***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.
Christen says
Mg Me!!
I like Francium.
Jennifer says
Mg ME!! I’m going with helium – it’s at the very top and it makes your voice sound funny!
Jennifer says
Mg me!!! Carbon…..cause it’s all about some bling!
Jennifer says
MG ME! I love PD or Palladium as my engagement ring is made of it and I am not allergic to it which is a miracle!
Dani MP says
Mg ME!
I was an art major… That pretty much explains my lack of an answer to the bonus question. :)
Kristina L says
Mg Me! Neon is pretty cool.
anna p says
Mg me
Laura M says
Mg me! My favorite element has always been potassium, because I love bananas, and it’s element symbol being K makes no sense with its name. Oh well!
Jae says
Mg me. And I hated chemistry.
Gail says
Mg me.
I like two, Na and CL, for a very nerdy reason: so I can say “Please pass the NaCL.”
Elise says
Mg ME!
Umm.. Hydrogen because it’s the one I remember!
Courtney says
Mg ME!!! I guess I’d have to say helium because who doesn’t love to sound like that?
Stacie W says
MG Me!
Oxygen of course!
Lindsey says
Mg me!!!
Nitrogen because it’s inert!
mary says
Mg Me!
Gotta go with the Au
Kim says
Mg ME!
K
Mrs. Butterworth says
MG Me! I personally am loving Oxygen on a daily basis!
Sarah says
Mg ME!!! I’m a big fan of sodium because it allows neurons to pass signals. (I’m a biology major ;P).
Amy says
Mg ME!
Well, I can’t say I have a favorite element, so I asked my 11 son who has become obsessed with chemistry this year. His current fav is Gadolinium (Gd) (and no, I have no idea what that is or what properties it has!)
leslie says
MG ME CR. That stands for carbs right??
Carrie says
Mg ME! Ne b/c I LOVE bright!
Kim c. says
Mg me!
Gold of course..
Michaela says
Mg Me!!!
My favorite element is carbon. Where would we be without it? Although, I guess you could say that about all the elements :)
Alondra says
Mg Me! I’d go with The Simpsons Oscar Meyer promotional periodic table and say Balonium. What’s its atomic weight?
Snacktacular!
Erica says
Mg ME! Sulfur. I worked as a sulfur plant engineer, so it’s only natural!
Suzanne T says
Ag Silver
Whitney S says
MG Me!
Ally says
Mg ME!
Palladium – when shopping for rings I learned a lot about the metal and think it is pretty cool!
Emily says
Mg ME!
AL because it is fun to say it the british way: aloo-min-eeum.
Ikl says
K for potassium
Always liked it because it was so random.
Kim says
Mg Me!
My favorite element is carbon because I really enjoyed organic chemistry.
Wendy M. says
Mg Me!
My favorite element is Beryllium – because I did a “Buckyball” fact ball about it in 10th grade chemistry – though I have since forgotten any and all facts I learned about said element. Mostly, I just thought it had a pretty name.
maribeth says
Mg ME!!! Gold!?
Paula says
Mg Me!
I like H because it’s the smallest.
Kristen says
Mg ME! My fave is Potassium because the symbol is K for Kristen.
Hope says
Mg me!
Hydrogen FTW! It’s the most simple element, the one every other one was formed from.
Michelle Penny says
Mg me! I like copper.
Erin says
Mg ME!
Mark says
Mg Me!
My favorite element is Be – beryllium.
brenda says
“Mg ME!”
Fave……Na
Micaela says
“Mg ME!”
Oxygen for me
Meg says
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I always liked Mg because my name is Meg. :)
Abby says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Mo – Molybdenum, cause its just so much fun to say…and it doesn’t get a lot of attention in science class!
Kristy says
Mg ME! Let me tell you a joke about potassium…K?? Did you hear oxygen and potassium went on a date? It went OK! ;-) I can’t help myself, I’m a science teacher an I love Chemistry Cat!!!!!!
Cathy says
Mg me! Au–Gold . . .for obvious reasons! Have you heard the great song, “The Elements” by Tom Lehrer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-wSKFBpo IT’s GREAT!!
Chris says
Mg me! Definitely would have to go with Oxygen. I am a fan of breathing for sure.
anna see says
Mg Me!
I like silver,b/c almost all my jewelry is silver.
Stephanie says
Mg ME!
I’ll go with Na–renal physiology is fun stuff.
Kat French says
Mg ME! I love NEON!
Melysa M. says
Mg ME!!!!!!! My favorite element was Magnesium since it was my name initials in hi school. I felt really cool to be represented. Lol yes, I was (am) a nerd.