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  • @DragonsDenGlobal
    @DragonsDenGlobal  3 роки тому +69

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  • @mrsox87
    @mrsox87 4 роки тому +7160

    “The lady who runs the signs and signals doesn’t like the idea”. This might be one of the best bits of unintentional comedy I’ve ever seen.

    • @gingerbill128
      @gingerbill128 4 роки тому +278

      that had me in stitches , along with " what have you got a patent for?" ..

    • @C414AC
      @C414AC 4 роки тому +154

      This is probably the very very last thing Derek should be mentioning in a pitch, what a clown 😂

    • @dougchance8891
      @dougchance8891 4 роки тому +4

      Tyler-Hilarious statement

    • @user-lx3oi6xy2e
      @user-lx3oi6xy2e 4 роки тому +39

      @@gingerbill128 No no no no what have you got a patent for?

    • @Captainflowers1011
      @Captainflowers1011 4 роки тому +95

      It blows my mind that none of them had the balls to tell him "we already have these. They're called 'traffic lights'".

  • @HouseOfFunQM
    @HouseOfFunQM 5 років тому +6821

    The real innovation is whoever managed to sell Derek some flashing LEDs for £24000

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 5 років тому +560

      Yeh, but they were in 3 different colours. 8 Grand each, you know.

    • @lexfantastic9203
      @lexfantastic9203 5 років тому +44

      Hilarious

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 4 роки тому +52

      @@davidjames579 lol im crying

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 4 роки тому +112

      @@troywright359 So's Derek

    • @dantedt3931
      @dantedt3931 4 роки тому +6

      Hilarious comment!!Hahaha!

  • @willhod8749
    @willhod8749 2 роки тому +1806

    “What have you a patent for?”
    “Because it’s a good idea”
    What a gem of an answer

    • @marietighe6328
      @marietighe6328 Рік тому +16

      That got me too....

    • @tonyug113
      @tonyug113 Рік тому +9

      You Cant patent That -- its basic flashing leds..... Well i suppose you can spend money, and no one is EVER gonna challenge you.

    • @Luic1987
      @Luic1987 10 місяців тому +8

      In a London accent what in that context can mean why - so i get why he instinctively thought that was the question.

    • @NinBendo1
      @NinBendo1 9 місяців тому +4

      It’s like that classic joke: What was ET short for? Because he had little legs!

    • @TheJrbdog
      @TheJrbdog 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Luic1987Another example of the inferiority of British English 😜

  • @baders087
    @baders087 Рік тому +912

    This pitch was over a decade ago, but this guy is still trying to pedal his flow signals idea. He renewed his patent in September 2022 and his LinkedIn continues to talk about road safety. I actually feel sorry for him.

    • @ashbridgeindustries380
      @ashbridgeindustries380 Рік тому +322

      He does seem hugely emotionally invested in the idea. I get the feeling that he or a family member was likely involved in a traffic accident at some point. What he's trying to do is admirable, but the idea itself is just never going to work.

    • @bartoszstarszobracki8675
      @bartoszstarszobracki8675 Рік тому

      @@ashbridgeindustries380 On his kickstarter he said he almost died in accident

    • @thedoge9590
      @thedoge9590 11 місяців тому +163

      ​@@ashbridgeindustries380I'm betting he keeps going the wrong way roads and thinks the problem is the signs but really it's him

    • @ArenaTeams2024
      @ArenaTeams2024 10 місяців тому +19

      Damn and here's me thinking this was a comedy sketch to try and draw in viewers

    • @RHathemoment
      @RHathemoment 10 місяців тому +22

      bless his heart.😢

  • @user-ug1yq6zt5t
    @user-ug1yq6zt5t 5 років тому +7614

    He couldn't tell they weren't interested
    He just couldn't see the signs

  • @TheGrafixbox
    @TheGrafixbox 4 роки тому +2184

    "You're going through a strange town, there are sausages instead of lamp posts, suddenly young Suzie runs into the road and duplicates herself, there are now two Suzies. You attach 2 flow signals to your arms and insert one rectally. This will save lives"

    • @theninjascientist689
      @theninjascientist689 3 роки тому +140

      @@hyen4rap i thought it was

    • @DeetotheDubs
      @DeetotheDubs 3 роки тому +123

      ​@@theninjascientist689 Certainly gave me a chuckle for the sheer randomness.

    • @kxnghypnos
      @kxnghypnos 3 роки тому +65

      I threw up laughing at this

    • @borsincka
      @borsincka 3 роки тому +28

      :DDDDDDDDDDDD much obliged, i had a wonderful chuckle myself.

    • @XxBunnytailxX
      @XxBunnytailxX 3 роки тому +28

      Underrated comment 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AndrewJJ-0114
    @AndrewJJ-0114 5 років тому +2565

    Normally bad pitches on DD: I haven't done enough market research yet on my product.
    Derek: My product has one potential customer, the person in charge of road signs in the UK, and she hates the idea.

    • @heymistercarter.
      @heymistercarter. 5 років тому +138

      "The woman who runs the signs in my country hates this idea. I know what I'll do! I'll go on a TV show to win the support of millionaires on this idea! That'll show them!

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt 3 роки тому +14

      @@heymistercarter. I mean that is the idea tbh, the powers that be rejected it so he took it to the market. Obviously it was rejected bc these rich people always defer to the powers that be in specialty areas. So it’s a cycle, where is the room for the general populace to make changes to the aesthetics of society, such as traffic signs and signals, if the powers that be disagree with what would be a good idea out of pure stubbornness due to the idea coming from a “lay man”.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 3 роки тому +1

      By "running the signs" he means a driver paying attention to them, not the person running the office in charge of traffic signs.

    • @martincurran6432
      @martincurran6432 3 роки тому +25

      @@TheLocalLt they disagreed with the idea because it's a pointless one

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt 3 роки тому +8

      @@martincurran6432 yes the actual invention is not only marginally useful but is way too expensive and high tech for what it does. My point was simply about the principle of it; that the one person in charge of this whole industry may be basing their opinion on the perceived public expense, but a private dragon investor coming on board could totally change the ballgame.

  • @Heathen.Deity.
    @Heathen.Deity. 3 роки тому +1059

    “There’s no ‘wrong way’ sign.” Derek, mate, that’s a big part of what ‘no entry’ signs are for. You have one right next to you.

    • @TPH250290
      @TPH250290 3 роки тому +171

      The other thing is that if you're only seeing the backs of signs, it's pretty clear it's a one way road.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому +45

      Not to mention, they place reflective material on the backs of the signs and even in the road itself to warn the driver that something is wrong.

    • @autinjones7194
      @autinjones7194 2 роки тому +56

      @@TPH250290 I get the impression that the real problem here is this guy's driving skills and or road safety knowledge.

    • @fbi5161
      @fbi5161 2 роки тому +21

      In the US we have "Wrong Way" signs but "Do Not Enter" signs are more commonly used.

    • @joshfatal
      @joshfatal 7 місяців тому +3

      @@fbi5161 Most people (who aren't driving belligerently drunk) don't see "Wrong Way" signs in the US because you actually have to be driving into incoming traffic to witness the sign.

  • @GuyMulinder
    @GuyMulinder 5 років тому +4460

    “What have you got a patent for?”
    “Because it’s a good idea.”
    😂😂😂

    • @adamdaye
      @adamdaye 5 років тому +81

      fkin classic!

    • @mra7890
      @mra7890 5 років тому +8

      amazing

    • @burnsyboyy7534
      @burnsyboyy7534 5 років тому +12

      It isn’t going to work give it up, Derek I’m Out. Haha

    • @JT-km6th
      @JT-km6th 5 років тому +11

      I'm rolling 😂😂 only in the UK 😂

    • @carolmorris404
      @carolmorris404 5 років тому +40

      @@JT-km6th he wants to take it internationally. Trust me, in South Africa, they will disappear within 10min of being put up, and that's in peak hour traffic.

  • @sanyang66
    @sanyang66 5 років тому +3727

    I am from the year 2050, Flowsignals are on every traffic sign. Derek is now a hero.

    • @dylwintftw
      @dylwintftw 3 роки тому +97

      thank you funny child from the clevelend show!

