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a bit of a heath robinson
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where does the phrase "a bit of a heath robinson" come from
it means a bit rough and ready
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it means a bit rough and ready
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It is named after this man, he had some real wacky ideas, some were so funny
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ robinson_william_heath.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ robinson_william_heath.shtml
Here is one of his for you.
http://wsgfl2.westsussex.gov.uk/aplaws/dt/proj ects/webquests/inventors/images/heath2.gif
http://wsgfl2.westsussex.gov.uk/aplaws/dt/proj ects/webquests/inventors/images/heath2.gif
it's often not rough and ready, more the opposite: insanely complex ways of doing simple things. Americans call them Rube Goldberg devices: he was an American cartoonist who specialised in the same sort of thing.
Heath Robinson was also a superb illustrator of books, fairy stories and suchlike last century; he had two brothers who did the same thing. Here's a not very clear example:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustratio ns/littlemermaid/images/whrobinmermaid1.jpg
Heath Robinson was also a superb illustrator of books, fairy stories and suchlike last century; he had two brothers who did the same thing. Here's a not very clear example:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustratio ns/littlemermaid/images/whrobinmermaid1.jpg