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PREVIOUS GUESSES

When you are on the phone with someone & they drop their phone.

The straight edge cutter – that teachers use at school.

Opening a Pringles can. Peeling back the foil.

Opening a can of tuna.

Opening a mason jar for the first time.

Opening a pop can.

When you hit the box with a tape gun and pull it over.

Cutting veggies on a cutting board – and you slide them off with a knife into a bowl.

Steele edge blade knife at bottom of plate as you sharpen it.

Paper trimmer.

Cutting paper with a paper cutter.

Peeling a banana.

Trying to rip open the tape that has the box closed.

Tape gun, pulling it across whatever you’re taping.

A hole punch.

When you put your card into a card reader.

Moving a chess piece.

Putting a knife in a knife sharpener and pulling it out.

Opening a fresh can of coffee with the foil top lid.

Opening a new tub of feta cheese.

When you open a can of cat food and you pull the tab off.

Dropping a puck on a shooting pad and then a slap shot.

Cutting paper with a paper cutter.

Keurig pod into the machine and put it down.

Curling a piece of ribbon with scissors.

A 5-disc cd changer.

Opening an envelope with a letter opener.

A Cerlox machine – that binds paper into booklets.

Taping something using a tape dispenser.

Using a typewriter and the return shoots back.

Doing up a zip tie.

Shoveling sand or snow.

Velcro paddles with the ball – when you catch it and rip it off the paddle.

A pencil writing a line on a piece of paper.

When you put veggies in a chopper and press down – (like a slap chop.)

Mudding the walls – using the scraper to grab the mud (for tile work, patching a hole, etc.

Opening a can with a pull tab.

Writing in a cheque book.

Taking the lid and plastic off of a peanut jar.

When you are trying to shave down a door with a wood working tool.

Smacking down an envelope to get the important document to the bottom – before you rip it open.

The Velcro ball and paddle game – catching it with the paddle.

A paper slicer.

Chalk on the chalkboard.

Ripping the seat of your pants.

Loading a cassette into a tape player.

Bag of cereal being ripped open.

A screen door closing.

A cup dragging across a table.

Striking a match.

A seatbelt – clicking it in or undoing it.

Swiping a credit card.

The deadbolt lock being closed on a door – put the latch in and slide it across.

Opening a can of sardines.

Wax hair removal.

Electric stapler.

Large capacity stapler.

Loading an electric stapler with staples.

Opening the part that holds the staples – the staple carrier.

A power staple gun – like one used in construction.

When you open an electric stapler to load it, when you release it and the slide bar goes down.

Opening a stapler.

Opening a stapler, putting the staples in, and locking it.

Putting a straw into a cup through a lid.

Ripping a stapler out of a pack of papers.

Photocopy machine using the automatic staple feature.

Igniter when you try to turn something.

The arm of a paper cutter coming down.

Pulling out the rods on a foosball table.

Retracting a measuring tape.

A baseball bat hitting a baseball.

Pushing an automatic door button (accessibility button) and the door opens.

Crushing garlic with a knife.

Car door unlocking.

When you cut the watermelon and split it.

An electric stapler – when you are loading and closing it.

Opening a screen door – the little air pump thingy.

The blade on the ice when you’re skating.

A basketball hitting the backboard and going into the hoop.

Moving a typewriter into position.

Ripping a roll of fabric on a table.

The quick dry cement before putting a slab on the ground.

Shutting the metal blind.

Hole punch.

Clear packing tape and you’re ripping the tape on the tape gun.

Pneumatic stapler or brad nailer.

Electric Stapler – pressing the button that releases the stapler tray.

A receipt printing.

Ripping tape off the wall or something.

Opening up an iron board.

Opening a box of Kraft Dinner.

Tearing a piece of paper from a typewriter.

Snapping the banana off the bunch and cutting through the banana.

Opening a zipper.

Ripping the seal off a pail or bucket – like ice cream.

Breaking a head of lettuce.

A white out corrector – the tape kind.

The vacuum – when you push the button to retract the power cord.

An electric stapler, when you staple a stack of papers together  and you pull the papers out.

