<P> The show typically takes place on a stage or dance platform and often involves a single performer . Usually she performs while lying on her back, although some variations involve a standing performer . The performer is commonly dressed in only a bikini top or bra and has her pubic hair shaved . Items can be inserted into the vagina either on stage as part of the performance or beforehand in preparation . As an alternative to ejecting the items using the pelvic muscles, objects are sometimes pulled out by hand . The earliest versions of the show involved ping pong balls, but other diverse objects have since been used in the performance . They include eggs, bananas, long strings or ribbons, whistles, horns, pens, cigarettes, candles, darts, spinning tops, bottles, firecrackers, razor blades, and chopsticks . Another activity is the shooting of goldfish into a bowl, or stuffing a large frog inside to see how long she can keep it in . A male member of the audience may be brought onto the dance platform to hold a balloon while a dart is shot at it, or the performer may do a shoot around the table at balloons tied to each customer's chair . Another example of audience participation involves the performer filling her vagina with beer, expelling it into a glass and inviting an audience member to drink it . </P> <P> The popularity of ping pong shows in Thailand dates back to the early 1980s and a show is featured in the 1976 sexploitation film Emanuelle in Bangkok . The shows are officially prohibited under the obscenity legislation of Thai law, and in 2004 the government further limited what is permitted . Nevertheless, demand from foreign tourists and local police corruption usually results in the practice being implicitly condoned by Thai officials . There are instances of women performing at ping pong shows also working as prostitutes, but in many ping pong show bars performers do not sell sex to customers . Although prostitution in Thailand is not strictly illegal, publicly soliciting and creating a nuisance is . </P> <P> Locations like Patpong in Bangkok, Walking Street, Pattaya, Bangla Road in Phuket and Ta Pae Gate in Chiang Mai have numerous venues hosting ping - pong shows . Customers are brought in by employees working for the ping - pong shows . They approach tourists and passers - by in streets such as Bangkok's Khaosan Road during the late evening and ask them if they want to see a show . They are frequently shown pictures of the show in a booklet . The shows take place on the upper floors of bars and strip clubs in locations such as Bangkok's entertainment district Patpong, while bikini - clad women dance in the ground floor bars . An entry fee is usually charged, often equivalent to around US $10, though typically nearer US $20 in Bangkok . In some cases, instead of a cover charge, the drinks are priced 3--4 times higher than usual and a purchase is required . Other possible charges can include show fees and exit charges . In addition, performers often go around asking for tips after they have finished their acts . </P> <P> The Laotian capital Vientiane was once famous for its brothels and ping - pong - show bars during the 1960s and 1970s as a result of the country's involvement in the Vietnam War . Travel writer Paul Theroux described a bar in 1973 Vientiane thus: "Your eyes get accustomed to the dark and you see the waitress is naked . Without warning she jumps on the chair, pokes a cigarette into her vagina and lights it, puffing it by contracting her uterine lungs ." British journalist Christopher Robbins wrote that The White Rose, a famous Vientiane bar during the war, featured floor shows in which women used their vaginas to smoke cigarettes and fling ping pong balls . Such shows have since disappeared and brothels are now prohibited by Laotian law . </P>

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