Obscene Email or Improbable Coincidence?

Arnold Schwarzenegger is not known for always using high-falutin’ language. Calling political opponents “girlie men” for instance, was not a super classy comment. And I’ve never given much thought to how poetic or creative he might be.

But a recent email The Governator  sent is causing quite a stir and I have to say, I’m impressed with both his creativity and his subtlety.

Arnie sent the email to a San Francisco assemblyman, explaining why a bill had been vetoed. According to the Belfast Telegraph

… a vertical reading of the first left-hand letter in each of the seven lines of the main body of the email suggests that the former Kindergarten Cop actor, who is due to leave office next year, was passing on an altogether less statesmanlike message. It reads: “F-U-C-K-Y-O-U.”

Here’s the full email:

It would take a little skill (and some extra time that you wouldn’t think a busy politician would necessarily have) to craft this little piece of work. The Governor’s spokesperson is calling it “quite a coincidence.” He added

I suppose when you do so many vetoes, something like this is bound to happen

Which I think is kinda funny — you’re bound to say F#@k You to somebody when you veto enough bills?  According to the Indepenent.co.uk, the probability of those seven letters lining up in such a way is 26 to the power of seven – or about 8,031,810,176 – to one.