***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.
Michelle R. says
Mg Me! I have to go with oxygen, cause breathing is pretty cool!
Sam says
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I’ll go with platinum! :)
Cait says
Mg me! I’m into copper.
Amanda says
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i’ve always had a soft spot for Unununium, even though its not a naturally occuring element…
Kate says
Mg me! Fe (iron) always throws me for a loop…where did they come up with that?? But I must say, Ne (neon) has to be my favorite. Who doesn’t love the highlighter neon yellow color?!
Stephen says
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Two men walk into a bar. The first says, “I’ll have some H2O.” The second one says, “I’ll have some H2O too.”
The second man DIED!
Emily E says
Mg ME! I love Hydrogen. It’s just so light and airy!
Emily Z says
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I was horrible at chemistry. I’m getting all sweaty and nervous just thinking about it.
Emily says
MG me!My favorite it Einsteinium, number 99, because it just has a fun name!
Mandi says
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My favorite is good old Sg – Seaborgium. Can’t believe that’s a real element, but it is! Where do they come up with these names?
Marci says
Mg me! Love me some Oxygen!
Katie says
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Magnesium us my favorite, of course!!!
CC says
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My favorite element is Au gold.
Chris says
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My favorite is #99, Einsteinium. Because who doesn’t like Albert?
Andrea says
Mg ME! Cu!
Ashley S. says
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Man, I really really love salt. My husband thinks there is something wrong with me and I have some sort of sodium deficiency. I wish I didn’t like it so much :)
Rachel says
Mg ME! I like Carbon (C 12.001) because it’s the basis of all life – and, in my humble opinion, the key to the universe!
Nicole says
Mg ME! Oh man, Chemistry was never really my thing, haha.
lana says
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Amy G says
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I like them all… Lame answer I know but we need them all.
Caitlin P. says
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Good old Ne, because I love neon colors for this summer :)
Audrey says
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Nicole Thompson says
Mg me!! My favorite element is Cobalt, because I love the color blue. Love all shades of it! Thanks and I really enjoy your blog.
Kate says
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I’ve always been partial to Potassium since I liked it’s symbol (“K”)
Sara says
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H2O – I like a little combo :) beaches/swimming is my face. Although that may be Na H2O? Chemistry was too long ago…
Jamie H says
Mg me! I’ll go for Carbon – carbon dating is pretty cool.
sarah wehkamp says
mg me! i like oxygen for sure!!
Taryn says
Mg me! I am going with Pt…Platinum!
Julia says
Mg Me! Kryptonite! ;)
Jenny says
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I’ll go with potassium, because Kay is my middle name.
Elizabeth Warren says
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Oxygen and hydrogen – must have water!
Jen says
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My favorite element is Unobtanium :)
Ali says
Mg me! I like neon– it’s so in right now!!!
Angela says
Mg me…. I love Na (sodium) because of it’s millions and millions of uses from cooking to cleaning to healing, etc!
Katie says
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Zinc…such a fun word
Kerri says
Me ME!
O!
Mary says
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Its a tie between O and H. Love how they come together :)
DeNacho says
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Y – yttrium
because……Y not!
Tina says
Mg ME! I like any element that the initials don’t make sense AU for gold etc.
Carolyn says
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As a double major engineer, it is kind of sad that I can’t really think of any elements…but it’s been a while since Gen Chem!! The sad part is I know I used to have a favorite ;)….so we’ll go with Neon, since that’s what I remember!
Allison says
Mg ME! I like Oxygen because without it there would be no H2O = ocean!!
Karen says
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Good question…Probably Tungsten because the symbol of W is just so random. Well, I’m sure it’s not random, but it seems random to me.
Becky says
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Ali says
Mg ME! Al saves me in the kitchen all the time :)
Kim says
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Silver, because everything is better in silver. Oh and it’s my favorite color. :)
lana @ making a house a home says
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what else? AU!!!!
Juli D. says
Mg Me! I like Au and Ag because my friend and I had really nerdy saying to help us remember what elements they were for Chemistry class. (In a terrible Jersey accent: “Aye, you got my gold? Aye, G, I got yo’ silver!”
Jon says
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My favorite is Unobtainium! LOL Just Kidding. It’s Carbon because we are Carbon-based life forms. I know, I’m such a nerd! :)
Jessica says
Mg ME! Ni= Nickel. I love brushed nickel hardware…
Amanda B. says
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Let’s see…From chemistry in 10th grade I learned Kaolinite is used in McDonald’s milkshakes and the Wendy’s frosty so I guess that is pretty important. Although I think it is a mineral made up of a few elements (ha ha). Really… I dated my lab partner to pass chemistry (ha).