The phrase comes from Philips, the Dutch electronics company, where sense and simplicity was used as a brand slogan in television advertising to present its products as easy and uncomplicated. The short audio ident that closed those commercials became easy to recognise even without a picture, which is why it survived as a standalone clip on soundboards. Online, creators reuse it less as an advertisement and more as a joke about polished branding, dropping it after everyday objects to make them feel like premium technology.