Who is at the Blunt End?

The advert on the side of a truck (parked near the York Minster) made us wonder, who is on the “blunt end” of poverty?

Sign reading Cutting Edge Technology for People at the Sharp End of Poverty

The verbiage in the ad doesn’t make me think of a starfish; rather, it conjures up the image of one person holding another at knife-point.

“Cutting edge”

“Sharp end”

Not exactly what they’d intended I’d wager.

Despite the confusing ad, check out the work done by the Starfish Initiative. It seems like a innovative way to use technology to help out people in poverty.

We would like to thank Christine and Christian Shipp who contributed the picture for this post, taken while visiting the Formby area. And, dear readers, please remember that we always encourage the submission of pictures of the quirky happenings you stumble across in your daily lives.

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