***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.
Katie says
Mg ME!
Neon is my fave- I’m a big fan of bright colors
Michelle B says
Mg ME!!!! I’ll go with oxygen, for no particular reason :)
Michelle Vance says
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Au – not because of gold, but because of my alma mater…AUBURN!!! WAR EAGLE!!!
Carly Cleghorn says
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Tungsten, because I love handmade ceramic pieces, and WO3 makes glazes.
suzanne says
MG me! BE = Beryllium, one of the precious forms is my birthstone.
Lauren says
Mg ME!!! Na- Sodium!!
Colleen says
Mg ME! My favorite is sodium, unfortunately :P
Jess says
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AL,I did a project on it in high school where I used the Tin Man.
Christi S. says
Mg Me! I would have to say Au & Ag, of course!!
Jenn says
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Favorite Element: O
Lauren says
Mg me! My fav is potassium because it’s K, which I just think is funny. :)
Kelly says
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Au, because everyone else likes Ag!
Koliti says
“Mg ME!”
K = Potassium
O = Oxygen
Li = Lithium
Ti = Titanium
Put ’em all together and they spell my name!
Jennifer Sootkoos says
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Kate says
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I always liked potassium because it’s K like my name.
Lindsay says
Mg ME! I’d say Ne – neon! :)
Lynne P. says
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My favorite is Pt – Platinum!
Amy B says
Mg me! Au – gold!
Diane says
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Platinum!!!!
Jessica says
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I have to say Li- lithium. I was a big Nirvan fan in high school and they had a song titled Lithium. Gotta love thinking back to high school days! lol
Angie says
Mg Me! Oxygen–can’t say I’ve ever thought about a fav element before!
Betsy says
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Zn because it is essential to so many things and my current research involves it heavily – ha maybe that is a pun! How heavy is Zn?
Kate says
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My favorite element is C (carbon). It’s the building block of life and is a girl’s best friend (diamonds).
Molly says
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Chlorine…I’m a pool rat :)
Callina says
Mg Me! Oxygen is pretty neat!
MaLeisa says
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Sodium…..and thank you.
Amanda says
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I don’t really have a favorite element, but the first one that came to mind was Al because of the way aluminium is pronounced in British English :)
Jill says
Mg ME! I guess I would pick gold!
Isabel says
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Right now, Cl because I’m feeling summery and I think of swimming pools when I see chlorine.
Tammy says
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I’ll have to go with Gold!!!…love me some GOLD!!!
Katie Honkanen says
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I like Oxygen, because it seems so practical.
this Vacumn couldn’t come at a better time. we moved into our new house this weekend, and my husband left the vacumn in his open truck bed over night. It was rather wet, and sad looking this morning. I haven’t tried it yet (waiting for it to dry out) but this is the second time he has done this, and I think we were lucky it worked last time. We may not be that lucky again.
jG says
Mg Me! I like Carbon (C) because that’s what diamonds are made up of!
Heather D says
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Ag is my fav!
Kelly says
Mg ME! My favorite is Beryllium… I’ve always just liked the way it sounds and I’m a big science nerd… BRRRR Y LIUM!
Katherine says
Mg ME… Br, because it reminds me of the intro for Breaking Bad, which starts back up in less than a month!
Katie says
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I failed chemistry, I don’t think the table was a big fan of mine :( Or I of it.
Noel says
MG ME! My favorite is neon because it doesn’t sound like it would be something that could be created by nature. Also, it reminds me of Vegas.
Katy King says
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Karen says
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I’d say my favorite element is K, potassium. One of my friends had a party many years ago and we had to dress up as something that started with the same letter as our first name so, being the chem nerd I am, I dressed up as a banana and wore the period element labeling “K” on me too.
Jessica says
Mg ME! Couldn’t live without oxygen
Kathleen says
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Ugh! Terrible flash backs to chemistry class with Ms. Stewart. I just couldn’t get it and felt like a dummy the entire semester. Good thing chemistry wasn’t necessary for my business degree in college!
Andie d says
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Platinum!
Tammy says
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Andrea Fifhause says
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umm…never really been a chemistry/science person so I have no idea. ha
Elana says
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Neon is kinda awesome, I think.
Alexandra Schelling says
Mg me please!! I would be beyond thrilled to win! My favorite element is Carbon because it’s in just about everything… including stars and diamonds :)
Alex Cosgrove says
Mg Me! I would pick Carbon since it is part of every living thing!
Brian T says
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Tc (Technetium) which was the first element to be produced artificially, which I just learned thanks to your question!
Kim says
MG me!!!!
I would have to agree with oxygen… I like to have excuses for more plants!
Katie C says
Mg me! Silver is my favorite, for obvious reasons…