    • @DABESTTTTT
      @DABESTTTTT 3 роки тому +94

      So am I, you forgot to mention that we arrived in a time machine invented by Sir Derek

    • @fuckgoogle7314
      @fuckgoogle7314 3 роки тому +93

      I'm from 2055, the flow signals made it even easier for the robots to herd us toward our deaths.

    • @PotentiallyAndy
      @PotentiallyAndy 3 роки тому +12

      Why would self driving cars need flow signals? ;)

    • @LLordandmaster1
      @LLordandmaster1 3 роки тому +30

      @@PotentiallyAndy So they know other self driving cars are coming towards them when they're turning right. Doye.

  • @naturalcanopy9148
    @naturalcanopy9148 5 років тому +3002

    “The lady who runs the signs and signals doesn’t like the idea”
    😑

    • @caribstu
      @caribstu 5 років тому +152

      cost him twenty four grand to find that out

    • @MegaKopfschmerzen
      @MegaKopfschmerzen 5 років тому +79

      For a second I thought 'running' meant missing and passing like 'running a red light'. That statement gets a lot funnier if you misunderstand it like that.

    • @johnmiller0000
      @johnmiller0000 5 років тому +12

      @@MegaKopfschmerzen That's one of the funniest things I've read on UA-cam. Thank you :)

    • @deelo79
      @deelo79 5 років тому +14

      Yeah, that was a bad sign......

    • @mrzjohnson4
      @mrzjohnson4 5 років тому +1

      A truly laugh out loud moment

  • @StandardGoose
    @StandardGoose 3 роки тому +722

    Theo: "What do you have a patent on?"
    Derek: "It's on A4 paper."

    • @SBandy
      @SBandy 2 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @Triggerfinger98
      @Triggerfinger98 2 роки тому +40

      "Why is there a patent?"
      "They're to protect ideas"

    • @lnteIIigence
      @lnteIIigence 2 роки тому +1

      How's it -patented- patterneded ?
      Well some have got spots and some have got stripes!

    • @animals_of_overtown
      @animals_of_overtown 8 місяців тому +4

      "No, what's it FOR?" "It's for printing on, so people can read it." Question-dodging skills like that, he should be working for a local Council somewhere.

    • @alex15095
      @alex15095 5 місяців тому +6

      "Can I see it?"
      "Yes, it's an opaque piece of paper with letters on it. It's entirely visible to the human eye"

  • @joshprice6511
    @joshprice6511 3 роки тому +3107

    Bless him, but it’s genuinely hard to believe this was a serious pitch.
    “Has anyone told you this is a good idea?”
    “No”

  • @speedy
    @speedy 4 роки тому +3564

    "What did you get a patent for?"
    "Because it's a good idea!"
    Oh good lord I can't breathe 🤣

    • @7-up813
      @7-up813 4 роки тому +8

      @oktopustrainer you just agreed with him...

    • @godwinuche4507
      @godwinuche4507 4 роки тому +11

      I was waiting for this comment 😂😂

    • @nord1486
      @nord1486 4 роки тому +34

      I think he thought he meant "why"

    • @fakemcfaker558
      @fakemcfaker558 4 роки тому +1

      Reminds me of my donkey neighbor diederikske *fartnoise* maeyens

    • @mcdonaldscook
      @mcdonaldscook 4 роки тому

      Wait.. Speedy here!?

  • @chanchito4401
    @chanchito4401 5 років тому +2420

    He really ought to put those road signs back where he found them.

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +81

      I know, he just caused a multiple pile up killing 7, how irresponsible....

    • @WilliamWallace42
      @WilliamWallace42 5 років тому +60

      There's obviously a bunch of flashing lights in their replacement Derek would never be that careless.

    • @razzledazzle3863
      @razzledazzle3863 5 років тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @blondesense1708
      @blondesense1708 5 років тому +2

      😂 😆

    • @FILTH_87
      @FILTH_87 5 років тому +5

      Yeahhhh like you didnt steal a sign when you were young and drunk lol!!!!! All i can say is that this dude has been drunk for the last 20+ years hahaha

  • @90s3ra6
    @90s3ra6 3 роки тому +473

    Bless him though and his innocence, you can tell this guy is very humble.

    • @magnumalba
      @magnumalba 2 роки тому +6

      But society did not pay him back.

    • @jdjd9935
      @jdjd9935 Рік тому +15

      Big difference between slow and humble

    • @blackoutninja
      @blackoutninja 8 місяців тому

      You’re confusing stupidity with humility

    • @razzledazzle84921
      @razzledazzle84921 6 місяців тому

      Unfortunately he doesn’t seem to realise that to save lives, it first needs to save someone money.

  • @vr1skaserket
    @vr1skaserket 5 років тому +3430

    I really do feel bad for this guy; he seems like he genuinely believes in his invention, but it just doesn't work. :(

    • @sgpghost4338
      @sgpghost4338 5 років тому +30

      why? imagine if he was a investor and someone else pitched this idea that was 0% approved...

    • @LucaDolanRuiz
      @LucaDolanRuiz 5 років тому +74

      Sympathy can only go so far though when he's clearly in denial

    • @livingthedream0527
      @livingthedream0527 5 років тому +15

      He’s simply in denial

    • @vitalie972
      @vitalie972 5 років тому +12

      www.emedco.com/blinkersign-r-stop-sign-bksst.html?PC-03-Traffic%26ParkingSigns_Catchall_Emedco_PLA_NB_C_Google_US&matchtype=&device=m&adgroupid=PC-03&keycode=WB0139&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6OTkk6X65gIVVuDICh3s3AdQEAQYAiABEgL1nfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

    • @chumbo
      @chumbo 5 років тому +72

      I'm with you, it's really sad and heart-breaking to watch. The dragons are merciless. I really just watch it to hate the dragons more

  • @ninjasonmylawn25
    @ninjasonmylawn25 5 років тому +4087

    I feel like this guy is just a horrible driver and blames the signs.

    • @johngalbraith4775
      @johngalbraith4775 5 років тому +68

      Ironically a system is currently being trialled in the UK with flashing lights and no entry symbols on the A1 and the M9.

    • @dannysmum9744
      @dannysmum9744 5 років тому +26

      i'm glad that i don't drive - cos i would be fucked up by a plague of signs everywhere - many of which are not immediately obvious - i thought that this guy was making a very valid point..

    • @connoc5078
      @connoc5078 5 років тому +70

      @@dannysmum9744 I think if you learned and spent some time driving it wouldn't be such a big deal. Yes, some roads and signs can be incredibly confusing when seeing them for the first time but with a little experience you will get to understand the gist.

    • @lawsonharrison6927
      @lawsonharrison6927 5 років тому +11

      Yup. Or he lost a family member to such an accident.

    • @ninjasonmylawn25
      @ninjasonmylawn25 5 років тому +29

      @@lawsonharrison6927 No way. That would have been part of his pitch and someone would have given him all the money.

  • @paullambert8701
    @paullambert8701 4 роки тому +2561

    I actually felt really bad for the fellow. I could see in his eyes the vision of a little boy who spent all his time and allowance on building what he thought was the world's neatest tree-house and then none of the neighbourhood kids wanted to come over and play. I could almost cry.

    • @mainaccount4049
      @mainaccount4049 4 роки тому +93

      same same same same, its so sad

    • @futurecartoonist6884
      @futurecartoonist6884 3 роки тому +81

      Yeah. I want to hug him. Regardless of Corona

    • @zacheray
      @zacheray 3 роки тому +40

      Guess I’m more heartless than I thought because I just felt disgusted that he didn’t think it through better or seek outside opinion

    • @juandirection3751
      @juandirection3751 2 роки тому +34

      it's the sad truth of business, believing in it won't always be enough

    • @LHyoutube
      @LHyoutube 2 роки тому +96

      In fairness, the neighbourhood kids actually wanted to visit his treehouse, it's just that they didn't approach it front-on and so couldn't see it out of their peripheral vision! 😂

  • @MrKiedis1984
    @MrKiedis1984 3 роки тому +922

    I’m always disappointed that we never get to hear about the traffic light problem and how the solution is to somehow add more lights.

