***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Wow. You guys are a lot more opinionated about the periodic table than I had assumed. Anyways, random.org selected the winner of this giveaway as… Andi W. (who likes Sodium for all of the salty snacks it provides, but admitted “My inner nerd wants to vote adamantium.”) Congrats Andi!
Hold onto your seats, chemistry nerds. We’re giving away some magnesium this week. It’s coming in the form of Oreck’s latest and lightest-weight upright vacuum ever – the Magnesium. In fact, at less than 8lbs it weighs in at about half the poundage of an ordinary upright. Not to mention its skinny but strong frame slides naturally under furniture and other hard-to-reach dust bunny havens. Oreck’s also throwing in the Ultimate Handheld Vac to round out your cleaning repertoire – and to boost the prize value to nearly $600!
- PRIZE: An Oreck Magnesium upright vacuum and the Oreck Ultimate Handheld Vac (a $599 value).
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “Mg ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … (you ready for this?) what’s your favorite element on the periodic table? Are you a big fan of Oxygen because of the whole breathing thing? Or Sodium because you’re a salty food addict? Or perhaps good ol’ Au & Ag (aka Gold and Silver)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 27th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- DISCOUNT: 15% off any Oreck product with code YOUNGHOUSELOVE (valid through July 9, excludes sale or refurbished items)
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Oreck.
Tara says
Mg ME! I love anything silver!
erin says
Mg ME! H2 O!
Laura Beth says
Mg Me!! I’ll go with Ca for Calcium :o) Got Milk?
Katy says
Mg ME!!! I am personally fond of Lead (PB) because the abbreviation reminds me of peanut butter!
Tracy says
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Um….good question. Since I’m having a hard time remembering any others than the ones you mentioned….I’d go with silver. So shiny!
Karen says
Mg me! I love chemistry and use it daily as my job so I can’t pick a favorite element.
Mary K says
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My favorite is neodymium! I studied an isotope of it for my dissertation!
Ella says
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I am going to have to go with a tie for hydrogen & helium–without hydrogen converting into helium at the exact rate that it does, the universe as we know it would not exist and we would not be here to pick our favorite elements!
Sarah K says
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April says
Mg Me! Fe because if you put it in a cycle, it’s a Ferris wheel!
Meg F. says
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I’ll say silver!
Lindsay says
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I’m a fan of….Fe (Iron) because my iron is low so I’d love to have more!
Michele Laramay says
Mg ME! I guess I would have to go with oxygen. Breathing is pretty important, right?!
Nicole says
Mg Me…..without Ca – Calcium, my life would be incomplete. I can’t imagine breakfast without cereal and MILK!!
Abby F says
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Chlorine (CL) because it keeps our pool clean during this VERY hot summer!!
Morgan says
Mg Me! I can’t say I’ve ever picked a favorite element. But, if I had to, it would be oxygen!
Lindsay says
Mg ME! Cu (copper) is my current favorite element at the moment, because I reeeeeaaaally want one of those big ol’ apron-front copper sinks. Hey, a girl can dream, right?
ryan says
Mg ME!
Favorite Element: Ne
Because if it ain’t neon, it shouldn’t be on. (words to live by, clearly)
Valerie says
Mg ME! I like Lead – Fun fact: the periodic symbol for lead (Pb) comes from its Latin name, Plumbum. What doesn’t sound fun about Plumbum?
Lia M says
Mg me!!! H for hydrogen!
Kasia says
Mg ME! K for bananas! I mean potassium :)
Elizabeth Flemming says
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Gotta go with Oxygen. Love that O2! :)
Simply Life says
Mg ME! Oxygen because I’m pretty thankful for it :)
Mallory Lacey says
MG ME!!!!
Going to say Hydrogen!
Tracy Napper says
Mg me! I’ll have to say gold is my favorite!
Melora says
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K – Always loved that potassium was a K… kind of throws you off :)!
declaire says
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Yuri zmarzly says
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I love h for hydrogen bc it’s light like the air!
Laura says
mg Me!! It would definitely have to be Osmium. I like heavy metal music and it happens to be the heaviest metal in the periodic table. Rock on!! hahaha
Summer says
Mg ME! I like K as in potassium!
Mindy says
“Mg ME!”
Oxygen for obvious reasons.
Toria says
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Deborah says
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My favorite is Au. I still remember in 8th grade the teacher telling us “‘ay you, give me me back my gold”. Its the only one I always remember.
Cindy B. says
Mg ME! I like good ole H20!
Gwen says
Mg me! After much deliberation I have decided that my favorite element is cobalt, in honor of my first car :)
Amy says
Mg ME!
Se, Selenium, in part because the name comes from Selene, the goddess of the moon, and because it’s just plain cool… it can partially function in a similar way/replacement to Sulfur (another favorite element), all animals need it for cellular function in small amounts. It is a semiconductor and used to be used a lot in electronics before being replaced by Silicon. It is still used in photocells and light meters and other cool things.
Lauren says
Mg Me! Oxygen, gotta have it.
Stephanie B says
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Gold! Because i wish i had an abundance of it and become FILTHY rich!
Kristin C. says
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I’m going to go with Chlorine! It’s summer, it’s hot, it’s pool time! =)
Stacie says
Mg ME! Co-Cobalt because it’s the name of my husband’s literary journal.
Rachel says
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Aluminum!
Michelle says
Mg me! I’m going to say lead, because I associate it with peanut butter! Sounds gross, but the symbol for lead is pb, and I always used “peanut butter lead” during our period chart memorization exercises!
Maureen says
Mg ME!Call me boring, but I have to go with Oxygen for, as you stated, “the whole breathing thing”. What could be more important than breathing?!?!?
Jeanne says
Mg ME! Hydrogen – it’s #1!
Sarah R. says
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Stesse says
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Iron, Fe. My torti kitty had a rusty spot on her nose, so I named her Fe (altho later realized it’s pretty close to “ugly” in Spanish). My Sweet Fe passed away in January. I still miss her blotchy little self!
Hayley says
Mg ME!! my favorite element is Hg – Mercury
Adrienne says
Mg Me!! My favorite element is actually Mg… Ever since a 4th grade science project :)
Heather says
Mg ME! Neon! And you thought it was just a color…but it’s an element too!
QS says
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Love me some silver!