***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.
Karen C. says
Mg me!!
I like K (Potassium) in my B-A-N-A-N-A-S!!!!
Hillary says
Mg ME! I’m going to have to go with oxygen. It’s rather important.
Tanya K says
Mg me please!!
Katie Beth says
Mg ME! Oxygen – kinda a fan.
Tim Yang says
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O for oxygen…cant live without it!
Heidi B says
Mg ME!!!
Sodium…I could live on salty snacks!
amy c says
Mg ME…
probably Pb (lead), because the way i learned it was the Pb is kinda an abbreviation for plumber, and we all know plumbers use lead pipes. duh! =)
Alicia M says
Mg ME! My favorite element (for this summer season anyway) is Neon! :D
Carra says
MG ME!!
My favorite element is HE (Helium) because it makes me sound funny :)
Jessica Erin says
Mg ME!
I’m a fan of silver. Because it’s valuable, sure, but also because the symbol (Ag) is tricky and I feel smart for knowing it.
Candy reaan says
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Neon…because it was the idea behind all the cool colors in today’s summer fashions.
Alisha says
MG me, My favorite would have to be TI number 22 is my favorite!
Lauren Lambert says
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Cu or copper because I love the color!
Karla schaitberger says
Mg ME!! I would have to say oxygen breathing is important.
Melody says
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I would have to say Oxygen..I probably wouldn’t be here without it.
Andrea says
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Yes, oxygen. That one.
Maura B says
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I’m a fan of all precious metals!
Rose says
Mg ME! I despised chemistry but I’d have to say my favorite at the moment is potassium because it recently won me a point in trivia!
Molly says
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I am a salt addict, so definitely Sodium!
Christine J. says
Mg ME!!
Favorite element – Cu (Copper) because there’s lots of things made with it and in solution it makes really cool colors!
Kari says
Mg me!
I like Fe the best.
Tara says
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Hydrogen! I mean, it must be number 1 for a reason…
Devin says
Mg ME!
Cl for me! Chlorine for summertime – of course!
Katie says
Mg ME! My favorite on the periodic table is Potassium — because I am obsessed with monograms and the letter K…
Jill says
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I like Silver, I only ever wear silver :)
josh says
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titanium (TI) fav. metal, and i have a watch made out of it.
Shevon says
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I would go for oxygen. I’d be pretty lost without it…and dead.
Krista Lee says
Mg ME! Fe for iron perhaps, always stood out in my head.
Valerie says
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Meghan says
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Silver is my fav!
Jessica B. says
Mg ME! I’m a HUGE fan of oxygen…I’m sure you can’t imagine why…lol! ;-) Cu is also awesome :-)
Maira says
Mg Me! H- hydrogen- since paired with oxygen we get some water!!
chyenne says
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H (hydrogen) is my fav for sure! We owe most of the energy on our planet to hydrogen. The Sun’s nuclear fires convert hydrogen to helium releasing a large amount of energy. Pretty cool stuff!
Shannon says
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I am an accounting manager for an air separation company so I have a lot of respect for the gases on the periodic table.
I’m going with Hy (Hydrogen) though, b/c that’s our newest venture at work.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Jamie says
Mg ME!
Au, because with this economy…who doesn’t want a few bars of Au?
Holly says
Mg me! Please :) I’m a big fan of a little hydrogen & oxygen combo! ;) H2O
QNRosh says
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Au, because you just can’t go wrong with Gold, expecially the 24 carat kind…
Stephenie says
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I like xenon, because it gives us great lighting options, and my dad has a pinball machine by that name…awesome stuff.
Heather K. says
Mg Me! I’m going to go with Helium because of the fun thing it can do to your voice!
Tamara says
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I’ll go with Carbon (c). Building block of life, ya’ll!
Randie says
Mg Me! I’ve never, ever thought about my favorite element, but I could really, really use this vacuum.
Linda says
Mg me
Oxygen seems to get me going
Paulina J! says
Mg ME!AU all the way baby!
Annegirrl says
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I’ve always been partial to iron because it is strong and right in the middle of the table.
Elizabeth says
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He b/c nothing beats a funny voice
Heather says
Mg ME! Chemistry is totally not up my alley. ;)
Mike says
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Hydrogen. It was the easiest to learn in the song memorizing the PToE.
Lisa M says
Mg ME! I haven’t even thought about the periodic table since high school!
Emma Lou says
Mg ME!!!
Jumana says
Mg me!
Its sodium for me – love my salty foods!