    • @Crispynuggets28
      @Crispynuggets28 2 роки тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @rmac3217
      @rmac3217 Рік тому +34

      Sorry officer, there was no flow signal so I didn’t notice the stop sign.
      “Righteo lad, on ya way, would ya like a cup o tea?”

    • @maasaigeordie
      @maasaigeordie Рік тому +11

      I actually found his website a few years after he appeared on dragons den where he explained it. It's basically to have red flashing lights on the posts of traffic lights to warn people who are turning right that there is oncoming traffic. Bad drivers do try to turn right at traffic lights without realising they need to give way to drivers going the other way, but obviously this would not solve the problem. Anyway, he was still adamant that this was a good idea. You've gotta feel for the poor fella.

    • @ricjuk
      @ricjuk 9 місяців тому

      Yep, I was waiting to hear about a purple light and a flashing blue light and a high intensity beam being added to traffic lights everywhere.

    • @IStMl
      @IStMl 5 місяців тому

      MOVING lights !!!!

  • @HighAdmiral
    @HighAdmiral 5 років тому +571

    "Will you listen to me, Duncan?" - he asks, distraught and desperate
    "I'll listen to you, Derek" - he responds, in a calming and soothing voice

    • @m.hansen1149
      @m.hansen1149 4 роки тому +52

      Duncan is cool. He did it for the LOLs 🤣

    • @spacecowboy6667
      @spacecowboy6667 4 роки тому +35

      I was screaming at the screen at this point "HE'S TAKING THE PISS DEREK!!" Poor bloke just couldn't see it 😂😂

    • @harrytodhunter5078
      @harrytodhunter5078 4 роки тому +16

      I love how at that point the other dragons burst out laughing.

    • @Tommybotham
      @Tommybotham 3 роки тому +12

      That was a heartbreaking moment tbh. Duncan listened because he’s the most compassionate out of the Dragons.

    • @Jordothecat98
      @Jordothecat98 3 роки тому +15

      He literally smirked after saying it cuz he was taking the piss, stopped him about 30 seconds later and then called his idea the worst he’s ever seen in dragons den. Such compassion

  • @ericrostron1496
    @ericrostron1496 5 років тому +3366

    This guy's other inventions include:
    The inflatable dart board
    The waterproof teabag

  • @robertwilson6854
    @robertwilson6854 4 роки тому +1686

    "What have you got a patent for?"
    "Because its a good idea!"
    THIS GUY IS AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND

    • @iwatchwithnoads7480
      @iwatchwithnoads7480 2 роки тому +40

      English is so confusing that even English people get confused by a simple sentence

    • @muskndusk
      @muskndusk Рік тому +1

      I was expected them to ask to see the patent.

    • @rmac3217
      @rmac3217 Рік тому +7

      Since you simpletons can’t see the genius of this idea, we fit, a flow signal.

    • @jonathandansem
      @jonathandansem Рік тому

      @@iwatchwithnoads7480 😂Same, even I got confused

    • @shelleymagnussen1959
      @shelleymagnussen1959 Рік тому

      It's a shame because he seems like a really nice gentleman.

  • @rabidrabbitshuggers
    @rabidrabbitshuggers 2 роки тому +230

    Duncan being like “I’ll listen to you” had me crying 🤣🤣🤣

    • @petermernagh9991
      @petermernagh9991 Рік тому +18

      The facial expressions of the other Dragons made it even better

  • @Demos_Jeff
    @Demos_Jeff 5 років тому +1777

    As awful of a idea as it is. Atleast he’s passionate enough about public safety to go on national tv and for that. Good job Derek. Please stop making the signs your crazy but I love ya

    • @CentaurMoe
      @CentaurMoe 5 років тому +26

      If you liked him surely you wouldn't want him wasting any more of his time and money? The dragons did him a favour by highlighting how hopeless his invention is.

    • @GEM4sta
      @GEM4sta 5 років тому +153

      @@CentaurMoe He literally said in his comment.

    • @shaun1293
      @shaun1293 5 років тому +9

      Derek’s idea would kill someone.

    • @CentaurMoe
      @CentaurMoe 5 років тому +7

      @@GEM4sta My bad

    • @perturbedxtirade7428
      @perturbedxtirade7428 5 років тому +12

      @@CentaurMoe reading comprehension classes, take one.

  • @alexandrumarin8981
    @alexandrumarin8981 5 років тому +1136

    Meanwhile in a parallel universe: Man gets money from investor for his lights on a pole patent. Driving accident rate drops to 0.

    • @boooster101
      @boooster101 5 років тому +46

      Lets fight DUI with LED

    • @marreco6347
      @marreco6347 5 років тому +15

      If anything there would be more accidents, that thing is so distracting.

    • @R4GNAR0G
      @R4GNAR0G 5 років тому +1

      Yes...
      And the inhabitant of that universe are literally Aliens.

    • @ManaDrain315
      @ManaDrain315 5 років тому +5

      This idea is almost as bad as solar roadways. I don't see it working out in any universe.

    • @francinekuri9964
      @francinekuri9964 5 років тому +2

      @@ManaDrain315 *Solar freaking roadways

  • @Meeran
    @Meeran 5 років тому +801

    "I haven't really finished explaining about the traffic light problem :("
    i'm tearing up I FEEL SO BAD FOR HIM

    • @omfgpainkillers
      @omfgpainkillers 4 роки тому +54

      This is like the saddest momen in dragon's den history :( Poor guy.

    • @benharding562
      @benharding562 4 роки тому +41

      He was so oblivious to there condescending comments I felt bad

    • @jadethornton7975
      @jadethornton7975 4 роки тому +43

      I felt pretty bad for him too. i hope i'm wrong but i feel like this guy doesnt succeed very much in life and probably thinks he has friends but there actually pretty mean to him. He's such an easy target. i hope a few people buy them for there driveways or something so he can make some money back. poor derek.

    • @janchix6680
      @janchix6680 4 роки тому +12

      "Traffic light problem" - that guy was delusional, there is no problem. What the hell would it solve to stick one more light on the traffic lights. It would just cause confusion. :D I don't feel bad for him at all - he has to wake up!

    • @reconbravo104
      @reconbravo104 4 роки тому +5

      4:09 the way his smile falteres when he realizes they're all laughing at him...oof.

  • @D-Ry
    @D-Ry Рік тому +89

    Duncan was chill with "I'll listen to you" then you just see the will to live slowly drain from his face like "why did I say I'd listen?" 😂

  • @KieronMiddleton
    @KieronMiddleton 5 років тому +975

    Derek went on to invent indicators for BMW's.

    • @piefish
      @piefish 5 років тому +50

      Oh my god your profile picture is so triggering

    • @harrylesueur
      @harrylesueur 5 років тому +20

      @@piefish I agree, I keep on thinking it's a bit of hair that needs brushing off my screen.

    • @GarrusN7
      @GarrusN7 5 років тому +80

      @@piefish Not if you're in dark mode lmao.

    • @terencekent615
      @terencekent615 5 років тому +6

      BMW drivers have not bought any of these indicators....... obviously.

    • @WineScrounger
      @WineScrounger 5 років тому +2

      They’re still a cost option on BMWs

  • @shawnwes9023
    @shawnwes9023 3 роки тому +2639

    “Will you listen to me Duncan for 5 mins.”
    “Ill listen to you Derrick”
    😭😂😂😂 funniest part of this episode

    • @thetableoflegend9814
      @thetableoflegend9814 3 роки тому +155

      The look on the other dragons faces, actually laughing at him as priceless

    • @mpgnz73
      @mpgnz73 3 роки тому +56

      LOL! Like he needed therapy or something.

    • @TimeAndDateAndName
      @TimeAndDateAndName 3 роки тому +103

      That bit was so sad I burst out laughing

    • @AlexWallsELT
      @AlexWallsELT 3 роки тому +60

      I thought the bit that came after "I said I'd listen because I didn't want to be impolite. Is there much more?"

    • @JacenSolo0
      @JacenSolo0 3 роки тому +19

      Duncan was just thinking about haggis whilst he was talking about traffic lights.

  • @mits1984
    @mits1984 5 років тому +920

    Sir there's an asteroid heading towards earth.
    "So, we fit a flow signal"

    • @Swansea-hu5ok
      @Swansea-hu5ok 5 років тому +13

      mits1984 😂😂 very underrated comment !

