***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.
LM says
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Au. I was watching “The Facts of Life” and when Natalie and Tootie were studying for a test, one of them said to remember “A – U. Stop stealing my gold.” ((Or something to that effect)). I’ve always remembered that line and will always remember that Au stands for gold :)
Melissa says
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Gold for me!
taryn says
“Mg ME!” I’ll go for copper!
Leigh-Anne says
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Can I combine two? H2O would def. be my favorite element. Nothing says summer like H20… the pool and the ocean!
Ed says
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Zinc.
http://media.photobucket.com/video/the%20simpsons/nataliasc/MrParksWebsite-TheSimpsonsZincFilm.mp4?o=1
Courtney says
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I’ll have to be boring and say that my favorite is Au because I love gold. Although, I did have a customer tell me once that white gold was a naturally occurring element (which it’s not), but that would be my favorite if it was!
Elaine says
Mg ME! Can’t remember many of the elements but I’ll go with Oxygen. Unless platinum is also an element? :)
Kelly H says
Mg ME! Tough call on the favorite element. Maybe gold because a little bling is fun. But K (Which is maybe potassium?) is fun since it’s my initial.
cara says
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Allegra says
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:)
No favorite element, I was horrible at chemistry.
Mary says
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Br and Ba for the Breaking Bad series!
Eliska says
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Um, all the Noble ones I guess. Cause I’m classy.
Stephanie says
MG ME! Calcium is my favorite- I love ice cream!
Olivia says
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I’m going with Sodium. Unbonded, it totally blows up when you add it to water.
Chelsea @ Chelsea Eats Treats says
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And I’m thinking silver, since I wear a lot of it :)
Ben says
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Na is the best cause you can do so much with it.
Cheryl says
Mg ME! I’m going to go with silicon because it’s pretty essential for my livelihood with computers.
Kim W Rily says
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NaCl. I’m going to have to say, good old Sodium Chloride (table salt.) Because it’s the one I remember and like to eat the most. (If I knew the chemical compound for sugar, it would be that.)
JennW says
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Meg G. says
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Mine is AU weirdly enough because of an episode of Facts of Life where Natalie and Tootie are studying the periodic table and I never forget the phrase they had for remembering Gold.
That and remembering SCUBA from Family Ties proves most of my knowledge comes from the countless hours of TV I watched growing up.
Mary McG says
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I always liked Au, because it sounds like you are calling to it.
Rachel says
Mg ME!!! Because I really, really need a new vacuum!
Nitrogen. Although I do love some shiny silver as well!
Jill says
Mg ME! Probably Au AND Ag – I love jewelry!
Alyssa says
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salt is definitely my fave…on everything!
Kim says
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Carbon! The most basic of elements (and apparently overlooked by most YHLers!).
Maura says
Mg Me. The silver my husband invested in years ago. I’m so grateful that he was careful when he was young ’cause it has set up in good stead early in our marriage.
Barb says
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Uhh… is Tofu on there? :)
Katie says
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I’m gonna go with AS (arsenic), because it reminds me of the Cell Block Tango from Chicago. You know, some guys just can’t hold their arsenic. :-)
Liz says
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Cobalt, really I just like the color!
Mary Smitley says
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I have no idea :)
Jesse says
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Einsteinium of course! Gotta love an element named after one of the most famous minds of all time!
Amanda says
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It as alwas been Pb.
Nope, not because I love lead. Because I love peanut butter and it alwasy reminded me of that. :)
Adrien says
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Oh, you nerds. I do not have a favorite but I do remember being forced to memorize the periodic table in 6th grade. Pure torture.
Lauren H says
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I don’t have a favorite element :-( Sorry!
Luke P says
Mg me! Neon is my fav element and neon colors are so in style this season ;)
Sheena says
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Ooh, tough question. I guess if I had to pick I’d pick potassium for the element of surprise involved…you’d think it’d be Po but seeing it’s actually Ka is a little crazy, just like mwah! :)
Amanda Leather says
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Oxygen Baby!… without it none of the other elements would really matter now would they?!
Carree S. says
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Definitely need oxygen! But I like Au too!
Laura says
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Love helium. The shortage recently has made me quite sad. I’m worried we’ll run out of my favorite element!
Sarah says
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Tungsten – nickname for my dog :)
Candice says
Mg ME! I’m gonna have to go with Calcium. It’s found in so many delicious foods . . . who wants a milkshake?
Mary Kathryn says
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My fave element would have to be silver- Ag
Love Ag jewelry, love it in home decor, and my girls are on a big ole Wizard of Oz kick at the moment, so someone around here is always dressed as the Tinman…
Sandy says
Mg ME! Definitely Boron — THE funniest thing to call someone in high school chem class. ;)
Erin says
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Do you know how hard this question is for a chemistry grad/former chemistry teacher??? I am kind of in awe of Hg (a liquid metal at room temperature? Awesome!) I always want to put it in my hands and play with it, but I know better.
Kendra says
Mg ME! Living in Texas, I’ve always loved copper accents with rustic furniture, so I’m going with Cu.
Marcy says
mg ME! Unobtainium.
Nicole says
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Please?
Haley Hill says
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I would have to go with Magnesium because my husband works for a company who mines Magnesium out of the Great Salt Lake in Utah!
Bridget =) says
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Au – GOLD! =)
Andy says
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Only the noble gases, but of course ;)