Pete inspires Gold Medal!

["Brian Cady" <cadyb@home.com>]

Two accounts of last night's medal action:

From: <chaslil@earthnet.net>
> Gary Hall, who helped the USA win a swimming relay, apparently
> mimed smashing a guitar during the celebration. I missed what it
> was. In a later interview with Bob Costas. Costas asked "What
> was the deal with smashing the equipment? When I was younger,
> I would have associated that with the Who and Pete Townshend.
> Is that who you were thinking of, or is there some modern group
> that does it?" Hall replied that The Who was his inspiration and
> that "they still have a latch on it...as a matter of fact, I was listening
> to Pete Townshend right before the race."

From: WHO freek <whofreek@aol.com>
> I hope Pete was watching Bob Costas on the Olympics tonight...9/23.
> Bob Costas asked Gary Hall (gold medal) swimmer.."why did you say you were
> going to smash the other swimmers like GUITARS?" He wondered if he was
thinking
> of some new young band that smashes guitars. Gary responded with "nobody
> smashes a guitar like Pete Townshend in fact that what he listens to in
order .
> to get pumped up to swim!!!!!! What an intelligent 26 year old and what a
great
> Olympic moment for ME!!!!!!!!!!!!

        -Brian in Atlanta
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