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Friday 17 December

• Switching on a fan

• A walkie talkie being tuned in

• Slicing a hard vegetable on a cutting board

 

Wednesday 15 December

• Somebody doing some welding

• Static sounds in your headphones

• The last bit of coffee coming out of a coffee percolator machine

• A slightly rusted barrel bolt lock on a garage door

 

Tuesday 14 December

• The zip of a suitcase being opened or closed

• A box cutter cutting open a box

• Tearing a piece of paper out of a book

• Trying to tune a radio to 90.4 FM

 

Monday 13 December

• Pulling sticky tape off the roll and tearing it off

• Dropping the needle on a vinyl record for the first time

 

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Friday 10 December

 

• Tightening a drill bit on a drill – CORRECT!! R25 000 WINNER!!

 

• A manual pepper grinder that you’re holding over your food and grinding pepper

• The grinding gears of a bench pencil sharpener

• A mechanical bottle jack being used to lift a car

 

Thursday 09 December

• Strapping something down with a ratchet strap

• A vice grip tightening a nut on a bolt

• The bones of an imitation skeleton rattling together with some form of movement

• An arbor press pressing down on something

• Rotating a Rubik’s cube to solve the colours

 

Wednesday 08 December

• Locking up old barn doors by pulling a chain through two hoops that are on the doors

• A wheel spanner tightening a wheel nut after a tyre change

• An anchor puller pulling up the anchor of a boat

• Tightening a nut with a socket wrench

• A chain being picked up off a wooden surface

 

Tuesday 07 December

• Wiggling a spanner over a bolt to get it to grip

• An old metal bench vice when you turn the lever to tighten it

• Toy dentures that you wind up, put on a table top and they are chattering

• A wooden rolling pin going over dough

• A wrench pulling up a chain

 

Monday 06 December

• The chain on a bicycle when you are pedalling slowly

• A Harley Davidson motorcycle that is starting up

• Pulling a hosepipe out from a hosepipe reel

• Turning the plastic lid on a glass jar

• Replacing the toner cartridge of a printer

 

Friday 03 December

• A kettle when it reaches the end of its boiling cycle and switches off

• A bench vice when you turn the lever

 

Thursday 02 December

• Clipping in the metal filter container of a coffee machine

• Accidentally grating the gears of your car when you select the wrong gear

 

Wednesday 01 December

• A wooden xylophone

• Pulling dental floss out of the container

Tuesday 30 November

• Closing the petrol cap of your car and giving it a few extra turns to make sure it’s closed

• Trying to pull toilet paper from a metal toilet paper holder when it’s stuck and knocking against the wall

 

Monday 29 November

• A corkscrew when it goes into the cork and the arms of the corkscrew go up

• Switching on the washing machine and it takes a few turns before it starts

 

Friday 26 November

• The suction tube the dentist uses to suck saliva out of your mouth

• The petrol hose being placed back on the pump after filling up

 

Thursday 25 November

• The sound the cogs make when you’re changing gears

• A wooden percussion frog

 

Wednesday 24 November

• A modified American V8 idling

• An old Braun percolator when you switch it on and it starts up

 

Tuesday 23 November

• An antique clock being wound up

• A manual egg beater mixing eggs in a plastic bowl

 

Monday 22 November

• A cog that has slipped a tooth

• A large chain winch opening a castle door

 

Friday 19 November

• Someone dragging a shutter door down

• Opening the metal latch on a wooden gate

 

Thursday 18 November

• A pinball machine when the ball is dislodged for the next player

• Riding a skateboard and going down a ramp

 

Wednesday 17 November

• When you’re changing a lightbulb and screwing in a new one

• The sound of the wheels on the paving when taking your dirt bin out

 

Tuesday 16 November

• A roulette wheel spinning

• An empty toilet paper roll on the dispenser spinning around

 

Monday 15 November

• An escalator going down

• Putting money in a gumball machine and turning the handle to release it

 

Friday 12 November

• Slurping the last bit of water through a straw in a glass

• A metal spoon being wobbled on a table

 

Thursday 11 November

• Pulling the cord of window blinds to open them

• Ice coming out of an ice machine maker

 

Wednesday 10 November

• An office chair on wheels when it moves around

• An extension ladder when you pull it out

 

Tuesday 09 November

• A heavy object like a car engine being lifted with a pulley

• A record turntable when you put a record on and the needle touches the record

 

Monday 08 November

• The chain of an anchor of a boat being pulled up

• Taking your take away food out of the brown paper bag that you bought it in

 