    • @VestinVestin
      @VestinVestin 5 років тому +23

      _"Asteroid... You're going the wrong way, mate :(."_

    • @alcoholandfun243
      @alcoholandfun243 5 років тому +1

      🤣😂🤣😂

    • @08boatfg
      @08boatfg 4 роки тому +14

      "It's amber in colour"

    • @TrackpadProductions
      @TrackpadProductions 4 роки тому +2

      _Whoops... it's gone the way of all demos..._

  • @gamemusicify
    @gamemusicify 2 роки тому +103

    I love how Peter didn't want to destroy the guy so just bowed out and asked a dragon to interrupt him

  • @HHHKingofKings58
    @HHHKingofKings58 5 років тому +784

    Inventor: The lady who runs the signs and signals doesn't like the idea.
    HAHAHAHAHA

    • @MrJamberee
      @MrJamberee 5 років тому +14

      That should have been his first clue.

    • @Bipolar_Weasel
      @Bipolar_Weasel 5 років тому +9

      Well, looks like the lady got overruled. Scotland is testing a wrong way warning system on the A1 and M9 now...

    • @starmanda88
      @starmanda88 5 років тому

      Just about split my sides laughing at that statement.

    • @Δημήτρης-θ7θ
      @Δημήτρης-θ7θ 4 роки тому

      Maybe sometimes lying by omission is the best way to go.

  • @shinobix4925
    @shinobix4925 4 роки тому +711

    "I didn't want to be impolite"
    Literal seconds later
    "You win the worst invention"

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 3 роки тому +12

      'Literal seconds'? Are they different to seconds?

    • @shinobix4925
      @shinobix4925 3 роки тому +24

      @@markfox1545 lol no. It's cause time can be exaggerated for effect, a few hours spent waiting can be presented as years cause it felt so long, and a couple minutes spent on a 20 hour game can be treated as a few seconds cause that's not enough time to do much. This situation is neither of those, it was literally, without exaggeration, a few seconds later.
      At least, it probably was, I made this comment a while ago

    • @JoeMama-np8vi
      @JoeMama-np8vi 3 роки тому +1

      By not being impolite,he meant he want to listen if there are more to it than just some flashing light.
      But there are none

    • @notinterested8452
      @notinterested8452 3 роки тому +2

      Light's on but no one is home.

    • @tindekappa9047
      @tindekappa9047 3 роки тому

      @@markfox1545 no they are not, that's what literal means

  • @Jaden-fe4bz
    @Jaden-fe4bz 5 років тому +816

    Narrator: "a remarkably composed Derek"
    *cuts to Derek, sweating and stuttering*

    • @iudexe3103
      @iudexe3103 5 років тому +47

      i honestly feel sorry for that guy, but sometimes people really need to be knocked on their head to make them back into reality

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +10

      Also he was expelling copious amounts of hot silent farts, the Dragons politely ignoring the stench....

    • @391C
      @391C 5 років тому +1

      is he tho?

    • @maxbaugh9372
      @maxbaugh9372 5 років тому +8

      He was using like 90% of his willpower just to keep himself from crying

    • @danieldeburgh8437
      @danieldeburgh8437 5 років тому

      Ah EUIV

  • @anishsahadevan
    @anishsahadevan 2 роки тому +272

    It's interesting, in Australia they introduced flashing LEDs on school zone speed times, because people kept missing them. The man's idea won't make any money, but what he's saying about peripheral vision and how easily people might miss some rudimentary sign actually makes sense. I feel sorry for the guy; he was made fun of on national TV.

    • @Romans8-9
      @Romans8-9 2 роки тому +35

      Yeah but i think the dragons didnt believe he could patent flashing lights on a sign.

    • @joeydoherty368
      @joeydoherty368 Рік тому +17

      It is a good idea, but you need funding for it and it’s just a flashing light so it’s not much of an invention.

    • @smalltime0
      @smalltime0 10 місяців тому +9

      That's also because school days are fairly fluid. The speed changes are active only on school days, but not everyone knows when school is in/out and the days in between which are test days etc.

    • @azmanntoz
      @azmanntoz 2 місяці тому +1

      The school zone is only in effect at certain times of the day. The lights just tell you that it’s active without having to know what the time is. During school holidays and on weekends they don’t activate at all.

  • @Swansea-hu5ok
    @Swansea-hu5ok 5 років тому +511

    “I’ve been constipated for the last five days”
    “So....I fit a flow signal”

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 5 років тому +26

      "Working out if someone fancies you can be difficult. So...we fit a flow signal".

    • @gazza2933
      @gazza2933 5 років тому +2

      @@davidjames579 Yes. Good old Flo!

    • @jonord84
      @jonord84 4 роки тому

      #mylife 😂😂😂

    • @annabelcoulter7905
      @annabelcoulter7905 3 роки тому +5

      "its brown in colour"

    • @diannekeightley9443
      @diannekeightley9443 3 роки тому

      😃😂Classic...

  • @gg1xyhh
    @gg1xyhh 4 роки тому +1807

    This is so sad, he seems so genuine and nice :(

    • @reececollison5101
      @reececollison5101 3 роки тому +211

      I know, but he needed to be given a sharp shock to be told it wasn’t going to work. Even that still didn’t work as he’s still pursuing it today so doing a softly sugar coating approach certainly wouldn’t have. It’s tough love.

    • @somemong989
      @somemong989 3 роки тому +3

      @@reececollison5101 yeah agreed

    • @0ranje023
      @0ranje023 3 роки тому +32

      @@reececollison5101 I really hope he isn’t spending more money on it

    • @notinterested8452
      @notinterested8452 3 роки тому +2

      Like a tellytubby.

    • @abacus7087
      @abacus7087 3 роки тому +1

      @@reececollison5101 How do you know he's still doing it?

  • @Shrooms-up6sv
    @Shrooms-up6sv 4 роки тому +333

    My name is derek cousins, i have a new idea, no smoking signs that should be fitted at the bottom of all swimming pools

  • @lauriesicardaskey
    @lauriesicardaskey 3 роки тому +138

    Not many people know Peter Jones actually lives in that chair. Okay, he gets out of it to shower, eat and do his business, but he sleeps in it and spends about 18 hours a day in it.

    • @MaxLennon
      @MaxLennon 3 роки тому +5

      I just watched the "Dragons Check in on their Investments" video, and in it they say Peter's actually always running late to the studio haha

  • @Hank..
    @Hank.. 5 років тому +864

    I feel bad for this guy. He seems genuinely passionate about his idea and about helping save people's lives from needlessly being lost. It's a bad idea but I can't help but feel bad.

    • @lajeandom
      @lajeandom 4 роки тому +26

      Hank J. Wimbleton it’s funny but i think this idea, if modified a bit, could be applied on something else..? I have absolutely no idea what but there must be something he can do with this invention

    • @talandelana6873
      @talandelana6873 4 роки тому +21

      @@lajeandom like what? It's flashing lights on a pole.

    • @user-njyzcip
      @user-njyzcip 4 роки тому +9

      @@lajeandom you can make it yourself with probably $100 on parts from eBay, so nah

    • @lovetownsend
      @lovetownsend 4 роки тому

      Your madness avatar is AWESOME!

    • @WhosThatPokemon2024
      @WhosThatPokemon2024 3 роки тому +2

      Why would u wanted to feel bad? you pity on him because he is vulnerable and weak so you could show the alpha side of yourself?

  • @Apocalypse21187
    @Apocalypse21187 5 років тому +338

    this pitch is basically "it's possible to miss road signs, so lets fit them with rows of flashing lights that won't at all distract and confuse more drivers than the ones who missed the signs..." 🤦‍♂️

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 5 років тому +18

      @Luna yeah right! The government can't even be bothered to turn on the lights on the motorway where I live, you think they're gonna spend money on technology like that (that will probably be broken every time a bored kid goes past)?

    • @rchcc122
      @rchcc122 5 років тому +3

      Honestly, some roads in my home town do this and it works well and isn't at all confusing. The lights are solar powered too so the entity is self-reliant.

