***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.
Tara R says
Mg ME
It would have to be AU=gold because when my husband was teaching our daughter the elements he would always tell her “A U (Hey You) give me that gold” to help her remember… his corny humor still makes me smile.
Heather says
Mg me! And my favorite is hydrogen, light, abundant and looks good with oxygen.
Monica says
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Gallium because it’s solid at room temp, but will turn to liquid if you touch it!
Monica Flores says
Mg me!
And I have to say that Mg is an old fave because of its role in muscle contraction! :)
Daniel says
Mg Me!
Chelsea says
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Hailey says
Mg Me! I have to teach kids about the periodic table (5th grade) and their favorite element was Boron (obviously because it rhymes with moron) and they used it as a term of endearment all year. So….Boron it is!
Chrissie says
Mg ME! I like me some Ag. Although I do like
my sodium, too!!
Chelsea says
Mg Me Please!
Maria says
Mg me!!!
K+ because bananas are soooo good!!
Christy says
Mg Me! must go with oxygen!
Juliet White says
“Mg ME!”
I like Sb, or Antimony, because in addition to it looking beautifully silver and blingy for being so horribly toxic, it sounds like the opposite of alimony. i.e. “Mr. Harper, because of your ex-wife’s gold-digging motives in marrying you, the court orders you to pay antimony…not one red cent!”
Erick says
Mg me!
Carbon of course!
LindaB says
Mg me!! My old Eureka is about to give up the ghost and I could sure use a new Oreck.
Christy U. says
Mg Me! I just got a beautiful new engagement ring made out of white gold! So I’m partial to good ol’ Au right now.
Krista says
Mg me! I work with rad material every day. So I have so many favorites…. I am going with molybdenum. Moly for short.
Courtney C. says
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I love the look of Copper – Cu!
Olivia says
Mg me!!
Got to love Au! :)
Carly says
Mg me! I like lead since the abbreviation is pb, like peanut butter!
Becky says
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Carbon is my favorite because is makes such pretty rings :)
Elaine R says
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My favorite element is sodium… but do I know any jokes about sodium? Na
Sarah says
Mg me! Carbon is kinda essential…
Sara P says
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I would have to say oxygen since We can’t live without it :)!
Tirsa says
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Sodium- I love salty/crunchy food. :-)
Maria says
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Li because batteries are the future :)
kara says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Gold!
Kristyn Waters says
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Favorite element? Lead because I have no clue why it’s symbol is Pb!
Mikaela says
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He(helium). Some of my favorite memories are of talking with a high pitched voice. :)
mary says
Mg me!! Gotta love love potassium ….
April K says
Mg ME! I’ll go with Oxygen as my fave.
Britney says
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Chlorine! Because it’s summer and I love to swim, haha!
Sarah O says
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I like Berkelium… named after my alma mater!
Heather says
Mg ME!! Please. Pretty please! Mama needs a vacuum that doesn’t stink up the house! As for an element – no idea…
Monica Beck says
Mg Me! I’ll take oxygen any and every day!
Stephanie says
Mg ME!
For some reason I’ve always been a fan of sulfur. I think I did a report on it at some point in school and thought it was a pretty cool element. Yes, I realize I’m weird :)
Michele says
Mg ME! Favorite element? …..ummmmm……ummmm….Xenon? ‘Cuz it’s a cool looking word….
Allllrighty….who thought of this bonus question?
Grace says
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C for Carbon all the way! Because diamonds are a girls best friend:)
Randi says
Mg me! Pt…platinum :)
Laurel says
Mg ME! I have to say I love Cl. As a child my best friend Claudia and i thought it was named after her since Chloride was abbreviated to the first two letters of her name.
Lauren says
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I like potassium…because I equate potassium with bananas and bananas are so tasty :)
Satia Page says
MG ME! /fluoride idk y but everyone wants nice teeth
KC says
Mg ME!
I’d actually go with As, or Arsenic. I went through a phase in middle school where I wrote murder mysteries and consequently, I read a book on the history of poison. Actually, it was quite interesting. Anyway, arsenic used to be used in the victorian ages with a green dye and that little tid bit of info stuck around.
mary says
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I’m pretty fond of Praseodymium, mainly because I did a big report on it in eighth grade (and now, thanks to Wikipedia, which did not exist in 1998, I know waaaay more about it than three weeks with a lot of encyclopedias taught me.)
Ariadna says
Mg me!! I’m gonna go with silver, just cuz I like that color!!
Nora says
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I’d have to say… Cu, Copper. It’s just so dang versatile! : )
Jennifer k says
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I would say I’m partial to O2 because I’ve grown fond of breathing!
Anayancy says
MG me!!!
my favorite element has always been Ag! my initials!!!
Rachel says
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I love Sulfur!
(Not really. I just picked it because I’m quite sure no one ever picks sulfur as their favorite element and I felt bad for it.)
Kim says
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I love gold!
Cynthia says
Mg ME! I need a vacuum desperately! I’m trying to think of an element pun, but all the good ones Argon!! har har har