Friday 05 November

• The petrol cap of a car being put back on

• A paper towel dispenser in a public restroom

 

Thursday 04 November

• A coffin creaking open

• The sound the water makes when it drains after taking the plug out of the basin

 

Wednesday 03 November

• Somebody operating a mouse on a laptop

• Sharpening a knife by pulling it through a knife sharpener

 

Tuesday 02 November

• Winding up the jockey wheel on a trailer or caravan

• A cup of tea with a saucer

Friday 29 October

• An escalator going up

• A CV joint that is worn on a vehicle that is turning sharply

• Grinding pepper in a pepper mill

• Turning the Lotto ball container to select a ball

• Placing a socket over a nut or screw and twisting it

 

Thursday 28 October

• Crushing something in a pestle and mortar

• Pulling up an anchor on a boat

• The wheels of a cart on a theme park ride rolling in on the track

• A car with a trailer going over a bump in the road

• Pushing a suitcase on wheels over paving

 

Wednesday 27 October

• Cutting a piece of material on a table with scissors

• Using an oil filter wrench to remove the oil filter from a vehicle’s engine

• An electrical cord retracting back into a vacuum cleaner

• Ice dropping in an ice-making machine

• A squeaky, creaky floor in a haunted house

 

Tuesday 26 October

• Sawing a branch off a tree and it creaks just before it breaks off

• An old-time brass door handle when you’re moving it up and down

• Ice being dispensed from a fridge’s icemaker

• A car being jacked up with a trolley jack

• Carving out a pumpkin for Halloween

 

Monday 25 October

• Opening a kitchen drawer with wheels

• Dialling a number on an old phone

• Winding up a big wooden clock

• A train on a railway track

• An electric gate opening

 

Friday 22 October

• Filling a vending machine with cans

• Putting a padlock on a wooden chest

 

Thursday 21 October

• Turning the handle of a vice grip

• A key in a door that is being turned

 

Wednesday 20 October

• Making coffee with an old coffee percolator

• Putting a coin in a pool table’s slot and pushing it in to release the balls

 

Tuesday 19 October

• Walking through a rolling gate at a shopping mall

• Opening up a can with a manual can opener

 

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Monday 18 October

• Putting your hand into a bag of washing pegs and taking out a peg

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Friday 15 October

• Raking up leaves off the grass, putting it into a black refuse bag, and dumping it into the bin

• Someone jumping into a ball pit

 

 Thursday 14 October

• Opening a bag of microwave popcorn, putting your hand in it, and pouring it out into a bowl

• Folding a bag of flour closed after pouring some out for baking

 

Wednesday 13 October

• Frozen chips when you’re taking it out and throwing it into the hot oil

• Closing an open pocket of potatoes by rolling over the top of the bag

 

Tuesday 12 October

• Sticking your hand into a brown paper bag and searching for a nice piece of biltong

• Opening a bale of toilet paper to take out a roll

 

Monday 11 October

• Coming home with your take-aways and taking it out of the bag

• Taking a kite out of a bag and getting it ready to fly

 

Friday 08 October

• Removing the cellophane paper from a fruit basket

• Picking up a 10kg bag of potatoes in the shop and feeling the sides of the bag before you choose to buy it

 

Thursday 07 October

• Taking some pasta out of the bag with your hand to throw it into a pot

• Somebody reaching into a plastic ice bag and taking out some ice

 

Wednesday 06 October

• A plastic bag being crumpled up before you put it away or throw it away

• Someone trying to feed a long piece of continuous paper through an old printer

 

Tuesday 05 October

• Wrapping a bunch of flowers, first in cellophane, and then in brown paper

• Throwing your empty chips packet into a recycling bag

 

Monday 04 October

• Pouring gravel stones out of a bag when mixing concrete

• Opening a window envelope, removing the papers inside, and crumpling up the envelope to throw it away

 

Friday 01 October

• Sticking your hand into a brown paper shopping bag and taking out the vegetables that you bought

• Putting a new black bag into a bin and flattening it out

Thursday 30 September

• Unpacking your lunch from a brown takeaway paper bag

• Removing aluminium foils from someone’s hair and crumpling them together to throw them away

 

Wednesday 29 September

• Paper boxes falling on a shelf

• Laying down and spreading out a drop sheet before you paint

 

Tuesday 28 September

• Opening a bag of potatoes, searching through it with your hand, and taking out a few potatoes

• Folding a plastic bag into a little triangle

 