    • @Apocalypse21187
      @Apocalypse21187 5 років тому +3

      @@rchcc122 most drivers would understand this, but don't forget some drivers appear to have won their licence in a cereal box, and some older drivers can get confused as things are - plus we're all prone to mistakes or lapses in concentration.
      On the odd 1 or 2 roads it may work - but to role out nationality on all roads would end in disaster.

    • @nh6central
      @nh6central 5 років тому

      lol, true!

    • @z17seattle
      @z17seattle 5 років тому

      They're all laughing at him but his invention is going to be used in

  • @225HALOREACH
    @225HALOREACH 3 роки тому +1402

    This is one of the most genuinely sad/ emotionally distressing pieces of film i have ever seen. Never have I felt so bad for someone on this show

    • @shishirpandit6735
      @shishirpandit6735 2 роки тому +149

      Same! I think he's genuinely trying to save lives....maybe he lost someone he cared about this way. Shame the idea doesn't really solve the problem

    • @BangkokVoiceCoach
      @BangkokVoiceCoach 2 роки тому +34

      I didn't feel empathetic at all. I thought he was just deluded.

    • @theenglishalpinist5031
      @theenglishalpinist5031 2 роки тому +10

      Agreed. If he wasn't a comedian, then I would say he was genuinely ill.

    • @brendahinnells
      @brendahinnells 2 роки тому +26

      I truly hope this man is successful How dare the dragons be so unkind to a genuine invention I cannot understand their lack of interest what seems to be a genuine pitch The look of mockery they displayed was totally uncalled for I am disappointed in the dragons behaviour SO disrespectful

    • @TheGuzeinbuick
      @TheGuzeinbuick 2 роки тому +39

      Bruh the man couldn't even think about having two signs back-to-back on one pole.

  • @strategystuff5080
    @strategystuff5080 10 місяців тому +28

    I love his little DnD intro scenario,
    "You are alone, engulfed in a thick darkness, your desperate cries answered only by a deathly stillness. Your eyes dart around the pitch black night sky desperately looking for any celestial body with which to guide yourself, but you find none. But wait! Out of the corner of your eyes you spot a moving light. Its soothing motions guide your eyes to a sign barely visible.
    The dim light illuminates the words "One way".
    You are saved, Thanks to the flow sign you will persevere through this dark night, to see your wife Suzy doing make-up once more!
    "

  • @reganbrannigan3006
    @reganbrannigan3006 5 років тому +311

    This lad has just gone the wrong way down a street and thought “If only there were red flashing lights”

    • @bakersmileyface
      @bakersmileyface 4 роки тому +4

      That's how most great businesses start.
      And honestly the idea must have been a good one, because the UK are starting to add lights to signs on major motorways. They're testing it on the M1, and another road that I forgot, to see if it works before rolling it out over the country.

    • @reganbrannigan3006
      @reganbrannigan3006 4 роки тому +7

      bakersmileyface Is that not just to make signs brighter though

    • @effien
      @effien 3 роки тому +4

      And wrong way signs already exist

    • @CookedOnions
      @CookedOnions 3 роки тому +2

      "Hm, I wonder why all the signs are set up backwards" - One Way Willy

    • @Albimar17
      @Albimar17 3 роки тому

      I bet this idea got to him when he got lost in a red light district somewhere :)

  • @L0JP
    @L0JP 4 роки тому +1000

    It’s so sad at 4:20 because you can see Derek’s face light up because he thinks that Theo is making him an offer, he doesn’t realise it’s just hypothetical.

  • @HHHKingofKings58
    @HHHKingofKings58 5 років тому +565

    "Will you listen to me, Duncan?"
    "I'll listen to you, Derek."
    * everyone else leans forward and laughs as they look at Duncan, as if he's a school kid leading the teacher on *
    Funniest pitch ever.

    • @christaylor3911
      @christaylor3911 5 років тому +10

      Duncan’s the boy lmao

    • @IAmOnTheInternetz
      @IAmOnTheInternetz 5 років тому +25

      Then he nods for a minute straight 🤣🤣🤣 legend

    • @davidmg1925
      @davidmg1925 5 років тому +2

      DON'T BE CRUEL!!!!!!!!!!

    • @majesticallymade6177
      @majesticallymade6177 5 років тому +10

      @@davidmg1925 it's not funny they mocked him to scorn . . He looked like he was on the edge n had already spent 24k. Idea may hav been terrible but they ridiculed him

    • @thechumpsbeendumped.7797
      @thechumpsbeendumped.7797 5 років тому +9

      eternal praise for that alone, I hope he sells millions of them. It’s ok to disagree with someone but to ridicule, humiliate and bully them on national tv shows what unpleasant people they really are.

  • @arthurmorgan8529
    @arthurmorgan8529 3 роки тому +260

    This is a classic - not only is it one thing that makes a non-existent problem worse, it's also more useless than Kardoctor

    • @curledup
      @curledup 3 роки тому +1

      lol

    • @daveintheAM
      @daveintheAM 2 роки тому +4

      Cardoctor was conceptually clever, this... i just dont get

    • @clownworld4655
      @clownworld4655 2 роки тому +14

      @@daveintheAM Cardoctor fundamentally doesn’t work though. Professional call services work in the medical industry because there is so much uncertainty with peoples’ health (it’s not always easy to diagnose things) and works with computers because most software issues can be solved by the user with instructions. When it comes to auto repair the vast majority of the time you either need to to be mechanically adept to some degree with the proper tools, or simply take it to an auto shop

    • @LeechUFC
      @LeechUFC 2 роки тому +6

      @@clownworld4655 car doctor in the modern day of apps could definitely work, being able to send pictures and videos of your car’s damage and issues to a neutral third party evaluator before going to a mechanic that can overcharge you or overdiagnose the problem

    • @jono3079
      @jono3079 Рік тому +14

      "Kardoctor, I'm going the wrong way up the M1!"
      "Turn around m8"

  • @xamas7914
    @xamas7914 3 роки тому +286

    4:18
    "Derek, I'm gonna give you 50 000 pounds..."
    "Yeah? :D"
    "... how am I gonna make a profit?"
    :'(

    • @cephasmakuzva
      @cephasmakuzva 3 роки тому +24

      That lady whos in charge of the signs and signals doesn't like the idea 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ryzacroft7783
      @ryzacroft7783 3 роки тому +5

      @@cephasmakuzva She doesn’t like the idea, can another dragon please interrupt me 😂😂😂

    • @mohammedAhmed-bb1dh
      @mohammedAhmed-bb1dh 3 роки тому

      😂

    • @cam_z
      @cam_z 3 роки тому

      😭

  • @dkizxpt-su3ze
    @dkizxpt-su3ze 3 роки тому +397

    I can't tell you how much I wanted Derek to finish explaining about the traffic light problem

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout 3 роки тому +26

      NGL. I wanted him to explain it fully, too. Just out of peak curiosity to know what is going through that mind of his :)

    • @dddddd211
      @dddddd211 Рік тому +2

      He never could cuz there wasn't a point to be finished. He was just making explanations on the spot.

  • @Shatterhand2049
    @Shatterhand2049 4 роки тому +381

    As absolutely ridiculous as the idea is, I can't help but feel bad for Derek. It's pretty clear this is something that, for reasons that baffle me, he feels very passionate about, and you could hear the sadness in his voice as each Dragon brutally tears him down. I'm sure that, to this day, he's still baffled as to how they could not see the "genius" in his idea.

    • @LeMerch
      @LeMerch Рік тому

      That’s the best part. He stills thinks they, and everyone else are wrong.

  • @Twangabilly
    @Twangabilly 3 роки тому +95

    “There is no ‘wrong way’ sign in the UK.” You’re literally stood beside one..

    • @elvickRULES
      @elvickRULES 9 місяців тому

      That’s no entry ⛔️ wrong way says literally “wrong way” on it. US has them. Generally white with black text. Usually on the back of other signs.

    • @RJA
      @RJA 9 місяців тому +2

      That's a no entry sign, not necessarily wrong way. I have gone the wrong way down a one way street before, but it's not like you need flashing lights to solve the problem, just better placement/more no entry signs.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 7 місяців тому +6

      No, that's a no entry sign. If you don't see that sign and start driving the wrong way down the one-way street, there's no sign that tells you you're doing something wrong. Thing is, there's no sign because it's very rare for people to go the wrong way down one-way streets, so no sign is really needed.

