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why do some people say 'it's very heath robinson'
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Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944) was a cartoonist whose speciality was drawing very bizarre and complicated machines and processes. So to describe something as a "Heath Robinson contraption" means that it is very complex and possibly not very efficient. There are a number of websites with examples of his drawings - eg http://www.btinternet.com/~a.ghinn/heath.htm
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