Monday 27 September

• Opening a bag of ice

• Closing a fish & chips parcel

 

Thursday 23 September

• Opening the little white medical bag that a syringe comes packaged in

• Opening a packet of biscuits and shaking it around to find the one you like

 

Wednesday 22 September

• Someone unwrapping a Christmas present

• Opening a bottle of fizzy drink slowly so that it bubbles out from under the bottle top

 

Tuesday 21 September

• Opening a packet of Regal chocolate sweets and throwing it into a bowl

• Opening a pack of chips, taking some out, and closing it again to keep it fresh

 

Monday 20 September

• Opening your wallet and throwing your coins out to sort through them

• Opening a recycling bag, putting more recycling material into the bag, and squashing it down

 

Friday 17 September

• When you open a shopping bag and take out packets of chips that you bought

• Sorting through packets of chips looking for your favourite one

 

Thursday 16 September

• Taking a bag of washing powder and shaking it around to let it settle before you open it

• Opening a plastic bag and taking out a few slices of bread to make a sandwich

 

Wednesday 15 September

• Opening up a sunshade to put in your car’s windscreen

• Tearing the waxy wrapping paper off a ream of A4 paper and crumpling it up to throw it away

 

Tuesday 14 September

• Cutting through a slice of toast with a knife

• Opening a plastic shopping bag and taking out a packet of crisps

 

Monday 13 September

• Opening a bag of Quality Street chocolates and searching inside for your favourite one

• Throwing out dog food from a bag and the pellets are knocking against the bag

 

Friday 10 September

• Tearing off a black bag from a roll of black bags

• Opening a packet of potato crisps and trying to find one that isn’t broken

 

Thursday 09 September

• Crumpling up some recycled paper

• Taking the crinkly paper wrapping off a single toilet roll

 

Wednesday 08 September

• Using the waste disposal unit built into the kitchen sink

• Someone doing fractal wood burning

 

Tuesday 07 September

• Popcorn popping on a stove

• Sorting out documents and paperwork before filing it

 

Monday 06 September

• Unwrapping the brown paper that a delivered package comes in

• Empty cans being thrown out of a recycling bag

 

Friday 03 September

• Taking a rubbish bag out of the kitchen bin and tying it up so you can put it in the wheelie bin outside

• Mixing together dried out kitchen waste to make your own compost

 

Thursday 02 September

• Opening a bag of charcoal and pouring it out to start a braai

• Preparing a recycling bag so you can put your recyclable items in it

 

Thursday 23 September

• Opening the little white medical bag that a syringe comes packaged in

• Opening a packet of biscuits and shaking it around to find the one you like

 

Wednesday 22 September

• Someone unwrapping a Christmas present

• Opening a bottle of fizzy drink slowly so that it bubbles out from under the bottle top

 

Tuesday 21 September

• Opening a packet of Regal chocolate sweets and throwing it into a bowl

• Opening a pack of chips, taking some out, and closing it again to keep it fresh

 

Monday 20 September

• Opening your wallet and throwing your coins out to sort through them

• Opening a recycling bag, putting more recycling material into the bag, and squashing it down

 

Friday 17 September

• When you open a shopping bag and take out packets of chips that you bought

• Sorting through packets of chips looking for your favourite one

 

Thursday 16 September

• Taking a bag of washing powder and shaking it around to let it settle before you open it

• Opening a plastic bag and taking out a few slices of bread to make a sandwich

 

Wednesday 15 September

• Opening up a sunshade to put in your car’s windscreen

• Tearing the waxy wrapping paper off a ream of A4 paper and crumpling it up to throw it away

 

Tuesday 14 September

• Cutting through a slice of toast with a knife

• Opening a plastic shopping bag and taking out a packet of crisps

 

Monday 13 September

• Opening a bag of Quality Street chocolates and searching inside for your favourite one

• Throwing out dog food from a bag and the pellets are knocking against the bag

 

Friday 10 September

• Tearing off a black bag from a roll of black bags

• Opening a packet of potato crisps and trying to find one that isn’t broken

 

Thursday 09 September

• Crumpling up some recycled paper

• Taking the crinkly paper wrapping off a single toilet roll

 

Wednesday 08 September

• Using the waste disposal unit built into the kitchen sink

• Someone doing fractal wood burning

 

Tuesday 07 September

• Popcorn popping on a stove

• Sorting out documents and paperwork before filing it

 

Monday 06 September

• Unwrapping the brown paper that a delivered package comes in

• Empty cans being thrown out of a recycling bag

 

