Adam Sharp
@adamcsharp.bsky.social
1. Writer (https://www.adamsharp.me/)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
2. Obsessed with lists
3. COMMON PEOPLE
4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS
5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (http://geni.us/yDxa)
Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...
I have to say this is the bee's knees...
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I have to say this is the bee's knees...
Happy National Poetry Day! There's a poem by Austrian poet Ernst Jandl that tells the story of Otto and his naughty pug using no vowels other than O. The image on the left shows the original in German. It doesn't translate that well to English but there's a clumsy attempt in the image on the right.
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy National Poetry Day! There's a poem by Austrian poet Ernst Jandl that tells the story of Otto and his naughty pug using no vowels other than O. The image on the left shows the original in German. It doesn't translate that well to English but there's a clumsy attempt in the image on the right.
I'm also a sucker for T-Rex short arm gags, like this one...
September 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I'm also a sucker for T-Rex short arm gags, like this one...
I'm getting this T-shirt next...
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I'm getting this T-shirt next...
Can’t believe I FINALLY have an occasion to wear my velocirapture T-shirt tomorrow
September 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Can’t believe I FINALLY have an occasion to wear my velocirapture T-shirt tomorrow
Names for the three-in-a-row game, around the world…
*Tic-tac-toe (US)
*Noughts and crosses (UK)
*Crosses and buns (Denmark)
*Butter, cheese and eggs (Netherlands)
*Sausages (Latvia)
*Cat (Mexico)
*Game of the old lady (Brazil)
*Tripp-trapp-tresko (Norway)
*Pubic louse (France)
*Hobo chess (Sweden)
*Tic-tac-toe (US)
*Noughts and crosses (UK)
*Crosses and buns (Denmark)
*Butter, cheese and eggs (Netherlands)
*Sausages (Latvia)
*Cat (Mexico)
*Game of the old lady (Brazil)
*Tripp-trapp-tresko (Norway)
*Pubic louse (France)
*Hobo chess (Sweden)
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Names for the three-in-a-row game, around the world…
*Tic-tac-toe (US)
*Noughts and crosses (UK)
*Crosses and buns (Denmark)
*Butter, cheese and eggs (Netherlands)
*Sausages (Latvia)
*Cat (Mexico)
*Game of the old lady (Brazil)
*Tripp-trapp-tresko (Norway)
*Pubic louse (France)
*Hobo chess (Sweden)
*Tic-tac-toe (US)
*Noughts and crosses (UK)
*Crosses and buns (Denmark)
*Butter, cheese and eggs (Netherlands)
*Sausages (Latvia)
*Cat (Mexico)
*Game of the old lady (Brazil)
*Tripp-trapp-tresko (Norway)
*Pubic louse (France)
*Hobo chess (Sweden)
Happy Batman Day!
September 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy Batman Day!
This is more ironic than any of the scenarios Alanis Morissette came up with...
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is more ironic than any of the scenarios Alanis Morissette came up with...
Happy National Stepfamily Day!
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Happy National Stepfamily Day!
And this is the last place you’d want to be…
August 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
And this is the last place you’d want to be…
I’m currently sitting by the port and, as chance would have it, this boat just passed me on the way to the fjords..
August 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I’m currently sitting by the port and, as chance would have it, this boat just passed me on the way to the fjords..
I mention this again because I just passed a children’s clothes shop in Bergen called Rumpetroll (and had a very nice chat with the woman working there about Norwegian words/idioms)…
August 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I mention this again because I just passed a children’s clothes shop in Bergen called Rumpetroll (and had a very nice chat with the woman working there about Norwegian words/idioms)…
My favourite international name for a Mr Men character will never not be the name for Mr Bump in Norwegian, which is Herr Dumpidump. Tragically, the books with that title are now out of print. I’ll therefore be spending much of my remaining time in Norway searching antique bookshops for an old copy.
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My favourite international name for a Mr Men character will never not be the name for Mr Bump in Norwegian, which is Herr Dumpidump. Tragically, the books with that title are now out of print. I’ll therefore be spending much of my remaining time in Norway searching antique bookshops for an old copy.
I mention this again because I’m currently on Donsö (island in Gothenburg) and just had a räkmacka / shrimp sandwich
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I mention this again because I’m currently on Donsö (island in Gothenburg) and just had a räkmacka / shrimp sandwich
This but for transphobic authors…
August 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This but for transphobic authors…
Leaving Copenhagen in the morning but my little friend just came over to say goodbye…
August 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Leaving Copenhagen in the morning but my little friend just came over to say goodbye…
Especially good angle of majestic whiskers here…
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Especially good angle of majestic whiskers here…
Look at this beautiful cat I met on my morning walk. Based on a sample size of one I have concluded that Denmark has the softest, fluffiest cats in the world
August 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Look at this beautiful cat I met on my morning walk. Based on a sample size of one I have concluded that Denmark has the softest, fluffiest cats in the world
Today is Middle Child Day but I bet you all forgot about it again didn’t you??
August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today is Middle Child Day but I bet you all forgot about it again didn’t you??
Just took the first picture in a Danish supermarket and I hope to have lived up to its message when I’ve finished my latest book, but also, as always, I’ll embrace the message of the second picture…
August 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just took the first picture in a Danish supermarket and I hope to have lived up to its message when I’ve finished my latest book, but also, as always, I’ll embrace the message of the second picture…
In English a cat’s paw pads can be called “toe beans.” In German, I’ve heard them referred to as Zehenbeere, or “toe berries.” In Japanese they are 肉球 (“flesh buns”). Norwegian has tredeputer, or “stepping pillows.” And a colloquial Korean name for them is 냥젤리. It essentially means “meow-gummies.”
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In English a cat’s paw pads can be called “toe beans.” In German, I’ve heard them referred to as Zehenbeere, or “toe berries.” In Japanese they are 肉球 (“flesh buns”). Norwegian has tredeputer, or “stepping pillows.” And a colloquial Korean name for them is 냥젤리. It essentially means “meow-gummies.”
Schrödinger's cat...
August 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Schrödinger's cat...
In the UK, the bogeyman is a fictional monster that many parents use to scare their children into behaving. The bogeyman exists in Hungary also, but small children are more commonly threatened with a visit from Rézfaszú Bagoly, or “The Owl with a Copper Dick.”
August 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In the UK, the bogeyman is a fictional monster that many parents use to scare their children into behaving. The bogeyman exists in Hungary also, but small children are more commonly threatened with a visit from Rézfaszú Bagoly, or “The Owl with a Copper Dick.”
That cat looks a bit like my Stokely Carmichael…
August 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
That cat looks a bit like my Stokely Carmichael…