Lost: condom mobile

The "Condomovil," an HIV/AIDS awareness vehicle, has been stolen in Mexico City. The truck's cargo included 5,000 condoms, 800 HIV tests, and a 22-foot inflatable rubber. From the Associated Press:

The co-ordinator of an HIV/Aids awareness tour, Polo Gomez, said on Wednesday that the "Condomovil" was parked in front of a friend's house in Mexico City when it disappeared on Sunday evening...

The truck should be easy to spot. It features painted images of a peeled banana, the exposed part shaped like a condom, and a shirtless man saying: "I protect myself. Do you?"

Stolen: condom mobile (via Fortean Times)

UPDATE: Commenter DIEGOV notes that the Condomovil has just been located, sans condoms and other gear.

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snackcake

maybe it wouldn’t have been stolen if they had used some sort of protection.
Frank_in_Virginia

They better find it soon, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has a date this weekend.
SamF

The police are currently seeking a man with a 22-foot inflatable penis.
Not a Doktor

Dragnet in the redlight district
peter x

Could it be in the giant crawl-through colon that I saw at the NY State Fair a few years ago??

Someone else’s pics here:

http://www.notduck.com/03/Colon03.html
DiegoV

Well, it was found in a parking lot today.

Missing: 5,000 condoms, PA, stereo, camera, iPod, information stand, and the motor to inflate the giant condom.

Found: Queen’s drag, HIV detection kits, and the 7 mt. condom.

More info (in spanish) at:
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2008/10/02/index.php?section=sociedad&article=045n3soc
Giovanni

So if they found their condom mobile without equipment doesn’t that mean they accomplished their goal? Condoms distributed to the people!

Kind of like a robin hood staring ron jeremy!
Rob, Denmark

Found: [...]the 7 mt. condom.

Well, there goes my ‘King Kong did it’ theory.
DangerFish

@#1

I opened this up to look at the discussion because I knew there would be some funny comments. You sir, do not dissapoint.

10/10
Cheqyr

#1 FTW!
Digital Artz

The van is in Alaska.
Avram

Paul Bunyan’s gettin’ some at last!
Baldhead

Fucking retards. That 22 ft condom would have made an awesome random decoration at next year’s Burning man.
jso

#6

I wouldn’t be so sure of that! Does the article mention if the 7 m condom was used or not?
OM

…I can see it now:

“This word just in to CNN: The Condomovil that was stolen in Mexico City has been located. However, it has been converted into a mobile Taco Truck…”
dX

I’m puzzled as to why would anyone want a 22-foot inflatable rubber, but then again, whoever stole the truck probably is a huge dick.
Baldhead

Can someone throw something at DX for that joke?
krankykris

i would say the owners of that vehicle lost their sex drive. =(
1up mushroom

Police: “can you describe the 22-foot inflatable rubber?”