***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.
Michelle says
Mg ME!
I failed chemistry…
Jamie says
Mg ME! I’d have to go with Oxygen since its the element I use the most!
Kimmie says
ME ME! KR for krypton, because the men in my life are huge superhero fans!
Kristin says
MG ME! K is definitely mine – I love bananas and I like them brown.
Carol says
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Love my silver! Esp. in a paint tone.
Korie says
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I would have to say my favorite element is Fe (Iron). My old H.S Science teacher made a dorky joke one day in class “I like to go to the gym and pump Fe” But to his credit I have always remembered the element since.
Jennifer says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Rubidium. My husband and I had a running joke when I was pregnant (had names for both genders picked but we weren’t sharing) that if people pushed too much for the name that we would tell them that we wanted to name the baby Rubidium (Ruby for short).
Alice says
Mg me!! I’d have to say Cu for copper as I was born, raised and have lived my entire life and more than likely will live out my golden years in Arizona, the Copper State!!!
My mother had copper bottomed Revere ware when we were growing up and she would get mad when she’d go to polish the copper bottoms of the pans and my twin and I would have used up her copper polish on all the pennies we could found around the house!
Chris says
Mg me! My favorite element is tungsten – the symbol does it for me – I must just love ‘W’ for some reason; my son’s name is William Wayne!
Tamara says
“Mg ME!” I just finished three chemistry classes, so this is a hard decision. I guess I have to pick Carbon. It is the basis of life and most of our food.
Vel says
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Hmm. Favorite element? I’ll pick Magnesium in the hopes that I’ll win.
Aledra says
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Na because I’m a big fan of salt :)
Michelle says
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I’m gonna go with oxygen. It’s always come in pretty handy.
Melinda R says
Mg ME! How can a person choose her favorite element? Hmmm. . . I think I’ll have to go with iridium because I did some (very bad) undergraduate research on Ir with a (very talented and patient) professor.
Dayna says
Mg me!! Um, I didn’t people had a favorite element haha! But I would love an awesome new vaccum!
Kristen says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Sodium – can’t live without my salty snacks!
Julie D. says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Silver!
Meaghan says
MG me :)
my favorote is Hg, mercury. I’m a nurse and i see it/use it all the time :)
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Emma says
Mg Me! Oh my fingers are super crossed! I just moved and desperately need a vacuum.
My favorite is He! Can’t have a fabulous party without Helium ;)
Jennifer Peters says
MG me! Give me some K (potassium) because I don’t like leg cramps.
Brenda says
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I aced the Chemistry unit of my high school science class….that was almost ten years ago though so the elements are slipping my mind. I’ll have to go with good ol’ Oxygen!
Stacey says
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Love me some copper! So pretty!
Alicia says
“Mg Me!” I personally like Rb – Rubidium because I think it is fun to say.
shanna gilbert says
MG me I would choose neon
Thomas Sibiga says
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Christy says
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I’d have to go with the stand-by classic, gold.
Tiffany says
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I’ll be boring and say my favorite is silver :)
Eileen says
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The Group 1’s are pretty fun for the explosive personalities. If you’re interested in Chemistry, you should check out the periodicvideos channel on youtube. It’s very cool. :)
Ally says
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Copper, Cu, because it’s my last name. :)
Stephanie says
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A favorite element is Cm, Curium, named for Marie Curie who left a tremendous legacy of scientific endeavors.
Anne Campbell says
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My favorite element would have to be Mercury (Hg) because it is SO darn cool–what other element has a nickname like “quicksilver”?–but also dangerous…a winning combination!
Heather says
Mg ME!! Love me some Oxygen.. Because I am lovin life
charity says
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I say oxygen.
Carolyn says
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Boron, because it reminds me of one of Seinfeld’s stand up comedies. Or Manganese!
jana says
“Mg ME!” Es, Einsteinium…just because it was the first element that came to my 16 year-old sons mind when asked.
Wendy says
Mg me! My favorites are the noble gasses because they just sound so fancy!
Sara D says
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Potassium! I love bananas!
Sheri says
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Kate says
MG! I’ll stick with oxygen, since without it the rest is irrelevant for us humans!
kristin blake says
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I would have to say Oxygen is my fav. Without it, nothing on earth would be able to survive!
Amber says
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dee says
Mg me! Au all the way!
Andrea says
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Let’s say H Hydrogen because it makes up most of our bodies as H20:)
Mrs. P says
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Julie L says
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I’d have to say He… party balloons wouldn’t be the same without it!
Kevin says
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I like Boron (B) because it ryhmes with ‘moron.’ Ha!
Annie J says
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#1 H – can at least remember it!
AllieN says
Mg ME! I’d have to go with good ole Oxygen. We couldn’t live without it! :)
Shannon says
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Probably K (potassium).
Jane says
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Gosh , I even forgot that gold and silver were periodic table elements… Haven’t gone near chemistry since high school days..happy about that though..not my favorite subject!