ann arbor is overrated.

Is anyone out there aware of a special, Ann Arbor-specific meaning for the word “crisp”? We were approached today by a schoolkid on the Diag who asked what “crisp” meant. At first, we thought it was some sort of free-association exercise, but it turned out that her assignment was to ask U of M students various trivia questions that “any Michigander would know.” Not being in that category, we were not all that helpful, but we were able to define “A-squared” and answer the question about what event takes place on the last day of classes - please tell us that the Naked Mile is the only thing they could have meant and we’re not going around corrupting innocent schoolchildren. (”Didn’t you know about the end-of-year Tea and Crumpets followed by the Jane Austen reading?”)