2A - Thursday, February 22, 2007

MONDAY: TUESDAY:
The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes

WEDNESDAY:
Before You Were Here C

FRIDAY:
Explained

Buimpy's pilot
Richard Manger met his wife while flipping burgers

Richard Manger is skinny. It's a
little surprising, considering he owns
Blimpy Burger, an Ann Arbor land-
mark that has served up greasy food
for almost 55 years.
Manger's relationship with the res-
taurant began when he worked there
as a University student in the early
1970s. It was there that he met his wife
Chris Manger, who also worked there
as a University student.
While working at the restaurant,
Manger designed a "Krazy Jim's
Blimpy Burger" logo that was later
printed onT-shirts. The shirts - with
Manger's original design - are still
sold at the restaurant.
After leaving the University, Man-
ger worked at a few restaurants in
AnnArbor. He eventuallyreturned to
his old haunt, though, buying Blimpy
Burger in 1992.
The Blimpy Burger operation is a

family affair. Chris Manger helps out
when the restaurant is short-staffed,
and so do three of their four children.
Some things at Blimpy Burger have
changed since Manger worked there
in the 1970s.
The restaurant originally had no
printed menu. Because everything
was oral, customers had to ask for
food in a specific order. Although
there's a menu now, the tradition has
remained. Blimpy Burger is known
for its strict procedure - cooks often
chastise customers for making mis-
takes when ordering.
There is a method to the madness.
Fries must be ordered first since they
take the longest to cook.
"The whole idea behind the rules
we have is to make the line move
faster," Manger said, taking a bite of
his favorite burger - a triple cheese-
burger on an onion roll.

Manger said his employees are
dedicated to the restaurant, usually
staying for years at a time. He said
working at Blimpy Burger is more
enjoyable than other restaurants
because employees wait on cus-
tomers, cook their food and ring up
orders, which provides more custom-
er interaction.
"You may be a cook in the kitchen,
and the customer loves the food, but
the waitress gets all of the compli-
ments and tips," Manger said.
He said Blimpy Burger is a fun
place to work, evidenced by the snow
sculptures he builds outside.
A polar bear and cheeseburger
made out of snow stand beneath the
restaurant's awning. The snow sculp-
tures take up to 12 hours to make,
depending on how much snow there
is on the ground.
SARA KASE

Blimpy Burger owner Richard Manger discusses the -
polar bear snow sculptures outside of his restaurant over
a cheeseburger yesterday afternoon.

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CRIME NOTES
Burning pot pie
snack sets off
alarms
WHERE: Walgreen Drama
Center
WHEN: Tuesday at about 12:30
p.m.
WHAT: Someone burnt a
pot pie in the microwave, the
Department of Public Safety
reported. Smoke from the
burning pie set off a fire alarm.
Hungry vandal
breaks snack
machine
WHERE: Couzens Residence
Hall
WHEN: Wednesday at about
2 a.m.
WHAT: Someone used a chair
to break the glass window of
a vending machine, then took
some of the food inside, DPS
reported. Housing security

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

officers removed the remaining
food for safekeeping. The cost
of repairs is estimated at $75.
Student passes
out in classroom
WHERE: Dennison Building
WHEN: Tuesday at about 11:30
a.m.-
WHAT: A female student in a
third floor classroom passed
out, DPS reported. When the
ambulance arrived, she was
conscious and breathing. She
refused treatment.
Light pole
fixture broken
WHERE: 700 block of Church
Street
WHEN: Tuesday at about 7:30
a.m.
WHAT: The round yellow globe
surroundingthe lightcbulb on a
light pole was broken over the
weekend, the DPS reported.
There are no suspects.

Jazz ensemble
WHAT: Bandleader Dave
Holland will perform. Hol-
land won a Grammy in 2006
for Best Large Jazz Ensemble.
WHO: Dave Holland Octet
and Big Band
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Theater
Fiction reading
WHAT: Writer Marshall
Klimasewiski, author of the
novel "The Cottagers," will
read selected works.
WHO: Zell Visiting Writers
Series
WHEN: Today at 5 p.m.
WHERE: Residential College
Auditorium, East Quad
LGBT event
WHAT: A discussion about
the repercussions of revealing
someone to be gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender
WHO: The Office of Lesbian

Gay Bisexual and Transgen-
dec Affairs
WHEN: Today from noon to
1:30 p.m.
WHERE: MSA Chambers,
Room 3909, Michigan Union
Anti-violence
policylecture
WHAT: A lecture on how
race and class affect anti-vio-
lence strategies
WHO: Beth Richie, a profes-
sor at the University of Illi-
nois at Chicago
WHEN: Today at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Room 2239, Lane
Hall
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0 A story on page 5B of
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est Alumni (and two dropouts))
incorrectly reported the age
of billionaire Charles Munger.
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There is now a 12-step pro-
gram for e-mail addicts,
The (London) Sun, report-
ed. Marsha Egan, an executive
consultant in Pennsylvania
who developed the program,
plans to hold "e-mailers anon-
ymous" meetings.
As an undergraduate at
the University, acclaimed
poet Robert Hayden
took a literature course with
W.H. Auden. Hayden credits
Auden, who taught here for
one year in 1941, for adding
sophistication to his writing.
3IKEA, the popular fur-
niture retailer, will now
charge customers 5 cents
for every plastic bag, in an
effort to discourage their use,
Reuters reported. IKEA esti-
mates shoppers use 70 million
bags a year.

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