***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.
Melody Strayer says
Mg ME! Mo=molybdenum. Just cause it’s fun to say!
Elijah says
Mg ME! My favorite would be “Ah” as it is the element of surprise!
Sarah says
Mg ME! C!!!! I’m going with Carbon, because a girl’s gotta have diamonds!
Lindsey says
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Hg all the way!
Amy bounds says
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Allyson says
Mg ME!!!
My favorite element would have to be Ca, I love my calcium products!! I can never get enough milk, cheese, and yogurt. Yum yum!
Angela says
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I’m a big fan of oxygen. :)
Christina says
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Erin says
MG Me!! definitely Neon!
Heidi says
Mg Me! I do love the elements and while officially my favorite element is Copernicium (Cn), it really has to be Unobtainium as starred in The Core. Also, I love the iron is Fe – not sure why…
Theresa W says
Mg me!
I like Cobalt cuz it’s such a pretty color of blue :)
Jean.Aylward says
Mg ME! Oxygen, hands down.
amy says
Mg me!
Au is my favorite because my 9th grade science teacher taught us how to remember it by saying “A U, gimme back my gold” (A U, slang for hey you..) Silly, but it has stuck for all these years!
Lou says
Mg me!
Mark A. says
Mg ME!
K (Potassium) is a fav of mine because it will turn a flame a light purple!
Lynn Soon says
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I hate to be boring but my favorite is Hydrogen. It’s the most common and easiest to remember!!!!
Bethany says
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Any that seem to have no visible connection to the abbreviation, Potassium: K, Gold: Au. Tricky periodic table!
Rebecca says
Mg Me !
I’m a fan of Neon, it makes me think of the old John Mayer song of the same name.
Claire says
Mg me!
I’m going to say my favorite element is Magnesium, especially when it’s doin’ a number on my dirty floors!
Lauren L says
Mg ME! I like neon because neon is so in right now! :D
Libby says
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I’m going to have to go with Au because when I wore terrible gold jewelry in high school when I learned all those elements!
Allison says
Mg ME!
I’m a fan of iron(Fe) since we’re trying to have a baby :)
Yulia says
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I had to google periodic elements and woa!, there’s an element called Californium (CF)? I had no idea! California is on my wish list to visit one day!
SB says
Mg, ME. I love Au :)
pat says
Mg me!
no favorite…
Nikki says
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I’m going with oxygen as my favorite element for the obvious reason that it’s keeping me going!
Amy says
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My favorite is Magnesium (Mg) because mostly it gives me a chance to win a cool new vacuum cleaner!!
Suz says
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Definitely Au – because my last name is “Augello” and so – wait for the cheesiness – it makes me think “gold jello.”
EhubbsK says
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Brings me back to AP Chem…I always like H (Hydrogen) probably because it was my last initial.
Colleen says
Mg ME! Carbon! Who doesn’t love organic chemistry?
Jamie Swisher says
Mg Me!
Oxygen because we would all be in big trouble without it.
Kate @The Little Spoon Blog says
Mg ME – sorry but what girl isn’t into gold or silver – sign me up!
Valerie says
Mg Me, please! My favorite element would have to silver! Inexpensive jewelry, yeah!
D says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Ne — neon — because I love bright colors!!!
Meagan Briggs says
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Iron is my favorite because I could never remember the element code and it bothered me! I dont know what helped me remember it, but I still remember it from all that drilling into my head during college chem class.
MaryBeth says
Mg me! I’d have to say oxygen!
Kari says
Mg Me!!!
My favorite is Pb (lead). Work related… :)
Micole says
Mg me!! I like gold!
Stephanie says
Mg Me!! My favorite element is Au- especially in jewelry!
Megan S says
Mg Me!!! I would have to go with O2 as I beleive breathing is a must and I love the magazine!
Kristi says
Mg ME!! Oxygen, cause breathing is so important!!
Deborah says
Mg ME
Radon, just cause it sounds so science fiction-y.
Hope says
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I tend to like the Hydrogen element this most because it is at the top left of the table, and it is also the letter of my first and last name, as in HH.
This Magnesium vacuum looks amazing!
Catherine says
Mg ME!!
Rebecca says
Mg ME! Hmm… Copper is pretty cool!
natalie says
Mg ME!!
My fav is Zr, Zirconium, because it’s FUN to say!
Krista says
Mg me … I like Fe, Iron!
Alexis Shannon says
Mg me!
I like Zinc or potassium!!
Meagan says
Mg ME!
Not a favorite element but a [nerd] joke:
Know any good jokes about sodium? Na.
(Ha!)
April P says
Mg ME! Selenium (Se) because in the super cheesy movie Evolution, thats what kills the aliens… I’m terrified of aliens.