - June 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM

VIRAL MARKETING FOR PORTAL 2 IN SWEDEN!

Posted by Mourer - June 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM

I also have one of the parking permit stickers on my car.

Posted by Kajaah117 - June 18, 2009 at 6:52 PM

What's with the randomly inserted Monty Python reference?

Posted by AndrewB - June 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM

I have an unused parking permit sticker. I'd rather stick it on my laptop, or something... unfortunately, you'd have to be reading it in a mirror, then.

Posted by artofwar420 - June 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM

NI!!!!!!!

Posted by Vager - June 18, 2009 at 7:10 PM

You would think Aperture Laboratories would choose a more.. "modern" company-owned van.

Posted by Manks - June 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM

"Hey kids, want some cake?" Well, get in the van."

Anyway, awesome van.

Posted by Amilmitt - June 18, 2009 at 7:29 PM

you knoe, a person that doesnt know about portal or anything would think thats an actual company's van.

Posted by Arjuna - June 18, 2009 at 7:32 PM

How can you do Portal 2? I mean: they would have to devise a whole new play mechanic, which they probably would. I played through 'Still Alive' so quickly, because once you wrap your head around the play mechanic, it's not that hard to solve the puzzles.

Posted by Ryan - June 18, 2009 at 7:46 PM

@WEGGLES said:

" @Coltonio7 said:
" What's in the back!? "
The front. :D "

Best comment.

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Posted by TheBigBopper - June 18, 2009 at 7:53 PM

@Amilmitt said:

" you knoe, a person that doesnt know about portal or anything would think thats an actual company's van. "

thats why it's an inside joke.

Posted by FlipperDesert - June 18, 2009 at 8:09 PM

@Deathdealer108 said:

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Its a white van guys. I guess there is some creepy guy living in there who wants to kidnap nerds who only want some cake.
"

Portal 2's all about baiting nerds into your van, they soon learn there are no portal guns in the van and the cake they were promised was, in fact, fictitious.