# Mafia Reunion: Day Eleven

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**Created:** [March 21, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-eleven/782716 "2017-03-21T21:22:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 26, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-eleven/782716/97 "2017-03-26T12:48:14Z")

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> [@MHaye](#):
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> I’m not sure who the other Mafiate is in the group of three. Hawkeyeop’s claim made me twitch slightly, because of the way he worded the last line. He claimed in [post=20087693]post 43[/]post]. Rather than saying “I am the Patsy” he phrased it as “I am Patsy” as if it were the character’s role name (instead of role title).

Yes, I noticed that too. My initial thought was that he had slipped, and was using TexCat’s pet name for the role. But when I looked at all his posts I found that he is a bit careless with grammar, and I even noticed an earlier post where he referred to the role as simply Patsy. From Day 7:

> [@Mafia Reunion: Day Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mafia-reunion-day-seven/780419/203):
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> An unknowable bomb mechanic is poor game design (as opposed to Patsy, which is a known bomb and perfectly fine) and I don’t think we have poor game designers. So unless someone comes out with concrete information related to it, I’m not going to give it any further thought.

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