WI ladies take up boxing


	WI ladies take up boxing

queerty

2-19-2008 5:26 AM

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wi, women, boxing, nintendo, wii

queerty says:

Love it! Handbags at twenty paces ladies, brollies at the ready... Charge!!

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2-19-2008 11:12 AM

bignosemousie

Wii boxing is quite a workout. I felt it for days.

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