Fahrenheit 451

So I received an email today with the subject line of "Burned Book..."

Now, I'm not sure what the funny part is - the fact that I work in the library and a phrase like this should strike fear into everyone employed here - or the elipsis at the end. I often wonder why people think that using an elipsis is a good idea. I have no room to talk, I use them fairly often (mainly in email correspondence), but in certain situations they can completely change the tone of what's actually being said. If the line would have read, "Burned Book," fine. There was a burned book. There's nothing I can do about it. It will probably involve a bill and someone trying to get out of the bill. But when you write "Burned Book..." the possibilities suddenly become endless. There is most likely a story behind it that I will hear that involves some kind of drug or alcohol use and the abuse of housesitting privileges. Not that this has ever been told to me. But it's always possible.