***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.
Matt G says
Mg ME! Silver is my favorite element!
Lorraine says
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Iron, because it FEels good to pump iron!
Valentina says
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Copper is my favorite, because it’s so useful and has been known as such for a very long time (think Copper Age & Bronze Age; bronze = copper + tin). Everyone has copper in their homes (electrical wires, plumbing), as well as their bodies (deficiency leads to serious health problems) AND most importantly, copper is what makes our beloved national icon so beautiful. If you think copper, you gotta think The Statue of Liberty!
danielle o says
Cu – Copper. I adore it.
Brittany I says
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My favorite is Lv (Livermorium) because it was discovered right in my backyard (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)
Kate Bateman says
Mg me! I love me some good ol’ H. Hydrogen is the bomb… Ok, bad joke. But I still like it for many strange chemical reasons. It kinda plays by it’s own rules
Christina says
Mg ME! My favorite is K, potassium, because my junior high science teacher used to call it the “double nasty” and that still makes me laugh!
Heather B says
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Silver! AG, because I think it’s pretty :)
Megan says
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Hg! Liquid metal, how cool is that?
Angela says
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I’m going to go with neon because it looks pretty all lit up.
Kristen T. says
Mg Me! I like aluminum…mainly b/c of the way the Australians and British speak it…Al-loo-min-ium.
Rebecca says
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My favorite element would have to be Xenon. I kinda wish they would use it in alphabet books & posters, to give the ole’ xylophone a break.
…although being both odorless and colorless, I see how it could be hard to depict Xenon through illustration.
Tammy says
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I love PT.
Meghan says
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Magnesium was always my favorite for the “Mg” symbol – as a Meg – I liked that it was so close to my name.
Sara Beth says
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Our favorite is Ru. Mainly because it’s the first sound in my boyfriends name, and since it is described as a hard white metal and he’s super pasty it fits perfectly.
Samantha Simmons says
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Oxygen!! Its the most useful!
Karen says
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I would have to say Carbon Dioxide because I like to garden.
Rachel B. says
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Mercury (Hg) is my favorite element on the periodic table just because it has such a weird abbreviation; I always remember it, though!
Leasa says
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Lynds says
Mg me! I like Hydrogen because it’s particular about who it bonds with (only N, O, F) yet it’s essential to human life!
Chris says
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Oxygen hands down!!!
MamaG says
Mg ME! Titanium. It’s what my husband’s wedding band is made from:)
Lindsay says
Mg ME! I’m a fan of silver. I love all silver jewelry.
Val says
Mg me! I’ll say neon as a throwback to my first car.
Rachel says
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Robin says
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I guess my fave is oxygen.
Cristiane says
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Titanium!!! Titanium metal is considered to be non-toxic :)
Heather renae says
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Maria says
Mg Me!!!! OXYGEN, of course!!!
Amanda says
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Definitely Na!
Sonya says
Mg ME! Let’s go with F – my chemistry teacher in high school used to call fluorine the “hot mama” of elements. I think it had something to do with a propensity to steal electrons…
Melissa D. says
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Caitlin says
Mg ME! My favorite element is hydrogen because it’s the building block element and we’re building a house (see what I did there?)…
Allison B. says
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I’m going with Copper because I think it is perty! :)
norrey says
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Oxygen.
Jin says
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I love sodium!
Nancy says
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Helium for me babe. Gotta love balloons, right?
Trudi says
Mg ME! Silver and gold, like in jewelry :)
Melissa says
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Fr, francium. It’s so close to my surname, it makes me happy and a little fancy ;)
Nev says
Mg ME!… silver is my fav because it is GRAY :) love love love gray!
karen says
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Carbon is my favorite, especially when compressed into brilliance!
Ewa says
Mg ME! I like Uranium, because it makes pretty yellow crystals!
Shannon says
MG me! My favorite element is Boron … b/c it has a funny name :)
Joy says
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He, cause I love balloons.
Becky says
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Lithium. It has saved countless lives! Take it from the daughter of a shrink.
Amy says
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Neon, because I have 3 boys and a 110 Newfie and my house is crazy neon. :)
Mary says
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I’ve always love Mn – manganese. It sounds like a painful affliction. LOL
Jillian says
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Love the gold baby!
Heather says
Mg me! Im going to go with Mg because my previous car’s paint color was magnesium metallic & my new car’s color is magnetic gray (kinda similar?) A Mg vacuum would round it out nicely!
Linda C. says
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Au – Not because I like gold so much but I’ve always been able to remember that Au is the symbol for gold. Maybe because it sounds so much like “hey you!”