    • @elvickRULES
      @elvickRULES 7 місяців тому

      There are wrong way signs in the world. US has them. Literally says “Wrong Way” on it.

  • @markstedman8186
    @markstedman8186 5 років тому +524

    I don't think Derek has got a mean bone in his body

    • @3X73RM
      @3X73RM 5 років тому +109

      I agree, he seemed like a genuinely concerned, albeit incredibly misguided, guy who just wanted to improve something he perceived as a problem. Nothing wrong with wanting to make something better, you just need to actually think it through sometimes, or in this case, have someone else think it through for you :P

    • @lonewolfgc4944
      @lonewolfgc4944 5 років тому +6

      Or a brain 😂

    • @kimwexler9393
      @kimwexler9393 5 років тому +41

      That's because he has no bones, only flow signals.

    • @gergelyguruz8843
      @gergelyguruz8843 4 роки тому +13

      Nah, he is the silent type, could turn into a menacing whirlwind in an instant when catches someone driving the wrong way.

    • @henrytheeightheist8091
      @henrytheeightheist8091 4 роки тому +4

      I think his head is a solid bone.....with a flow signal encased inside it.Visible through his ears,even in the rain and thick fog.

  • @Sandstrom765
    @Sandstrom765 5 років тому +178

    "Hey Derek, the exit is that way"
    "THERE'S A SIGN THERE" **Drops Mic**

  • @tomx5144
    @tomx5144 5 років тому +385

    "ill listen to you Derek" 😂😂😂

    • @burnsyboyy7534
      @burnsyboyy7534 5 років тому +9

      Tom x best moment in this vid could not stop laughing 😂.

    • @marcian8305
      @marcian8305 5 років тому +1

      I watched it at least 40x and can't stop laughing

  • @ashbridgeindustries380
    @ashbridgeindustries380 Рік тому +23

    When he says "the lady who runs the signs and signals", did he just ring up the Office of Rail and Road helpdesk and ask the receptionist what she thought of the idea?

  • @tmusic9428
    @tmusic9428 5 років тому +439

    “Worst invention ever... I’m in”

    • @seanjosephhayes
      @seanjosephhayes 5 років тому +29

      T Music That you, Jenny? 😂

    • @jamiesmith4745
      @jamiesmith4745 5 років тому +5

      Jenny?? WHAAAA

    • @funny27man93
      @funny27man93 5 років тому +2

      T Music 😂🤣

    • @caribstu
      @caribstu 5 років тому +1

      to be fair, i think the wheel rim washer was worse.

    • @freewilliam93
      @freewilliam93 5 років тому +3

      "Absolutely GENIUS" He had to of been trolling when he told the shower dude.
      Im glad they uploaded this, watchmojouk had a worst dd fails, and the original upload of this was taken down after being on here for years. It was the first clip of the show i ever saw in fact, being american, and i mentioned it on the wmuk vid. Maybe this channel realized they should start a new list for them?

  • @jesjdify
    @jesjdify 3 роки тому +250

    He's the first person I've felt for. He seems like a very nice person, it's not a great idea but his soul was shattered

  • @Hepbae
    @Hepbae 4 роки тому +543

    The show’s team knew exactly what they were doing when they accepted him to be on the show lol

    • @Bigaitch500
      @Bigaitch500 2 роки тому +33

      Exactly - yet allowed him to go on and humiliate himself.

    • @autinjones7194
      @autinjones7194 2 роки тому +48

      @@Bigaitch500 thats show business.

    • @IsomerMashups
      @IsomerMashups 2 роки тому +19

      @@Bigaitch500
      He needed a wake up call that this is a bad idea that will only cost him progressively more money.

    • @makavelismith
      @makavelismith 2 роки тому +4

      Which is morally bankrupt.

    • @blue24563
      @blue24563 2 роки тому +5

      I really hope the dragons had been sitting there all day and this was the final pitch. All they wanted to do was go home.

  • @janetanderson5463
    @janetanderson5463 2 роки тому +103

    The facial expressions on the Dragons says it all , poor man , it’s hard not to feel sorry for him .

    • @theempire00
      @theempire00 2 роки тому

      I cry a little 😭

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu 2 роки тому +2

      It's probably the reason why the dragons didn't try to angrily dismiss him like they usually would when an arrogant pitcher has a bad or misleading idea.

  • @GodotOfficial
    @GodotOfficial 5 років тому +458

    “I’ll listen to you Derek”
    Translation: “I haven’t finished laughing at you yet”

    • @LunaRose1312
      @LunaRose1312 5 років тому +15

      Pretty much, I'm glad Duncan asked him to continue made my day better

    • @TheDiasporaMedia
      @TheDiasporaMedia 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kid_eisenhorn9438
      @kid_eisenhorn9438 5 років тому +1

      I take this from the ungodly cool guy with the mask.

    • @m.hansen1149
      @m.hansen1149 4 роки тому +1

      Duncan did it for the LOLs 🤣

  • @bobsmith2481
    @bobsmith2481 4 роки тому +522

    Derek’s plans for a helicopter ejector seat failed to get off the ground as well.

    • @markusisaksson6023
      @markusisaksson6023 4 роки тому +6

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😁👌

    • @remchaill9898
      @remchaill9898 4 роки тому +30

      That one has actually be successfully implemented. The rotor blades are ejected laterally first, then the pilot ejects upward a moment later.

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout 3 роки тому +17

      They have been around for a while..... But they don't have a flow signal

    • @mlw237
      @mlw237 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @olicox2344
      @olicox2344 3 роки тому +1

      Haha I couldn't stop 🤣 🤣 that comment made me have a spasm attack

  • @AmyJoJoo
    @AmyJoJoo 4 роки тому +162

    "A remarkably composed Derek"
    Camera goes to Derek sweating, gulping, and licking his lips..

    • @HIOP0
      @HIOP0 4 роки тому +5

      In fairness, all done in eager anticipation of all five dragons striving to offer him the BEST deal.

    • @AmyJoJoo
      @AmyJoJoo 3 роки тому +1

      It's just a joke (:

    • @stefanjevtic7175
      @stefanjevtic7175 3 роки тому +1

      @@AmyJoJoo hello there 😉

  • @jeditimelords
    @jeditimelords Рік тому +96

    The dragons laughed this man out of the room but I visited my hometown and they now have a blinking light on a stop sign. Derek was a visionary.

    • @Steven-ze2zk
      @Steven-ze2zk Рік тому +2

      What's a stop sign?

    • @1992jamo
      @1992jamo Рік тому +34

      @@Steven-ze2zk I think it's that thing we went past 5 miles ago.

    • @Fuck_Anime
      @Fuck_Anime Рік тому +5

      @@Steven-ze2zk catholic probably

    • @dddddd211
      @dddddd211 Рік тому +1

      Well that's such a short minded opinion no offence.

    • @tobymacdonald5893
      @tobymacdonald5893 Рік тому +2

      That’s not the same thing at all lol

  • @retro1082
    @retro1082 5 років тому +218

    "My wife said she was going to leave me. So I fit... a flow signal!"

    • @Anonymous-or4ru
      @Anonymous-or4ru 5 років тому +5

      My wife was sick of feigning headaches so she velcroed a flow signal to her furry purse

  • @wetlettuce4768
    @wetlettuce4768 5 років тому +178

    "Is there on coming traffic? But what tells you there's on coming traffic?" Seeing cars coming at me would be a bit of a red flag....

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts 5 років тому +10

      unless you are senile in which case one shouldn't be driving

    • @amthatdad3450
      @amthatdad3450 4 роки тому

      Flag, flashing lights, it's whatever

    • @Practicalinvestments
      @Practicalinvestments 3 роки тому +4

      Right i lol’d at that too like if u need a light on a sign to tell you if its safe to turn/proceed u probably shouldn’t be driving.