Self inking stamp.

Dragging on concrete.

A paper cutter.

Straw in a plastic cup.

The Staples™ easy button – when you push the button.

A report binding machine – with the combs, put the paper in, push the handle down, etc.

A paper cutter / trimmer – the kind used for scrapbooking.

Opening a can of oysters.

A receipt being torn out of a book.

Vegetable slicer like a mandolin.

Terminal /debit machine when they rip off the receipt and give it to you.

A price gun.

Wiping / sliding your knife on a plastic cutting board after chopping something.

Opening a can of sardines.

Opening a box of cereal.

Credit card machine sliding and forth over the credit card.

Paper cutter.

Scotch tape – starting to pull the roll and then ripping a piece of tape off.

A staple REMOVER.

Ripping a piece of paper off a pad of paper.

Ripping a cheque out of a cheque book.

Stacking paper neatly – and stapling it with an electric stapler.

When you open the stapler and the spring comes back.

A skate hitting and scraping the ice.

A box strapper – that they use to strap boxes with when they package them up.

An office label maker.

An old hand planer – planing wood, making it even.

When you hit enter on the typewriter so it goes down to the next line and the whole page slides over.

Opening a box of staples and pulling the row out of the box.

Using a trowel going up a wall.

Manual pencil sharpener.

An electric stapler – jamming.

The compartment of a Brad Nailer – where you put the nails in.

A cell phone screen shot – when you click those 2 buttons together.

Laying the underlay of carpet.

When you release a staple gun to put in more staples and then close it.

One of those kids toy cars – place it down, wind it back and then let it go.

A dot matrix printer – printing out a single line.

A toaster – when you put the bread in and it pops up.

Unlocking and sliding open a window.

An industrial paper slicer – going up, then coming down and cutting the paper.

Shelling peanuts.

Pulling off paper towel – using one of those automatic dispensers.

Ripping construction paper out of a book.

Opening a can of tennis balls.

A polaroid camera.

A coin laundry slot – put the coin in and push the slot in.

Carving wood.

Manual Ice Shaver.

Knife opening a box.

Rolling down the blinds.

Using an X-Acto knife on drywall.

Rolling a lint roller over a garment.

Ripping the perforated dotted line on a box of cardboard beverages.

An ice chopper breaking through ice on the ground.

A box stapler – stapling a cardboard box.

A paper cutter – cutting paper.

A camera shutter – when you press the button and the shutter closes.

A tissue being pulled from a tissue box.

 Opening a suitcase, the zip sound.

if you’re at an archery field and you let go of the bow and the arrow slides out.

Pulling the seal off of Planters Peanuts.

Opening a can – with a pull tab.

Opening a cup of noodles with the paper lid, such as Mr. Noodles.

Dental suction used by the hygienist – suctioning water or saliva during dental cleaning.

The sound of a disc either being loaded or ejected from a cd player.

Scooping ice cubes.

A manual tile cutter – when you score the tile.

When you open the dental floss and pull out the string.

Box of kleenex opening.

Scraping ice off a windshield.

Using a packing tape gun to tape a box.

Opening up a cassette case.

Knocking an egg on a hard surface and cracking it.

Spreading cement down to lay a brick.

A stapler used to staple electric cables and wires.

Ripping off parchment paper.

Tearing the plastic tab off the lid of an ice cream bucket.

Drawing with a chalkboard.

Record playing putting the needle down and it scratches.

Slide projector going through the next slide.

18 volt battery operated CORDLESS brad nailer – it’s for driving nails or staples. It will do both.

Locking an airplane bathroom door.

Playing cards – tap them on the table first then shuffle the cards. 

Tapping an egg to crack it and then opening the egg.

A food saver vacuum sealer – lock it and it cuts the bag off.

Opening an umbrella – push the button to open.

Someone placing something (maybe a stapler) on a sheet of paper to rip a straight edge.

Binder photo album and you click open the sheet to put your picture the sheet.

Taking a photo with a polaroid camera with the photo coming out.

Opening a tube of Pillsbury dough – pop the seal and rip the label.