Friday 03 September

• Taking a rubbish bag out of the kitchen bin and tying it up so you can put it in the wheelie bin outside

• Mixing together dried out kitchen waste to make your own compost

 

Thursday 02 September

• Opening a bag of charcoal and pouring it out to start a braai

• Preparing a recycling bag so you can put your recyclable items in it

 

Wednesday 01 September

• Emptying a pocket of potatoes

• Stuffing non-recyclable plastic items into a plastic 2l bottle to make an eco brick

Tuesday 31 August

• A packet of coffee beans being thrown into a coffee machine grinder

• A plastic cooldrink bottle being squashed and put into a recycling bin

 

Monday 30 August

• Someone trying to take out a cupcake from a cupcake holder

• A security gate sliding open

 

Friday 27 August

• Throwing hot water on your car’s icy windscreen

• Turning on a hot shower and catching the water in a bucket on the shower floor

 

Thursday 26 August

• Throwing out a big plastic bag of trash

• Pushing a trolley with shopping bags in it

 

Wednesday 25 August

• Dropping cutlery into a drawer

• Sorting through your recycling bag

 

Tuesday 24 August

• A bike getting wrecked in an accident

• A crackling fire inside the house

 

Monday 23 August

• When a very tall Jenga tower comes tumbling down

• Running your thumb through a ream of paper before putting it in the printer tray

 

Friday 20 August

• When the balls roll around in a Bingo machine before one is selected

• Struggling to fold a car’s sun shield

 

Thursday 19 August

• Opening a paper bag of sugar, pouring some into a bowl, and closing the bag

• Hail falling on a metal roof

 

Wednesday 18 August

• Somebody drying their hands with a paper towel

• A manual egg beater

 

Tuesday 17 August

• A fancy new freezer dispensing crushed ice

• Pouring cereal into a glass bowl and then closing the plastic wrapper in the box

 

Monday 16 August

• Putting black bag sheeting on the ground and throwing pebbles on it

• Crumpling up the wrapping paper after unwrapping a gift

 

Friday 13 August

• An automated security gate opening and closing

• Squeezing out the last bit of wine from a box-wine bag

 

Thursday 12 August

• Crushing biscuits with a rolling pin to make the crust for a tart

• Closing your Smile umbrella and shaking it dry after coming in from the rain

 

Wednesday 11 August

• Somebody hosing down their car with a garden hose

• Roasting coffee beans

 

Tuesday 10 August

• Opening the brown paper bag that your take-away meal comes in

• Opening a packet of wet wipes, pulling one out, and closing it again

 

Friday 06 August

• Someone walking on grit

• Tearing wallpaper off the wall and crumpling it up to throw it away

 

Thursday 05 August

• Scooping out dog food from the bag with a metal scoop into a metal bowl

• Taking the cellophane wrap off a bunch of flowers

 

Wednesday 04 August

• Pulling up roller blinds

• Unpacking your groceries from a plastic supermarket carrier bag

 

Tuesday 03 August

• Scooping ice with a metal ice scoop

• Shaking out an umbrella

Friday 30 July

• Picking up a big bag of dog food and pouring some into a dog’s bowl

• Removing foil from a roll and placing it on a counter

 

Thursday 29 July

• Removing the plastic cover from a packet of microwave popcorn before you put it in the microwave

• Emptying a small trash can into a bigger bin

 

Wednesday 28 July

• The sound of a bird’s wings flapping

• Opening a box of puzzles and throwing it out onto a table

 

Tuesday 27 July

• Somebody pushing over a whole lot of dominoes

• Wrapping lettuce in foil

 

Monday 26 July

• Spinning a R5 coin on a wooden table

• Reading a newspaper and paging through it

 

Friday 23 July

• When you’re lighting a match and it starts flaring up

• Pouring water over hot coals

 

Thursday 22 July

• Opening a packet of Coco Pops and pouring it into a bowl

• Somebody walking on a gravel path

 

Wednesday 21 July

• Scrap metal going into a metal crushing machine

• Sticking a plastic cup into a big bag of dog food to scoop out some pellets

 

Tuesday 20 July

• Pouring jigsaw puzzle pieces out of the box onto a table

• A roller shutter door busy closing

 

Monday 19 July

• Opening up a packet of bread and taking out some slices

• Spreading a slice of toast with butter

 

Friday 16 July

• A plastic crate being dragged over a tarred road

• Untangling your earphones

 

