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Wiese had gone through with the legal name change attempt to fulfill a bet with friends. The 26-year-old Forsyth man - a diehard Chicago Bears fan - had pledged that if his beloved team lost in the Super Bowl, he would change his name to the player who led the Indianapolis nemesis to victory.
''I had told the judge that I was not doing this because I wanted to change my name, but I was doing it because I was honoring a bet,'' Wiese said. ''I think she understood that.''
She also understood that alcohol makes people say and do really, really stupid things. Drink responsibly, kids, or else you might wake up one day and find people greeting you with, "How's it goin', Pacman?"
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