Cheapskates rejoice...

...now there's a way to tip your favorite dancer with coins!

"Strippers get magnetic panties to cope with euro coins

Strippers in Italy are being given magnetic underwear to cope with tips from punters paying in euros.

A night club owner commissioned the magnetic panties as customers who used to put lira notes in the lap dancers' knickers are now starting to use euro coins."

"'When the ladies got around, the customers used to put a 1000 lira banknote in their underwear to thank them for the exhibition.

Now they're using 50 Euro cents coins, which are worth roughly 1000 lira, but strippers complain at the idea of sticking coins in their underpants.

We have therefore commissioned magnetic undies so that the donations will remain attached to them, rather than having to be inserted.'"

http://www.mail-archive.com/usma@colosta…

This story is actually from 2002 when Italy started on the Euro, but it doesn't seem to be an idea that has taken off. BTW, I guess the going rate for stage tips in Italy back then was less than 70 cents American per tip!