Thursday 15 July

• Crumpling up a receipt after you’ve just received it

• Throwing potatoes over into another empty brown potato bag

 

Wednesday 14 July

• Putting fresh potato chips into hot oil

• Taking tin foil off the roll and tearing the tin foil

 

Tuesday 13 July

• Someone walking through dry autumn leaves

• Someone inhaling and exhaling into a brown paper bag

 

Monday 12 July

• Using a manual food processor with the handle on top to chop through an onion

• Lettuce being ripped apart and crushed

 

Friday 09 July

• Taking a bag of braai briquettes and pouring the briquettes out of the bag

• Someone who is ice skiing on a bumpy snow slope

 

Thursday 08 July

• Emptying a packet of frozen mixed veg into a pot of boiling water

• An old shower curtain being moved around

 

Wednesday 07 July

• When you’re gathering a whole lot of newspaper with your hands to squash it into a bag

• Breaking up a packet of 2-minute noodles inside the packet with your hands

 

Tuesday 06 July

• Heavy rain falling on a vehicle’s roof while the wipers are going

• Pressing down on a big sheet of bubble wrap while putting it into a box

 

Monday 05 July

• Walking through beaded curtains

• Taking out the bag from inside a wine box and squeezing out the last bit of wine

 

Friday 02 July

• Pulling cabbage leaves apart

• Opening a paper bag inside a plastic bag and rummaging through something with your hand

 

Thursday 01 July

• A salt grinder when you’re grinding salt over your food

• Ice cubes in a plastic bag being thrown into a glass bowl

Wednesday 30 June

• Taking Weet-Bix blocks and breaking them up into a bowl

• Putting raw macaroni in a bowl of water and rinsing it with your hand

 

Tuesday 29 June

• Ice cracking underneath the wheel of a car when you drive over it

• Trying to make a knot in a blown-up balloon

 

Monday 28 June

• A packet of Carolina Reaper Cheese Curls chips being opened

• Gathering paper money on a table and crumpling it up with your hands

 

Friday 25 June

• Plastic spoons being shaken in a plastic bowl

• Somebody walking on garden stones

• Unboxing a computer keyboard and removing the polystyrene wrapping from the keyboard

• Rain falling on a tarpaulin

• Putting a pencil into a tabletop pencil sharpener and spinning it around

 

Thursday 24 June

• A linen sheet flapping in the wind on a washing line

• Opening a bag of charcoal briquettes and throwing it on the fire

• Taking an onion from a bag of onions with the dry leaves and the bag rustling

• Crushing crispy green lettuce with your fingers

• Putting newspaper in the fire and burning it

 

Wednesday 23 June

• Rolling off tin foil from the roll and tearing it off

• Taking your car’s windscreen sun visor down and folding it up to put it away

• Plastic bags rustling

• When you’re reading a newspaper and you turn a page

• When you turn on the shower and you hear the water running before you get in

 

Tuesday 22 June

• Opening a potato bag to take out some potatoes

• Crumpling up an empty chips packet so you can throw it away

• A washing machine doing a washing cycle

• Gift wrapping paper being removed from a gift

• A full packet of chips being crushed

 

Monday 21 June

• Unrolling a piece of baking paper, tearing it off, and crumpling it up

• A brown paper bag with coffee beans being thrown into a glass jar

• A bag of charcoal being emptied

• Crumpling up a piece of aluminium foil

• Someone putting on a waterproof jacket

 

Friday 18 June

• Opening up a new garbage bag to put it into a dirt bin

• Chopping up big blocks of ice for an ice sculpture

 

Thursday 17 June

• Unwrapping a parcel of fish and chips

• Somebody opening plastic drop sheets to protect the floor against paint spots

 

Tuesday 15 June

• Emptying a brown paper bag of potatoes into a basket

• Golf balls rolling down a staircase

 

Monday 14 June

• Pouring cereal from the bag into a breakfast bowl

• The sound of paper being rustled by the phone to imitate a bad line

 

Friday 11 June

• Putting a Kellogg’s corn flakes bag back into the box after using it

• The paper bag that your take-aways come in being crumpled up to be thrown away

 

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Thursday 10 June

 

• Spinning a knife on a wooden table – CORRECT – R25 000 WINNER!!

