light bulb moment -- BB -- short for ball bearings(nm)
Posted By: XanaX on 2009-05-06
In Reply to: is it beebee gun, or BB gun, or be-be gun??? - XanaX
Subject: light bulb moment -- BB -- short for ball bearings(nm)
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