***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.
Susan says
Mg ME! I’m a big fan of Copper…jewelry, decor, building material… so beautiful at all ages and versatile to boot!
Heather Gearhart says
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I would have to go with Cu because copper is just beautiful. Would love an old copper sink or tub!
Leslie says
Mg ME! Um…I could basically hate the whole thing…chem never liked me! :)
Jeff says
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Ag-silver
Jennifer I. says
Mg ME! I’ve always been a fan of oxygen because we need it to breathe and it’s easy to remember!
Kim says
Mg ME! I love silver jewelry so I would have to pick silver. Thanks for the giveaway.
Anne says
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I’m a Pt girl…love me some platinum.
Allison M says
Mg me! I must say I’m a big fan of O! I am an asthmatic, and I appreciate every breath of air.
Jaime says
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My favorite element is oxygen of course! I wouldn’t be typing this without it! ;)
Sara says
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I like silver, its my favorite jewlery and lately I’ve been using it a lot in decorating.
Mallory says
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GOLD
Tracy says
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Laura says
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Pb, because it helps to protect everyone from having to much radiation from all of the xrays some people get these days~
Emily says
Mg ME- I’ll go with O2 since we can’t live without it =)
Roxanne says
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My fav is Argon. Just cause it sounds cool!
Jenny davis says
Mg me!!! Guess I’ll have to go with silver and gold. Shiny!!!
Adley K says
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Potassium because its symbol (K) tricks you!
Amanda says
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I’m going to go with good old oxygen!
Bethany says
Mg ME! (please)
Neon is pretty cool
Katherine says
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Neon in honor of my ten year old daughter’s blinding nail polish choice!
Misti says
Mg me! My favorite is iron :)
Becca says
Mg me! Wow, I haven’t thought about the periodic table in a very long time. Let’s go with silver.
Lauren C says
Mg ME! My fav element is chlorine. Love that swimming pool smell!
Karen says
Mg ME! Gold, because I’ll never forget my chemistry teacher’s method for remembering the symbol: if someone steals your gold watch you yell “AU”
Melody says
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He (helium) – who doesn’t love a good balloon?!
Elizabeth says
Mg me! I’m going with good ole oxygen. So reliable in allowing my to breathe. :)
Cheryl W says
Mg me! Why can’t diamonds be an element?!! I love good ole silver, so I’d say that’s my favorite. Great giveaway!
Cindy says
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So glad you asked. Sodium, absolutely! My taste buds would shrivel and die without a daily dose of its precious saltiness.
Terri Monteverdi says
Mg ME!!!
And I have to say… Te (Tellurium) is my pick… it’s pretty (silver/white), very rare (which makes is a bit cooler than the others), and it’s a metalloid (which just sounds neat, right???).
Jillian says
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I like K for potassium since it seemingly has nothing to do with one another, but it’s fun.
Teresa says
Mg me! Give me some good old fashioned Au!
jessie says
Mg Me! I like Ferrium (FE)ie Iron b/c everyone needs some strentgh in their lives.
Angela Mark says
Mg ME! A bunch of LARGE black flies just invaded our house. I really need to vacuum these critters up.
Rachael says
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Pt, Platinum because it is gorgeous!
Jennifer says
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Hmm.. my favorite element has to be Ca(lcium) cause ice cream is so delicious;)
Kristen says
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I would probably have to go with Carbon. Big biology nerd here. :)
Hilary says
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Sounds a bit dorky… but Sodium (Na). I remember watching an episode of Saved By The Bell – The College Years, when Zack was having issues with chemistry. Na for Nancy. Classic.
Rasmia says
I love me some Na!
Katie C says
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Carbon – its perfectly designed to sustain all life around us!
Michael O'Hearn says
Mag me! I’m a carbon guy, myself.
Brooke says
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Silver!
Roswell says
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My favorite is chlorine. As a former competitive swimmer, I’ve come to love the smell of a chlorine pool (weird, I know)
Wendy says
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Neon speaks to me.
Stephanie says
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My favorite is probably Rutherfordium. Because it’s got a cool name, and probably feels left out by some of the other more popular elements.
Christy K says
Mg me! Always like Iron (Fe) the best!
Amanda says
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AS, because it’s my initials.
Lauren B says
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I like silver the best, practical, useful and pretty to boot!
MB says
Mg Me!!! I’d have to say I do remember learning the table by word association, “A U …Give me back my GOLD (Au) watch!” and “No, No, No! Nobelium (No) isn’t a Nobel man who sucked on a balloon!”
My current favorite is Water (H20) because it hasn’t rained in so long and my plants and me are about to start performing daily rain dances!
Sarah says
Mg ME!!! I’ll have to go with oxygen… being a necessity and all! :)
Kathy says
MG me!!!!!! Silver, for sure!