 

 

Wednesday 09 June

• An empty glass bottle spinning on a wooden table

• A fidget spinner spinning on a wooden table

 

Tuesday 08 June

• A Pyrex dish spinning on a wooden table

• Spinning a coffee mug on a wooden table causing it to wobble

 

Monday 07 June

• The plastic tray on rollers going through the scanner at the check-in gate at the airport

• Spinning a stove plate cover on a wooden kitchen counter

 

Friday 04 June

• A wooden fruit bowl being spun on a counter as it’s coming to an end

• A helicopter landing

 

Thursday 03 June

• A cup and saucer being put down on a table with the cup rattling on the saucer

• A lazy Susan spinning on a wooden dining room table

 

Wednesday 02 June

• A wooden top spinning on a wooden table

• Spinning a glass bowl on a granite countertop

 

Tuesday 01 June

• A wooden coaster spinning on a wooden table

• Spinning salad leaves in a salad spinner on a table

Monday 31 May

• The spinning of a glass jar’s lid on a wooden table

• A glass bottle being spun on a wooden table

 

Friday 28 May

• A compaction roller being used to compact the soil

• The spinning of a pottery table when you’re crafting with clay

 

Thursday 27 May

• A roulette table turning at Grand West

• A saucer from a teacup spinning on a wooden table

 

Wednesday 26 May

• Spinning a glass cup on a wooden table

• A plate that is spinning on a wooden table

 

Tuesday 25 May

• The spinning of a cereal bowl on a kitchen countertop

• The spinning of the lid of a pot on a countertop

 

Monday 24 May

• A fan in your house that’s hitting a piece of paper that’s attached to it

• An old school rolling gate that you’re manually rolling down

 

Friday 21 May

• A washing machine coming to the end of the spinning cycle

• Spinning a coin on a table

 

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Thursday 20 May

 

• Connecting jumper leads to a flat car battery – CORRECT! – R50 000 WINNER!!

 

• Opening a car’s bonnet, unclipping the stand, and hooking it into the bonnet to keep it open

 

Wednesday 19 May

• Ejecting a cassette from a video camera

• Someone trying to fasten a car battery

 

Tuesday 18 May

• The optometrist’s machine when they test your eyes

• Loading and shooting a nerf gun

 

Monday 17 May

• The clicking of the dial on a gas stove and then lighting it

• A pinball machine when you launch a ball and it clanks

 

Friday 14 May

• A binding machine punching holes in a stack of papers and binding it with a plastic spine

• An ink stamp pressing down, then being opened, refilled, closed, and pressed down again

• An old parking meter when you put a coin in, turn the handle and the little arm jumps up

• The Ref’s microphone when he’s setting it up in the morning

• Attaching a cellphone to the cellphone cradle in your car

 

Thursday 13 May

• Opening a sealed envelope, taking a letter out, and unfolding it

• Trying to set damp firewood alight

• Doing an ollie on a skateboard

• Unlocking a door with a Yale lock

• A giant gumball vending machine when you turn the lever and a gumball is released

 

Wednesday 12 May

• Breaking the seal on a plastic paint drum and pulling the lid off

• Putting in the combination of a walk-in safe

• Someone riding a skateboard on a tar road

• A vinyl record player when you put the arm on the record

• A slide projector changing slides

 

Tuesday 11 May

• Closing the doors of a double door oven

• Winching something onto a trailer

• Adjusting the height of your seatbelt, pulling it over, and clipping it in

• When you put a CD in and close the lid of a Discman

• Unlocking the combination lock on a briefcase

 

Monday 10 May

• Setting up a folding table by pulling the legs out and clicking them in position

• Pushing the handle down to open a door and walk into a room

• Operating a selfie stick by extending it, clipping the phone on, and pressing the button

• The trap door within a normal door where a dog goes in and out

• Pulling the string on your ceiling fan three times

 

Friday 07 May

• A glove box in a car that’s being opened and closed

• Someone biting into a crunchy green Granny Smith apple

 

Thursday 06 May

• Opening and closing a cardboard cereal box

• A garage door opening and closing

 

Wednesday 05 May

• A clip-on microphone on your shirt that’s rubbing against something

• Eating a raw macaroni noodle

 

Tuesday 04 May

• Breaking the green leaves off a cauliflower

• Pulling up a car hand brake

 

Monday 03 May

• Adjusting the seat of your car to the reclining position

• Opening and closing your letterbox outside

Friday 30 April

• The sliding panel glass door of a shower when you close it

• Securing your car with a gear lock

 

Thursday 29 April

• Using a guillotine to cut paper

• Fireworks going off in the background of an open area

 

Wednesday 28 April

• Breaking the seal of a container for the first time

• Opening a tin by popping up the pull ring and peeling off the lid

 

