***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.
Meg says
MG me! I like Mg because it’s my initials. And because an adorable nerd in one of my high school science classes used to write me notes addressed to Mg. :)
Bonnie says
Mg ME! I love silver!
Kelly D. says
Mg ME! Xenon! Because what’s not to love about a noble gas that starts with the letter X!
Connie says
MG ME!
I HATED Chemistry class, but I’ll go with AU… because it came with a corny joke… “AU, get away from my gold!”. Ugh.
Shannon Nicole says
Mg ME!!!!!!
Andrea says
Mg ME!!
K for Potassium has always stuck in my head.
Donna says
Mg ME!
Ni because we just re-did our master bath with all nickel furnishings and because of the obligatory Monty Python reference :)
Valerie says
“Mg ME!”
I like Hydrogen and Oxygen together! :) Now, who wants to go for a swim on this beautiful summer day?
Jane S. says
I choose Po (Polonium) because my 4 year old loves Kung Fu Panda-PO! :)
Liz says
Mg ME! My favorite element is W (Tungsten) because it’s a funny name.
Deirdre Toolan says
MG me! Ca – Calcium. We like milk, cheese and ice cream around my house.
I just really need a vaccum!
Karen H. says
Mg ME! My favorite element is vacuum.
cassie says
Mg ME!!! Oxygen all the way :)
Jessica F. says
Mg ME!
I’m lovin’ me some helium! Hello squeaky voice!!
Heather says
Mg ME!
‘W’ for no reason other than I have always enjoyed saying Tungsten.
Stefanie says
Mg ME!
I like “SC: Scandium” because it’s my first and middle initials and because it sounds SCANDALOUS! It’ll be my new word – “Dang! John dontated the bathroom shelf and towelbar without telling Sherry?! Scandium!”
Alicia says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Au!
Margeaux says
MG ME!! Au is my favorite because *queue Austin Powers Goldmember voice* I love goooolllldddddd!
Laura says
Mg ME!
My favorite element will definitely forever become Magnesium, if I win this vacuum! :)
Lee says
Mg ME!!! I love the sound of Cobalt.
carrie says
Mg Me!!!
I love Ne – Neon!
~Michelle~ says
Mg me! I’m a fan of helium at the moment – apparently there is going to be a shortage of it soon…
Anna says
Mg me! My fav element has to be NA- Sodium. Can’t get enough salty snacks these days!
Kate Bodien says
Mg Me!! Mg is my favorite element, because that is a snazzy looking vacuum *and* a clever name!
Krista Haws says
“Mg ME!” We need a new vacuum before our baby comes like BADLY! lol I think my favorite element is Au, gold, not because I love things in gold color but it is pretty important to our monetary system! :)
Natalie says
Mg ME! H20! Love water!
Amber says
Mg me! I always liked Carbon. :) maybe because of diamonds. ;)
Lisa says
Mg me! Helium is my favorite because it makes you talk funny.
Steph says
Mg ME!
I love gallium! It is a solid at room temperature, but when held in a (gloved) hand it begins to melt to a liquid. Very cool.
Beth says
Mg ME! Oh, I guess the salty one. Sodium!
Lib says
Mg me!!
Helium
Cause it’s uplifting!!
Lauren Lambert says
Mg Me! My favorite is Neon because I am loving all the neon colors this summer.
Marriah says
Mg Me! I like to design jewelry as my main form of creation, so Ag and Au would probably be my favorite… they’re just so pretty!
Dianna says
Mg me!
Am I the only person who thought of Tom Lehrer’s http://archive.org/details/elements_0
That said, I’ve a soft spot for Magnesium itself, because one time in Chem class our teach warned us that he was going to set some Magnesium tape on fire and there might be a flash… Which ended up blinding all of us for 15 minutes!
sarah k says
Mg ME!!! I’m going to be boring and go with Oxygen! :)
Genevieve says
Mg Me! I like Meitnerium because it was named for female physicist Lise Meitner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lise_Meitner
Runner-up: Four-way tie between yttrium, ytterbium, terbium, and erbium because they were all named after the same Ytterby Mine in Sweden
Kristen says
Mg ME! Zr Zirconium for gemstones and combustion.
Martha says
Mg ME! Fe–because its symbol is nothing like iron (although it did help me learn the word for iron in French easier!)
Nora L says
Mg ME
With a Maiden Name of Erb, Obviously my favorite element is Erbium!
Mara T. says
Mg ME!
My favorite element is Tungsten because I had to do a project on it in high school and it is way random.
Devon Strahm says
Mg ME! I don’t have a particularly favorite element, but if I won this vacuum, I would definitely answer magnesium from now on :)
Shelby L says
Mg ME! Carbon??!! :)
Emily says
Mg ME!!! Au – (for obvious reasons!!!)
Mary says
Mg ME… H2O
Michelle says
Mg Me!
I don’t really have a favorite element in the periodic table. But when I was taking Chemistry in High School, I liked Hydrogen for some reason. I don’t really remember why. It’s been too long.
Jill says
Mg ME!!!! Helium, well, because it makes people sound funny!
Tori L. says
MG Me!
I was always facinated with cobalt.. our chem teacher used to do a trick with a spoonful and some flames–it would give a “poof” and light up the room!
Tori H. says
MG Me!!!!
My favorite is arsenic becuase the first play I saw in school was Arsenic and Old Lace–just a classy show! =)
Amanda says
Mg Me!! To solidify my geek status…Unobtainium!
cjr says
Mg ME!
What do you do with a dead scientist? BARIUM