Battery powered nail gun.

Hubba Bubba Bubble game tape – when you pop the top & pull out a piece.

An electronic printable calculator.

An electric stapler brad nailer putting shingles on a house.

Someone tearing paper in half.

Hammering a nail and pulling the nail out.

Handheld skate sharpeners – click it in, pull it back, and sharpen the skate.

Somebody biting into a crispy apple.

Ice scraper hitting the windshield and scraping the frost off.

When you get your receipt from machine.

A ball dropping & hitting it with a racket. Like Pickleball.

A dough scraper.

Old manual credit card machine – slide it and it imprints the card on the receipt.

Clicking a blender into place and hitting the start button.

An axe chopping wood.

Peeling the lid off a yogurt container.

A cord retracting from a small appliance – pull it and it goes back to its original position.

When you extend the wand of a vacuum.

Tape measurer unlocking and retracting.

Cracking a coconut.

Dragging a sandpaper block across a piece of wood.

Dropping a stack of paper on a table.

A pinball machine – when the ball drops and you pull back the spring thingy.

A knife poking into a watermelon and slicing it open.

Doing a trick on a skateboard – riding a rail or something.

Popping a piece of gum out of the wrapper and peeling it out.

Air hockey Game, when the puck is hit.

Credit card roller when you print it on paper.

Roll of paper towel, when you pull it and it tears.

A compass getting pushed through a thin piece of plastic, and moving it.

Sliding windows – unlocking the window, slide it open, lock in place.

The label maker from the deli scale.

Filling a soda stream bottle.

A cardboard envelope with the rip-off tab.

A paid stamp – rip the backing off it to give to the customer the receipt.

Battery powered nail gun…the air recharging before it shoots.

Dealer shuffling cards.

 Pulling Velcro apart.

Flushing a toilet on an airplane.

Tightening the lugnuts on a tire with an electrical gun.

Cardboard tear tab.

Opening a new can of ice tea – pulling back the metal off the top.

Giant paper cutter with the arm.

Closing a Ziploc bag.

A holiday party favour cracker.

Opening and sliding the nail magazine cover on the 18 gauge battery nailer.

An office chair when you pull the handle on the side to go down.

Retractable pet leash when you have to unlock and retract.

A floppy drive – reading the disk.

Pulling a tape out of a VHS machine.

An old manual blender mixer – where you click the button and it starts to mix.

Opening a van sliding door.

One of those can opener on one end / bottle opener on the other end… hook it onto the end of the can and push down to punch through the can.

Opening a pull tab can of spam.

Popping a lock and then sliding open a glass patio door.

Munching on pork rinds.

Scraping the windshield.

Ripping aluminum foil.

Is it a time clock, validating your time. Punching it in and out. (Fred Flintstone style)

Opening a resealable package.

A roll of tape, taping a box.

Striking a wooden matchstick on the striking pad to light it.

When you pull out the airfryer and push it back.

Changing the receipt paper roll in a cash register or adding machine.

Opening the handle inside your car to open the door.

Stepping and Slipping on carpet.

Cut paper with scissors, when you slide the scissors across the paper after the first cut.

Using a manual bottle opener to open a beverage.

Shutting and locking an airplane door.

Stapler (repeat.)

An express-post envelope when you get your new passport – ripping it open.

A nail gun being reloaded with a sleeve of nails.

When a printer is pulling in the paper and starting to print.

Ripping the perforated edge of a cheque.

Shaving ice using a knife or a carving knife.

Slot machines and the sound the handle makes.

Garden Sheers.

Record being scratched on a record player.

Ripping off the paper from an electric calculator.

A cordless nail remover.

Pulling a boot of out of a ski binding.

A chalk and a blackboard – when it makes contact and writing or drawing a line.

An X-Acto knife cutting cardboard.

When you insert a key into a doorknob or deadbolt, and lock or unlock.

Opening a tin can with a manual can opener.

A door closing.

A knife scraping a cutting board.

The sound you car makes when you put the key in the ignition and it won’t start.

