The Countdown Clock

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

Can someone please explain to me why on earth do they have a clock that has 60 seconds but it always and only goes to 30?

[mclarenguy22]

@Muffincakeswithsugar When they reset the clock the hand goes back up at high speed. It goes round on the other side of the clock.

[TheMerlingaga]

I can annoy my sister when she's taking to long on scrabble!

[RapierMultimedia]

I've just come up with a great idea.

How about a parody version of Countdown, using video game characters just like I do with mock blockbusters?

If the idea comes around, do you think that i could use one of the countdown clocks you've got?

Out of interest though, how do you make these? What software do you use?

[mongrelvids]

@RapierMultimedia Sure, let me know which one you'd like me to send over.

They're made in PowerPoint 2010.

[RapierMultimedia]

@mongrelvids I don't have Microsoft office suite, but I do quite like the look of this one, where it zooms in towards the end.

can you edit this in power point viewer, or convert it to WMV?

[mongrelvids]

@RapierMultimedia I can send you a video just like this one if you wish. Drop me your email :)

[Comprechen]

whats the other side of the clock for lol? have they every used it?

[mongrelvids]

@Comprechen Shortly after the clock has finished, it carries on clockwise at speed back round to the top.

8 Out Of 10 cats used it when they did a 40-second numbers game if that counts!

[SnorkyO]

I use this when finishing homework

[mclarenguy22]

Almost every time I hear this music being played on the internet I can her Richard Whitely breathe at the end...

[mclarenguy22]

@mclarenguy22 hear*

[izzyxe07]

MY COUNTDOWN TO 2012 :D

[mongrelvids]

@izzyxe07 Haha brilliant ! Who needs Big Ben, The London Eye and £4M of fireworks when you've got the Countdown clock. ;) think Channel 4 are missing a trick there !

[rickoss100]

great vid

[tiasarahellielorna]

so hear i am with my poster of cheryl cole and this playing in the background, going for a personal best ;o)

[alanclow27]

This is great.

[GuruJosh18]

a good song for most married couples to make love to.

[Wibble99O]

@GuruJosh18 Thats one funny comment lol!

[GuruJosh18]

@Wibble99O

Thanks :D

[Artic3buster]

why just the half an hour? too expensif for the full hour?

[Me0wChelch]

wanting this as a text message tone.

[mongrelvids]

@lucasbravostudios Yep it's still going, 30th anniversary next year!

[spankeyfish]

@mongrelvids minus Richard Whiteley, RIP.

[spongebot64]

@mongrelvids Playing 30 second music clips that go along with music still going on for 30 years? Bit of a thing there.

[secretwindow09]

lmao