Monday 26 April

• The issuing of a ‘no touch’ parking ticket

• Separating chopsticks by pulling them apart

 

Friday 23 April

• An old record jukebox flipping in a new record

• Moving the lever up and down to squirt water on your windscreen

• Pushing the button to open a microwave oven

• The sound of the ball hitting the pitch and then the bat when playing cricket

• When you go to fill up and they put the petrol nozzle into your car

 

Thursday 22 April

• A cassette player when you pause and unpause

• Locking and unlocking an aeroplane bathroom door

• A metal chair being pushed across a tile floor

• The central locking on an old, round-shaped Audi

• A CD changing inside a CD player

 

Wednesday 21 April

• Sitting in a car and closing the sunroof

• Putting ice cubes into an empty glass

• A staple extractor removing a staple

• Holding a deck of cards in one hand and dragging your finger through it

• Locking your car door and checking the door handle to see that it is locked

 

Tuesday 20 April

• Closing the bonnet of a car

• When you open a lever arch file to file your papers and close it again

• Opening and closing an old refrigerator door

• Pulling the lever on an ice cream machine to let the ice cream pour into a cone

• A bubblegum machine when you put the cash in and turn it and the gum falls out

 

Monday 19 April

• Unwrapping foil and throwing it away

• When you scan something and the papers come out

• Raindrops falling on the roof of your car

• The used coffee pod dropping after you’ve made a coffee

• A slide lock on a door

 

Friday 16 April

• Cracking a raw egg into a bowl

• A Lister engine running out of fuel

 

Thursday 15 April

• A nutcracker cracking open a nut

• Spaghetti being broken into pieces

 

Wednesday 14 April

• Taking the lid off a frozen tub of ice cream

• Unlatching and latching the tilt head of a stand mixer

 

Tuesday 13 April

• Sliding a cellphone off a table and putting it back down again

• Breaking off a yoghurt from the six-pack and opening it

 

Monday 12 April

• A plastic lid that you open and pull off something like a yogurt tub

• Pressing the buttons on an old cash register

 

Friday 09 April

• The sound of the bubbles when taking pictures with a GoPro camera underwater

• A lever arch file opening and closing

 

Thursday 08 April

• The wheels rolling on the track when you’re opening the driveway gate

• When you push a toaster’s handle down and it makes the connection

 

Wednesday 07 April

• A cordless kettle when you put it on its base and switch it on

• Opening a container of easter eggs that look like hen’s eggs

 

Tuesday 06 April

• A Johnson and Johnson vaccine being opened

• Assembling a gazebo

 

Thursday 01 April

• Using an old stapler

• Dialing on an old rotary telephone

Wednesday 31 March

• A vintage sewing machine when you put the lever down and start sewing

• Gumboot dancing

 

Tuesday 30 March

• Flipping the pages of a book

• Putting an infrared thermometer back into its packaging

 

Monday 29 March

• Putting a pair of glasses in its case

• Winding down your car window manually

 

Friday 26 March

• An umbrella opening and closing

• A luggage case that you close and pick up by the handle

 

Thursday 25 March

• Inserting your bank card into an ATM

• Opening and closing the lid of an electric kettle

 

Wednesday 24 March

• When you drive into your parking and the machine issues your parking ticket

• Microwave popcorn just coming out of the microwave

 

Tuesday 23 March

• Installing the handle of a razor blade into the plastic cartridge

• Closing the paper tray on a printer

 

Friday 19 March

• Frying fish in hot oil

• Winding up a vintage alarm clock

• A harvesting machine

• A rifle that is being reloaded

• Someone trying to fold a balloon into balloon animals

 

Thursday 18 March

• When you clip on the lid of a food processor and take it off again

• The sound of a door handle

• Pushing the button to open the door of a microwave oven

• Pulling the string on window blinds

• Opening and closing a microwave

 

Wednesday 17 March

• Someone playing with their false teeth in their mouth

• Pressing the buttons of a cassette player

• Opening a packet of biscuits, throwing them out, and crushing them

• Putting a plastic water bottle into your car door

• Putting baking trays into the oven and closing the oven door

 

Tuesday 16 March

• Unlocking a bicycle lock

• Holding onto a book and flipping through the pages

• A roulette ball falling into the number slot when the roulette wheel stops spinning

• An air fryer when you switch it on before you cook something

• Attaching the face of a front-loader car radio onto the front of the radio

 