Washing a ball in the ball washer at a golf course.

Loading an air nailer.

Validating a train ticket.

A paper jam in the printer – when you pull out the paper.

A filing cabinet – the button to release the door and you slide it open.

A golf swing – the iron hits the golf ball so hard it tears the grass up underneath.

A steel spatula in a cast iron frying pan scraping.

When you pull a plastic cover off your calculator.

When you bend over and your pants rip.

When you pick up a shovel and push snow.

One of those claw things – that removes staples.

Cleaning off the trowel.

Scooping plaster and then scraping it on the wall.

A toy gun – loading it pulling it back.

Manual can opener – where you puncture it in and twist it.

Squeezing the handle on a caulking gun.

Popping open a gas tank cover and opening the gas cap.

Unlocking and opening a patio door.

Pulling or cracking a Christmas cracker.

Wrapping paper roll… pull it out and rip it off.

Doing a backstick on a sewing machine & lifting up the guide.

 A dice push popper – like in the games Trouble or Sorry.

A jukebox – press the button and it puts the song on.

Cutting bamboo.

A tape measure being unlocked and extended. (NOT retracted)

A pineapple on a cutting board, slam a knife onto it and push it through.

Peeling a vegetable using a manual vegetable peeler.

Opening a fruit cup.

Swiping a credit card in a point of sales machine.

The sound a toy car makes as you move it.

Electric fish scaling remover.

Ripping off the cardboard on a box of Kleenex.

Opening a bag of potato chips and eating them.

Hanging up a hanger on a rod and then sliding it.

Chopping and peeling off a coconut husk.

Opening a container of wipes and pulling out the wipe.

A fish head on the cutting board – you chop it and scrape it off into the sink.

The machine counting the paper bills at the bank.

Shrink wrap boxes with a built in cutter – the cutter going across and cutting the shrink wrap.

A paper towel dispenser in a public bathroom.

A rotary phone.

Closing a shower curtain.

Brick laying – taking excess cement off the bricks and putting them in the tray.

Medical arm cuff when you do a blood pressure test – pulling it off.

A waterpik – pushing water into the teeth / flossing.

The removal or replacement of the rechargeable battery pack from a power tool.

Automatic card shuffler.

While pumping gas, putting the nozzle back onto the rack.

Espresso machine.

Electric scooter when your turn down the throttle.

Opening a plastic food package – popping the seal with a knife and sliding the knife down (like ground beef.)

Using a big knife to cut a coconut or pumpkin & using your hands to rip it apart.

Striking a flint fire starter.

Opening and closing the laundry soap dispenser.

Ripping roof shingles off the roof.

The sliding chain lock on a front door – insert the chain and slide it across the metal track.

An electronic safe closing.

Putting a record onto the record player.

When you slice a pizza with a pizza cutter.

Open a jar of pickles by hitting the bottom of the jar and the sound it makes as it opens.

Ripping the label off of a can.

Automatic soap dispenser.

Opening the door of an advent calendar.

Opening a pez dispenser – slide it open to put the candy in it.

A printer – printing out the final paper with a stapler.

Opening a water bottle – a screw-top water bottle.

Cranking the knob to tighten your no-tie shoelaces.

Pulling the tab for your number in a waiting room.

A keurig coffee maker and you push down on the coffee pod.

Someone putting an ink cartridge into a printer.

Opening the Lysol wipes and pulling one out.

Opening a paint can – pop the lid open and lift it.

A felt marker striking a mark on paper.

A sewing machine – when you push the button for the automatic cutter for the thread.

Opening your car door and locking it.

Cash dispensing from an ATM

Ripping vinyl off a machine – a heat press

Peeling the protective film off an appliance

Ripping vinyl off a cricket machine.

When the washing machine starts to fill up (spraying sound.)

Using an air compressor to put air in your tire.

When frozen windshield wipers get a little stuck first before they start wiping.

The Velcro toss & catch game – the ball hitting the pad and then being ripped off.

A tape gun dispenser – when you pack a box.

Pulling the dryer vent out of the dryer to clean off the lint.

Slashing a tarp with a knife.

