How I Met Your Mother's subtle 50-1 countdown to Marshall's Dad's death

I first noticed this phenomenon the other night while watching a rerun of the How I Met Your Mother episode in which Marshall's father dies (Season 6, No. 13).

I'd seen it at least twice before and failed to pick up on what was going on, and even this time I didn't realize it was happening until the countdown hit No. 9.

Here's a video of the whole thing, from 50 to 1:



If that was too fast, here's a slower version:



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