Gov. Schwarznegger Hides an FU Message in a Veto: How Likely An Accident?

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Hello, Straightdopers; AMAPAC here.

UPI, et al., are reporting that California legislators have discovered that if you read vertically starting with the first letters in the lines of a veto that the Governator sent back to them, it contains an eight-letter, two-word message in which you is the second word and the first word begins with an f and rhymes with muck.

My question: What are the chances of this happening by accident? I think it would be 26 to the eighth power (if we allow for repeated letters), which is about…umm…208 billion and change.

Right?

Thanks…AMAPAC

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Eight letters?

Fruck you?
Fluck you?
Füuck you?

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The letter is question can be seen here.

I’m not sure exactly how to calculate the odds of that happening by accident, but they’ve got to be very, very small.

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Already being discussed here: Did Schwarzenegger compose a "Fuck You" acrostic in a veto letter? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board

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And, since it’s already in motion, let’s close this one.

samclem Moderator, General Questions