My students are confused

Below is actual text from an actual student e-mail, followed by my response:

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 01:55:57 -0500

You probably already know about this, but Marcel Duchamp!!!!! is coming to the Phillips Gallery this Thursday, to speak from 6-8. Is is possible for our class to go? I know that our papers are due that day, but it just sounds like a cool trip.

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:01:34 -0800 (PST)

???

Duchamp is very, very dead.

Will this be a viewing of his desiccated remains?

Confusing.

--Jeffry