Monday 15 March

• Opening and shutting the medicine cabinet in a bathroom

• The machines in a newspaper printing factory

• When you press down on the head of a hand soap dispenser

• When a projector changes slides

• When you pull the lever to take a photo with an old box camera

 

Friday 12 March

• A ceiling fan when you pull the string to change the setting

• Opening and closing the glove box in your car

 

Thursday 11 March

• The sound of a curtain rail’s metal hooks when you’re opening the curtain

• The doors of an elevator closing

 

Wednesday 10 March

• A golf ball bouncing into the hole after hitting a hole in one

• An old slide projector moving from one slide to the next

 

Tuesday 09 March

• When you’re on a Zoom call and get feedback from someone adjusting their microphone

• A jukebox selecting someone’s favourite song

 

Monday 08 March

• An old tape deck in a car, when you eject the tape, turn it around and put it back in

• When you open a small can of mussels

 

Friday 05 March

• The sound that an HP printer makes

• Someone selecting a gear in a car

 

Thursday 04 March

• Taking a photo with an instant camera and the photo slides out

• An old hi-fi when you press the play and record buttons at the same time

 

Wednesday 03 March

• Biting into a Magnum chocolate ice cream

• Turning and taking a car key out of the ignition

 

Tuesday 02 March

• When you open and close a jar of collagen

• Turning a round doorknob with a push lock in the middle to try and open it

 

Monday 01 March

• The spring-loaded hinge of an oven door when you open and close it

• Opening the tape deck by pressing the eject button on a radio

Friday 26 February

• The record button of a dictaphone being pressed and released

• Opening an old-style briefcase

 

Thursday 25 February

• Putting the lid back onto a blender

• Pushing a supermarket trolley over an uneven paved surface

 

Wednesday 24 February

• Dropping a broom and a dustpan

• Opening the front door security gate with a key

 

Tuesday 23 February

• When you go to a shop and sanitise your hands with a foot pedal sanitiser

• Grinding pepper in a pepper grinder

 

Monday 22 February

• Turning on the switch of a lamp

• The arm of a turntable going back onto its rest

 

Friday 19 February

• Opening a punnet of strawberries

• Adjusting a ring light when you’re taking tik-tok videos or selfies

 

Thursday 18 February

• Making your first cup of coffee of the morning and the espresso machine releases the pod

• Opening up a car door

 

Wednesday 17 February

• A fridge dispenser dispensing ice into a plastic cup

• Someone trying to unlock a door with the wrong key

 

Tuesday 16 February

• Opening a plastic triangular sandwich container

• Putting a kettle back onto its electric stand

 

 

Monday 15 February

• A water bottle being squeezed

• A kitchen drawer that slides on aluminium rails that you open and close

 

Friday 12 February

• An old cuckoo clock when it hits 12 o’clock and the mechanism kicks in to let the bird out

• When the ball hits the cricket wickets and the bails come off

• CD’s being shuffled inside a multiple CD changer after you’ve selected one

• Walking through a turnstile

• Pressing the buttons on an old television set

 

Thursday 11 February

• Putting the hose nozzle back into a fuel pump

• Opening a can of cooldrink

• Releasing the beaters from a cake mixer

• A door knob

• Placing an old-style telephone handset back on the hook

 

Wednesday 10 February

• Pulling toilet paper from the roll and snapping a piece off

• A paper punch punching through paper

• Putting a videotape into an old VHS video machine

• A horse galloping

• Twisting a plastic ice tray to remove an ice block

 

Tuesday 09 February

• Closing an aluminium window and pushing the handle down

• Closing the clips of an old fashioned brown school suitcase

• A stapler stapling papers together

• A coffee machine

• Adjusting a recliner

 

Monday 08 February

• Putting a video cassette tape into a video machine

• A coffee plunger when you pour the water in and push it down to make  coffee

• Placing a DVD in a DVD drive and taking it out

• Moving clothes hangers around in your closet

• Pressing on the pedal of a hand sanitizer dispenser

 

Friday 05 February

• Cutting open a sealed padded envelope with scissors

• Switching on the indicator of a car for two seconds and then switching it off

 

Thursday 04 February

• Locking and unlocking a door

• A skateboard falling on the ground without someone on it

 

Wednesday 03 February

• The sound of paper coming out of a printer

• Putting a tray down on a hard surface

 

Tuesday 02 February

• Opening the glove compartment in your car

• Pushing the button and adjusting the handle on a traveler’s case

 

Monday 01 February

• Inserting a piece of paper into a fax machine

• Opening a small box that medicine comes in