Good theory, eyeshigh! It could be.

I can't stand the eating sound. And in my game there's plenty of those, since all of them are adept doctors except the one nursing mother. I wouldn't have minded if it were slurpy, wet sound. It sounds like chewing raw carrot or potato, and it drives me nuts! There's plenty of other stuff in the food bin, stop eating those carrots! To make things worse, they make that raw carrot-chewing sound even when they're eating hot stew.

I totally agree cuthbert. The biting into what sounds like an apple drives me crazy. It reminds me of people who chew with thier mouths open (a little pet peeve of mine)
I also hear children laughing when I haven't any children. LOL

Yes, it sounds like someone biting into an apple to me, too. Odd, really, as there's no mention of apples or apple trees in the game. I can't say that it annoys me, though; in fact I quite like it.

I sometimes think I hear a tinkling kind of sound when a mushroom or collectible comes? Does this happen? Or is it my imagination. My 7 year old daughter was the one to point it out to me lol.

Yes, others have referred to the sound as being like wind-chimes. Some have also linked the sound to the appearance of mushrooms or collectibles, but I've never seen any connection myself.

Its a rumor but from what i've found there is no correlation at all, sometimes it coincides sometimes it doesnt. I think its just coincidence that sometimes it just happens to chime around the same time a collectable appears.

Well here's the thing...EVERYTIME I hear the sound I find a mushroom but no collectables but I sometimes find mushrooms without the sound so maybe it's a once in awhile thing with the mushrooms??

I have know idea why the chime sounds. But I hear it all the time.I like the sound of the chimes I also like when I hear the birds. It is just very sereen sounding to me.

Actually let me add that I do find collectibles when it sounds...and everytime and I mean EVERYTIME I hear it I find something. It may take me a few secs to find it but I do. If it's everytime then it seems like it couldn't be a coincidence huh? Maybe I'm just special lol