  • @angelfirepunk1
    @angelfirepunk1 5 років тому +853

    I cringed when he said “young Suzie doing her makeup”

    • @bigload6
      @bigload6 5 років тому +5

      @Daz Ediss yeah young what are you talking about 😂😂

    • @Emma0990
      @Emma0990 5 років тому +21

      The way he was scratching at his teeth when imitating Suzie, I'd say she was a hamster with gingivitis myself... 🐀

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +14

      @@Emma0990 It's because he was banging a 17 yr old Suzie the week before and she was running him home in her Dads 1980s old Escort, most of her original lipstick was spread over his large white Y fronts, he's really a Sick man.....

    • @thedunyadoneya2628
      @thedunyadoneya2628 5 років тому +3

      @@markperryman1797 then she ran a no entry sign...
      Haha hope he's ok, seems like he's had it tough.

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +13

      @@thedunyadoneya2628 Derek's in the Den next year showcasing his braille road signs for partially sighted Drivers, I think traffic jams will be caused as the drivers stop to run their fingers over the signs, I can't see......it working....

  • @Reynoldinio
    @Reynoldinio 3 роки тому +51

    "I don't want to be impolite. Is there much more?"
    "Well, I haven't really fini-"
    "You win. The worst invention. Ever to be brought onto Dragon's Den. To date. Thank you."
    And then Theo The Fetus saying "There's a sign, there".
    This one is truly iconic.

  • @R4GNAR0G
    @R4GNAR0G 5 років тому +186

    Duncan: "I'll listen to you, Derek."
    Theo: "Look at this dude.."

    • @medievalist
      @medievalist 5 років тому +9

      And that is why I miss Duncan and Theo :)

    • @kierananthony25
      @kierananthony25 3 роки тому +2

      "Look at the top of his head.... *hysterical laughter*"

  • @KolorMeyellow
    @KolorMeyellow 4 роки тому +257

    I’m on a binge and this has to be the funniest pitch ever

    • @caribstu
      @caribstu 3 роки тому +4

      try to find the bloke who invented the car wheel rim washer protector... it's even worse.

    • @rickyjanzen6684
      @rickyjanzen6684 3 роки тому +2

      @@caribstu I saw that just before this. Unfortunately, it was only like a 2 minute edit, so this one wins simply from quantity of content. Also, that guy might sell a couple to some eccentric car wash/detailers (maybe). This guy's only market already gave him a flat no.

    • @yusufpatel5519
      @yusufpatel5519 3 роки тому +3

      The guy who was giving business lessons to the dragons was the funniest

    • @benjo3459
      @benjo3459 3 роки тому +1

      @@caribstu Just watched

    • @royfr8136
      @royfr8136 3 роки тому +1

      @@yusufpatel5519 the towel with pockets

  • @MrDylanHole
    @MrDylanHole 5 років тому +148

    He should extend the patent and travel the world suing anybody who adds lights to traffic signs.

  • @calix_red7300
    @calix_red7300 Рік тому +9

    Theo: "what have you got a patent for"
    Inventor: "it's just a really great idea"
    😂😂😂

  • @thejuiceweasel
    @thejuiceweasel 4 роки тому +227

    *_"You going through a strange town..."_*
    Not sure if he'd be a better dungeon master or lyricist.

    • @kevinm5940
      @kevinm5940 3 роки тому +1

      He's certainly good at holding a speech

    • @Ben_Kirkham
      @Ben_Kirkham 3 роки тому +4

      Maybe he should narrate ‘The Twilight Zone.’

    • @PippiOnePointOh
      @PippiOnePointOh 3 роки тому +13

      “You’re going through a strange town, you’re all alone and your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eyes you see him: *Shia LeBouf*.”

  • @ashleygillespie-horne6429
    @ashleygillespie-horne6429 4 роки тому +60

    "This is a one-way street sign, but what do you see if you go the wrong way?"
    You see the 'No Entry' sign, Sherlock!

  • @gustamer4868
    @gustamer4868 5 років тому +1294

    Feel sorry for him. :(

    • @SRC267
      @SRC267 5 років тому +137

      Yea, they bullied Derek

    • @AristotelisMitsiou
      @AristotelisMitsiou 5 років тому +166

      @@outerpol I don't think it would work. If people are having trouble recognising signs the solution is to get them off the road.

    • @Dynamoduck-nf4ws
      @Dynamoduck-nf4ws 5 років тому

      Same

    • @jason-gf8dg
      @jason-gf8dg 5 років тому +10

      its funny, the guys a moron

    • @willstanton7823
      @willstanton7823 5 років тому +112

      Yep. Spends $24,000 of his own hard earned money on a terrible invention. The dragons should have been a little more sensitive to the guy. You never know how people are going to be affected by being laughed off the stage.

  • @MJ-YT-USR
    @MJ-YT-USR Рік тому +16

    My guess is, he encountered a very specific problem on a very specific occasion, and then developed a solution for it.

  • @the2dudes1
    @the2dudes1 4 роки тому +784

    "Derek I let you go on because I didn't want to seem impolite"
    Literally 10 seconds later
    "Derek you win worse invention to ever be brought into Dragon's Den"

  • @electrictheostudios835
    @electrictheostudios835 5 років тому +345

    I feel rlly bad for this guy because this seems like a genuine project he’s worked rlly hard on

    • @TomHoops04
      @TomHoops04 5 років тому +14

      Electric Theo Studios I know I feel like idk broke hearted thinking about what he’s hearing

    • @Ollie-lz5hr
      @Ollie-lz5hr 4 роки тому +8

      Don’t know he spent 24 grand on led lights

    • @bakersmileyface
      @bakersmileyface 4 роки тому +4

      Thing is that it's a good idea, but the execution is so poor that it's a joke and he's not someone you would want to invest in.

    • @chaosenergy1990
      @chaosenergy1990 4 роки тому +9

      It’s an idea that’s sounds okay and then he spends £24000 on a couple of prototypes. No research done, no experts consulted.

    • @fawkes764
      @fawkes764 4 роки тому

      That 24k coildhave been on patent

  • @RespectOthers1
    @RespectOthers1 5 років тому +269

    Legend has it the person who granted his patent is still laughing!

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +6

      Derek unfortunately by mistake walked into the Mental home next door to the Patent office where a Sick patient Accountant issued him a 'Patent' written on a Sick bag....

    • @drzerogi
      @drzerogi 5 років тому +3

      I wish someone asked him if he actually applied for and received a patent. The way he was answering made me wonder if he just thinks he has one because it's "a good idea".

    • @jimsuniverse4954
      @jimsuniverse4954 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xanderwusky
      @xanderwusky 5 років тому

      @@markperryman1797 must have been because the road signals where not clear enough. Bummer, just what he was looking to solve

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu 2 роки тому

      China granted him a patent for it, but America and Europe didn't.

  • @ReaverLordTonus
    @ReaverLordTonus 3 роки тому +38

    The fact that the people in charge of implementing these don't like them should have been the first and only moment he needed to realize it's not a good idea.

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu 2 роки тому +1

      He probably came onto the show out of desperation, but having looked at the application form for the show. It doesn't remotely fulfill the minimum standards i.e. patents and proof of company ownership. I'm guessing the production were either naive and didn't care, or thought it would make for excellent entertainment.

  • @juliecooly3
    @juliecooly3 4 роки тому +71

    “What have you got a patent for?”
    “Because it’s a good idea”
    Bless him hahahha

  • @viliamvacula8111
    @viliamvacula8111 3 роки тому +497

    "Thank you Derek, that way"
    *points to exit*
    "There's a sign"

    • @thetableoflegend9814
      @thetableoflegend9814 3 роки тому +60

      *Derek slaps a flow signal on it*

    • @AlexanderFort
      @AlexanderFort 3 роки тому +6

      That was savage haha

    • @lNappa
      @lNappa 3 роки тому +4

      He was quick with that one good old theo😭🤣

    • @jayczzzya
      @jayczzzya 3 роки тому +3

      Derrick responds: See! You need my LED lights on your stairway!!!

  • @MP-lj4co
    @MP-lj4co 5 років тому +362

    Aww, I feel so sorry for Derek. He seems such a nice guy. 😔

    • @matteofurbatto1805
      @matteofurbatto1805 5 років тому +3

      True that

    • @blessingoc3731
      @blessingoc3731 5 років тому +15

      @glyn hodges I think it's crap on main roads and won't get adopted. But personally, having to drive a lot stopping in crappy dark parking areas such as services, it would be a great system for working my way towards the exit, so the "off road" use of these signs interests me.

