Comments on: Animal sports

By: A Balliol Student

A Balliol Student — Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:01:33 +0000

Rosa Luxemburg has been stolen! Or at least she has gone missing! It is quite a catastrophe to say the least, and we are searching for her emphatically (perhaps trinity have taken her???)…but nobody knows… workers of the world unite, find rosa!

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 29 Sep 2003 04:42:21 +0000

The article mentions “ostrich racing in Australia”, which makes me wonder about veracity of the research…I dont think there are any ostriches outside zoos in this country! Emus, certainly, but I’ve never seen them raced! Sydney.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:31:18 +0000

Strictly speaking, Rosa Luxemburg doesn’t actually answer to the name.”” Maybe she does – perhaps just no one sticks around long enough to find out.

By: jam

jam — Sat, 27 Sep 2003 18:26:51 +0000

Strictly speaking, Rosa Luxemburg doesn’t actually answer to the name.

By: Chris Brooke

Chris Brooke — Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:45:54 +0000

It’s good to see Rosa Luxemburg getting the coverage she deserves, as a regular winner of the inter-collegiate Oxford Tortoise race. She’s a fine tortoise (actually, I don’t know if she’s a “she”, since I don’t really know how to sex tortoises), and it’s always uplifting to see her motoring around the Garden Quad, eating cigarette butts, or whatever it is that she snacks on. Incidentally, the official elected each year to organise her physical and ideological training programme to prepare her for the race is called “Comrade Tortoise”, and there is never a shortage of people keen to stand. It’s a fine tradition. Chris (Balliol, 1992-5, though never Comrade Tortoise)