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Smile Secret Sound – R50 000 – Hear it. Know it. Win it.

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It’s the easiest money in Cape Town! The Smile Secret Sound is worth a whopping R50 000!

All you need to do to claim the money is to correctly identify the Smile Secret Sound on-air with Bobby and Lindy.

Tune in to Smile Breakfast every weekday morning at 07:20 and 08:20 and call the studio on 0861 99 00 44 when Bobby and Lindy open the telephone lines.

The Smile Secret Sound Referee is the ONLY person who knows what the Smile Secret Sound is and will be the adjudicator every morning, telling listeners whether they are correct, or whether they are off-target and need to go back to the drawing board.

The Referee will also give Bobby and Lindy some clues from time to time, to help their listeners to crack the Smile Secret Sound.

DON’T MISS IT! THE SMILE SECRET SOUND AT 07:20 AND 08:20 EVERY MORNING!

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

 

⇧ NEW SECRET SOUND ANNOUNCED WORTH R25 000 ⇧

 

 

Monday 18 October

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

CORRECT – R25 000 WINNER!!

 

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

 

⇧ NEW SECRET SOUND ANNOUNCED WORTH R25 000  ⇧

 

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

 

⇧ NEW SECRET SOUND ANNOUNCED WORTH R25 000  ⇧

 

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

Friday 29 January

  • Unlocking the central locking of a car

  • Putting your key in the starter and turning it in and out

 

Thursday 28 January

  • Trying to get your car seatbelt clipped in

  • Opening metal Venetian blinds

 

Wednesday 27 January

  • Playing with a Rubik’s Cube to get all the colours sorted

  • When you put a coin into a vending machine before it drops

 

Tuesday 26 January

  • Pressing down and releasing on a binding machine

  • A petrol attendant putting the hose nozzle into your petrol tank

 

Monday 25 January

  • Turning the button to adjust the temperature on a clothes iron

  • The opening and closing of lift doors

 

Friday 22 January

  • Sitting in your car and going through the carwash

  • Changing gears on a bicycle

 

Thursday 21 January

  • Sliding a CD into the slot of your car’s CD player

  • A punch when you’re punching paper

 

Wednesday 20 January

  • A double press on a stapler

  • Trying to use a stapler without any staples in it

 

Tuesday 19 January

  • The sound of Bobby’s squeaky shoes when he walks

  • A pocket of potatoes rolling down the stairs

 

Monday 18 January

  • Opening a cassette deck, putting a cassette tape in, and closing the deck

  • When you take a roll of foil out of the box, tear a piece off, and roll it into a ball

 

Monday 11 January

  • Driving your car on a flat tyre

  • Opening up attache case

Tuesday 12 January

  • A money counting machine in a bank

  • A coffee machine when its just finished percolating

 

Wednesday 13 January

  • Unlocking the swing arm of a record player and putting it on a record

  • Replacing batteries of a remote

Thursday 14 January

  • Retractable cord of a vacuum cleaner

  • Two tungsten rings being dropped on an open book

Friday 15 January

  • Typing on a computer keyboard

  • Putting a parking ticket in the machine before the boom lifts

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