    • @MrJamberee
      @MrJamberee 5 років тому

      He might be a nice guy. But he hasn’t got a clue. I can’t guess what type of work he would be good at.

    • @philhahn
      @philhahn 5 років тому +4

      Sometimes it's cruel but hopefully the wakeup call someone needs before they ruin their life on a terrible idea that won't work

    • @ileolai
      @ileolai 5 років тому +5

      @🅹🅰🆈🅵🅰 ✓ • 15 years ago⠀⠀⠀ Right. It's like, basic human psychology this guy isn't grasping. If you see a big red stop sign, your reaction is instinctive and immediate. That's why they work 99% of the time.
      Something that is moving and flashing is going to hold your eye for longer while you have to think about how to react to it, which is precisely why they use flashing lights to slow down and redirect traffic in emergencies and such.
      When it comes to normal flow of traffic, however, 1-2 seconds of distraction could literally kill you.

  • @Duval-In-The-Wall
    @Duval-In-The-Wall Рік тому +11

    Duncan’s delivery of that final line was sensational lmao

  • @195Bucks
    @195Bucks 4 роки тому +330

    I was going up a 'one way' system the other day and somebody was coming towards me in the wrong direction... My thoughts were straight away with Derek and his flow system! 🤔😁

  • @mitchp85
    @mitchp85 4 роки тому +439

    "You're awful Dragons.."
    "You invited me on the show to make fun of me"

    • @jimbomacgee3499
      @jimbomacgee3499 4 роки тому +62

      Hard_Boiled85 “YA GIT WAT YEW FUGGIN DEEESERVE” *shoots stop signs at Dragons*

    • @ladyreverie7027
      @ladyreverie7027 4 роки тому +11

      @Rahul Kumar Mandal what do you get, when you cross a desperate inventor with investors who mock his product and declare they're out?

    • @TheIanoTube
      @TheIanoTube 4 роки тому +19

      "So that's your defence for killing five dragons? They were mean to you?"
      "No, they couldn't fit a flow signal to save their lives"

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому +4

      @@TheIanoTube Oh god my sides are in orbit 😂

    • @SRPC21
      @SRPC21 3 роки тому +3

      @@ladyreverie7027 I’ll tell you what you get... you get what you f**king deserve!! 🔫 🤡

  • @Jimboy1611
    @Jimboy1611 5 років тому +146

    “Can I finish talking about the traffic lights?”

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому

      This guy is a gold mine of unintentional comedy 😂

    • @seanA416
      @seanA416 3 роки тому +3

      "No because I'm out"

  • @KongQuestCo
    @KongQuestCo 2 роки тому +7

    “What have you got a patent on?”
    “Because it’s a good idea”
    That line made me day haha

  • @JLConawayII
    @JLConawayII 5 років тому +141

    In five years time: "Man revolutionizes traffic signals worldwide, becomes the world's first trillionaire"

    • @ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΔΗΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-κ5χ
      @ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΔΗΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-κ5χ 4 роки тому

      There will be flash lights for bad weather. Like snow.. But anybody can do it if they have politician friends

    • @bakersmileyface
      @bakersmileyface 4 роки тому +6

      Funny that because the UK are actually adding lights to Motorway signs. They're testing it out.
      Obviously it's a much much better design than this guy's. However the idea is still the same.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 3 роки тому +1

      @@will123134 No, he isn't proposing these be used instead of signs, but to be placed on the sign posts to make them more visible. So the UK adding flashing lights to the signs is essentially the same idea. At no point in his pitch does he offer his solution as a replacement.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 3 роки тому

      @@will123134 LMAO, he literally strapped flashing lights onto the actual.sign posts themselves. This is in no way a replacement for the signs, nor set apart from the signs. If the words "alongside traffic signs" was used in this video it would mean "in conjuction with traffic signs" not physically along side as in placed next to.

    • @Eidolon1andOnly
      @Eidolon1andOnly 3 роки тому

      @@will123134 No they wouldn't be distracting, LMAO. There's already flashing lights placed on some traffic signs in the UK as well as the US and they've proven to increase visibility for those signs. Ad hominem isn't going to win you any arguments.

  • @Will_Rossi
    @Will_Rossi 5 років тому +64

    I really hope that man is okay. He seemed so well intentioned

  • @dinodar8765
    @dinodar8765 5 років тому +72

    Been waiting for this clip to be uploaded for ages!

  • @Perrygallo
    @Perrygallo 2 місяці тому +6

    8:43 Theo’s “There’s a sign there” is the most brutal throwdown

  • @ZeeNastee
    @ZeeNastee 3 роки тому +126

    Aw, this poor guy, bless his heart.

    • @SlinkiestTortoise23
      @SlinkiestTortoise23 3 роки тому +4

      That’s what I thought, he seems a genuinely lovely bloke. I felt for him when Duncan said it was the worst invention they’d ever had on the Den.

    • @brandonlewisgaming6982
      @brandonlewisgaming6982 3 роки тому +10

      The dragons can be absolute wankers sometimes and it’s very unecasssary like when Duncan threw the bottle at the lad

    • @SlinkiestTortoise23
      @SlinkiestTortoise23 3 роки тому +9

      @Ego Master Because his heart was in the right place and he meant well! He was actually trying to make the roads safer.

    • @DoublePaprika
      @DoublePaprika 3 роки тому +9

      They were mean and that is part of the show, but this guy spent 24000 pounds sterling on this and someone had to give him this rude awakening. It is probably his nice nature that stopped his friend and family from saying it is a dumb idea.

    • @Landie_Man
      @Landie_Man 2 роки тому

      @@DoublePaprika 24 grand man. That’s a deposit on a small house (dependant on area). Yikes.

  • @swordtailking9395
    @swordtailking9395 5 років тому +145

    "You're going to a strange town you've never been before" - 😂

    • @mgecko2959
      @mgecko2959 5 років тому +2

      LMFAO

    • @markperryman1797
      @markperryman1797 5 років тому +8

      Ain't that a Jam track? "Found myself in a strange Town".... Derek should have signed out...

    • @royalhero4608
      @royalhero4608 5 років тому +4

      Eeeeyyyy John, you are going the wrong way

    • @JollyGoodJewWitch
      @JollyGoodJewWitch 5 років тому +2

      That line got me too! 😂

    • @LunaRose1312
      @LunaRose1312 5 років тому +2

      Coventry yeah 🤣

  • @THOMPJB008
    @THOMPJB008 4 роки тому +188

    Accidentally wasted 15 minutes of my life scrolling through comments trying to find someone who thought this was a good idea

    • @samhoey8247
      @samhoey8247 4 роки тому +6

      Me

    • @TPRM1
      @TPRM1 4 роки тому +16

      Okay I’m gonna put my neck on the line: I don’t think it’s that bad of an idea...

    • @user-gp5yz5yz4x
      @user-gp5yz5yz4x 4 роки тому +5

      it's not practical in it's current form but if it was perhaps 1/20th of it's current price, and wasn't a flowing display.... it wouldnt be that bad of an idea honestly

    • @harryjey8830
      @harryjey8830 4 роки тому +6

      The indoor car park idea is excellent but I'm pretty sure they already exist somewhere...

    • @thiweygulber3138
      @thiweygulber3138 4 роки тому +10

      If only the comments section had a flow signal.

  • @no-barkthechosenone2436
    @no-barkthechosenone2436 Рік тому +3

    “You’re going to a strange town, you’ve never been there before”
    Sounds like an introduction to a twilight zone episode 😂

  • @darkbydesign1031
    @darkbydesign1031 5 років тому +104

    they should invest in this, especially for car parks, Derek is right i once spent 2 days in a big car park looking for the exit signs, it was very distressing and i was very hungry

    • @ChaosturnMusic
      @ChaosturnMusic 3 роки тому +1

      i want to get out of mr bones' wild car park

  • @J_M_E_83
    @J_M_E_83 4 роки тому +85

    4:20 Aww, look how happy he was when Theo said "Derek im going to give you 50 thousand" 😄

  • @Medicint20
    @Medicint20 5 років тому +66

    Jenny would have been perfect to not invest in this pitch.