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In a country that offers everything from drive-through burgers to drive-through church services, US motorists can now stop off for drive-through nude dancers. Drivers pull up to a window at the back of the Climax Gentleman's Club in Salem Township, near Pittsburgh, show proof that they are 18 or older and pay $5 per minute. Then they pull up to a second window and watch a nude dancer for the amount of time they paid for. "When they leave, customers are falling out laughing," said Nick Fratangelo, owner of the Climax Gentleman's Club in Salem Township, just outside of Pittsburgh. A 26-year-old Climax stripper who would identify herself only by her stage name, Barbie, said most customers pay for two to three minutes, but one man paid dlrs 100 for 20 minutes. "That can be tough," she said. "After a while, you run out of things to do." Climax opened the drive-through in April after employees bounced around ideas to attract customers, Fratangelo said. Township supervisor Ed Gieselman helped write a 1998 ordinance to regulate strip clubs. He called the drive-through an advertising gimmick designed to generate publicity. "We objected to the sign (for the drive-through) being so close to the road and they moved it back," he said. "We have grammar school children going by there in school buses. Adult businesses should be a little obscure, I think, out of respect for the community." The club is next to a steep hill covered with thorny bushes that would slice the skin of anyone trying to get a free peek, and the window's design prevents such sneaky behavior. |