Ripping open a cardboard box that’s glued shut.

Microphone or instrument plugging into an amp.

Chopping the top off an onion and peeling back the the brown layer off.

Cracking a nut in a nut cracker.

Opening a new bag of Oreos….when you pull the tab to open the bag.

Harvesting bark from a tree trunk.

Releasing the safety latch of a paper cutter in an office and lifting the handle.

Using a lint roller.

Shuffling cards – split in two, bang them on the table and do the bridge shuffle.

An old cash register receipt printing.

Old style rubber stamp going down on the paper and then a slow peel back up off the paper.

Ripping sandpaper.

Pressing the eject button on a cassette to open the door.

Taking off a bottle cap.

When you make a vending machine selection – and it comes sliding down.

Sliding something into an oven – a casserole dish or a cookie sheet.

Cutting a watermelon.

Punch in a perforated box of dryer sheets and pull the dryer sheet out.

Cutting glass.

Zipping up a really packed suitcase.

Coffee makers – frothing milk.The steam that comes out for the latte.

The plastic container packaging (strawberries in it), the sound it makes when you open it – clam shell packaging.

Nails on a chalkboard.

Pushing a clothes hanger over on a rack.

Ripping tin foil from the dispenser.

Popping open an Advent calendar window.

Removing the plastic security tag on new clothes.

Hockey skates – step on the ice and start skating.

A caulking gun – opening it up sliding the sleeve back.

Cutting or chopping cabbage.

Mortgages To Go ripping up the loan paper.

A cash register till opening.

The little flat tool that carves wood and it makes sound as it does it.

Opening the legs on a folding table.

Flipping the flap & turning the dial to set the outdoor lights.

Ripping vinyl or heavy duty paper from a plotter printer.

Machine for dry cleaning shirts – when you open it, clip it, and then open it back.

A coffee carafe when you pull it off the hot plate on a coffee maker.

A ticket dispenser.

Opening the mirror on your sun visor in the car

Zip tool

Using a sharpener on sewing scissors, the action of pulling it in and out

Ice Breaking

Cleaning or scraping off the BBQ Gril

Tearing vinyl off of a vehicle……like a wrap or a decal

Scraping a knife across a CD case

Pulling back the slider on a Magna Doodle to erase the art

Pulling open a tab of soup and pulling back the lid

A new pair of pants, where someone is stripping off the sticky sticker of the pants. Usually has the sizing on it

Latch on a a hood when you unlatch the lock and push the hood up

Tin can crusher

The trowling tool that is used to flatten cement

Scooping popcorn one time out of a popcorn machine

Popping the top off a whip cream can & spraying the cream

A lotto machine dispensing a ticket

An automatic air-freshner spraying

A step on garbage can

Food saver, where your food goes into the bag and there is a process that sucks the air out

Sliding a remote control on the coffee table towards you

Old fashion paper cutter…. when it cuts paper

Stalk of celery, when you break a piece off

Tupperware container lid opening

Shucking corn

Pulling the oil dipstick out of your car

A truck plowing snow on the road

Cutting a ribbon a making a bow

The cardboard tape specifically on an Amazon package –  slicing the tape with a knife

View master – the sound of the card and clicking it

Taking a match out of a matchbox, striking it and lighting it

Opening the top box of the crackers

Waxing strips

Pulling seatbelt over you in the car

Sharpening the edge of a snowboard

De-pitting an avocado with a knife

 A low battery impact wrench 

An old style credit card machine (repeat)

Taking a credit card and swiping it

Pill popper machine… turn it and then you suck on it

Hair straightener, the action of pulling and straightening hair

Opening a toothbrush container and the plastic ripping from the paper

Tubs of cool whip when you pop the lid and peel the plastic off

Changing the setting on the showerhead

When you hit a pothole & your car bangs against the ground

Pushing the button to extend the handle of the suitcase

Opening a pez dispensor (repeat)

Peeling a sticker/label off a container

Pulling a cassette out of a stereo

Laptop keyboard as you hit or slide your hand across the keyboard

An addressograph

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