***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.
Rebekka says
Mg ME!!!!! All the elements are pretty great (science nerd here), but right now I’ll go with Al, for its ability to deliver my caffeine-containing drinks! Ugh Mondays…
Liz says
Mg Me! Cobalt, I love me some cobalt blue anything!
Mel V. says
Mg me!
I’m a fan of sodium. I generally choose salty stuff over sweet. My husband thinks I’m crazy, but hey, I have fewer cavities than he does.
Allison says
Mg ME!!!!
Jeff says
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Eileen says
Mg me!!!!
I am going to give some love to Hf, Hafnium, because it has a brilliant silver lustre.
And boy do I need a vacuum – I keep breaking all of mine!
Colleen says
Mg Me! Argon is my favor element. It being Noble and all. Plus I did a report on it in 6th grade.
Tara says
Mg me! My favorite element is magnesium because Magnesium is the relaxation mineral!
Marjorie says
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Annette says
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I would probably have to say good old H20, because it was always the easiest to remember, and because they named a Halloween movie that. :)
kara @ launching our life together says
Mg ME! Sorry but none of those science classes stuck in my brain. I guess I’ll go with Mg since I don’t have to google it to figure out which element it is :)
Delayn says
“Mg ME!” I’m going to say He (helium) because of the hilarious voices it provides.
Lindsy says
Mg me! I’m going to go with helium, not only for the fun of party balloons, but also how it makes you talk in a high squeaky voice.
Dawn says
Mg ME
My favorite elements is oxygen so I can breathe!
Steph says
Mg Me! My favorite element is Argon (Ar) because my dad tells a funny story about a method he used to learn the periodic table. Unfortunately, the method didn’t work, and he only made it to Argon.
Erika says
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Am – Because I’m proud to be an Americium. Ok that was cheesy!
Abby says
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Oxygen!
Laura K. says
Mg ME! I think I have to go with oxygen!
Liliana says
“Mg ME!”
Julie says
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Rh as it is the first two letters of my maiden name! When I first learned the table in school, I thought that was so cool:)
SN says
MG me!
Wow, bringing me back to my chemistry days, I barely passed with a C! The first that comes to mind is K, and I love bananas :)
Cheryl says
Mg Me!!!! I hated chemistry, but how can you not love oxygen? Life giving oxygen rates pretty high in my book ;)
Leslie says
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I refuse to pick a favorite element because I still have nightmares that I am back in high school chemistry class. Yes, I am that bad at science.
Kara M. says
Mg ME! My favorite is “K” (potassium) becuase I LOVE bananas and it’s the first letter of me name :)
Kate says
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My fav is potassium, K?
Christy says
Mg me! My favorite is Argon…I’m partial to the Ar abbreviation :)
Kellee says
Mg ME! I am a big fan of, well, magnesium at the moment. In vacuum and vitamin form.
lisa says
“Mg ME!”
Co – Cobalt.
Rebecca says
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As a life-long swimmer, I always liked chlorine :)
Stephanie Edwards says
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Oxygen…I guess : )
Stacee says
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It seems to be a popular answer, but I’ve got to go with Oxygen too. :) Wouldn’t be here without it!
Beau says
Mg Me!
Making up the majority of the air we breathe I’ll go with nitrogen.
Lindsay says
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Kimberly says
Mg ME! I’ll go with copper just because I’m really into all things copper right now.
Shan says
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Amy says
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Fe because I really need it right now, as I am pregnant and anemic.
jen says
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Will have to go with oxygen. Although I used to amuse myself in h.s. chem class by selecting names for show horses from the Periodic Table…
Anne says
Mg ME! Oxygen? Never really considered it!
Jill says
“Mg ME!” I would choose Cl because without chlorine, I wouldn’t be able to swim and endure this terrible heat in the ATL:)
sheila says
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gold because of its value!
Deanna H says
Mg ME!!!!!
I love Pl – Platinum!!!
Katie says
Mg me!!!! My fave? Au, of course, for Auburn University! War Eagle!!
rachel says
Mg ME PLEEEEEEEASE! I like Kr, Krypton for Superman!
Dylan says
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Sodium makes me laugh because my wife and I have a running joke that salt has/is antioxidants… I won’t go into detail as I’m sure it’s one of those “you had to be there” and 100 word stories.
Alison says
MG ME!
I was horrible at chemistry but there is something about the periodic table that I always enjoyed. I think I am into Au these days.
theresa says
Mg ME!!
My favorite element is oxygen, because it’s one of the few I actually know!! :/
Kati says
MG Me!!!
I will have to go with Sodium, it’s practically its own food group at my house!
Dan says
Mg ME! I like to breath so I’ll say oxygen is my favorite.
Kelsey says
Mg me! My favorite is zinc… just because I think it’s a cool name :)
Kristin says
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I was an actual chemistry nerd and did organic chemistry research in college so I’d have to say Carbon!!