***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.
Shweta says
Mg ME!
My favorite is Carbon! I loved organic chemistry :)
LaMadre says
Mg Me! Cu is my favorite – so beautiful.
Yao says
Mg ME! And my favorite element is Mercury, having held a beaker of it in front of a full chemistry class in college once. :)
MaGgie says
Mg Me!
Nicole says
Mg ME! Potassium…because it’s symbol makes no sense..and was therefore the easiest for me to remember in school. :)
Nicole says
Good golly…I misused “its.” Grammar FAIL. :)
Kelly says
Mg Me!
My hubsters a scientist. We love um all!
Ono says
Mg Me!
K… for Potassium of course! It’s Bananas!
Emily says
Mg me!
I’d say Sg: Seaborgium. Sounds pretty cool!
Laura H. says
Mg ME!!! Gotta say I love gold!
Tommy Sibiga says
Mg ME!
Aluminum!
Casey Severinghaus says
Mg ME
Helium because it makes my voice sound funny!
Kelli says
MgME!
I’d have to say Oxygen. I’m a big fan of breathing!
Melissa says
Mg ME!
I love platinum (Pt) because it’s what makes my wedding rings!
Erin Spooner says
“Mg ME!”
I would have to say carbon because it turns into diamonds!
Courtney Nabors says
Mg Me!!! My favorite element is Copernicium, simply because it’s symbol is Cn, my initials. LOL!!
Tasha says
Mg ME!
Oxygen ! (the only one I know)
Y’all are Great !
Mary-Carolyn says
Mg me!
My favorite element is Hydrogen, simply because my high school science teacher taught us that “hydrogen is the slut of all atoms.” Makes me smile every time I think about it.
Sheri Green says
Mg ME!! Sg – aka Seaborgium just b/c my initials are SG :)
melinda says
Mg me!I have to go with magnesium because its name on the periodic table is the same as my initials!!
Sandra says
Mg ME!
I like Curium (Cm) because it’s named after a lady sister!
Doug says
Mg ME!
Got to be titanium! it is just so cool!
Amanda Sch. says
Mg ME!
My favorite is Arsenic. BWWWAA-AHHH-AHHHH-AHHH-AH!
No not really. I don’t have a favorite. :P
Katie says
Mg me!
I will go with cabon. Kinda necessary. As are many of them I guess.. ;)
Margaret says
Mg ME!
Pt baby. Because I’m all about the glamorous, the flossy flossy!
Sara says
Mg ME! Like any reasonable woman, my favorite element is gold!!!
CC says
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Potassium! Thanks Chemistry Cat!
Ellen kaak says
Mg me…lI will have to go with the air we breath and say O for oxygen!
Alia Truex says
Mg ME!!
Ca- I’m a lover of ice cream, yogurt and cheese
Monique says
Mg ME!
Gotta be cobalt because I love the color!
Toni says
Mg ME! Oxygen- kind of important, and as a swimmer I run out of it quite often.
Michelle M. says
Mg Me! I have no idea. I don’t have fond memories of chemistry and try to avoid thinking about it at all costs.
Kirsten Thoming says
Mg ME!
I love mercury (Hg!) because it’s pretty and makes me love the word “mercurial.”
sarah says
Mg Me!! I am going to go with neon, since I am rocking some neon pink nail polish today!
Suz McA says
Mg me!!!!
I’m going to say Samarium b/c it’s symbol is the same as my initials (SM!)
Angie says
Mg ME!
I love GOLD! (in the voice of mike meyers as goldfinger)
Lydia Curtz says
Mg ME!
Copper because we just tiled our bathroom with pennies!
Rachel says
Mg ME!! Mine is “Pt” Platinum!
Ashley says
Mg ME!!!
My favorite is Cu for copper, since I’m obsessed with one day owning a set of copper pots and pans!
lisa says
Mg ME! Ag for sure.
katrina says
Mg me!
Potassium. I have a thing for k’s. :)
stacey says
Mg ME!
I’m going with Iron…because the symbol (Fe) made it easy to remember!
Erica says
Mg ME!
Kerri says
Mg ME!!
Pb (which is lead) because I always thought it was cool that it stood for plumbum… and I’m a werid engineer so I thought it was cool even when I was in school.
MegP says
Mg me!
Mg was actually my favorite element as a chem major in college, since my initials at that time were MG.
MeganEmily says
Mg me! I think I’m gonna have to go with oxygen.
Jill says
Mg ME! Pt, Platinum! Because it’s what my engagement ring is made out of – my sweet husband saved for months because he wanted to get me the very best, even though I didn’t care if it was silver or gold!
Sheyenne says
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And I never took chemistry, so I guess I’d have to say O(2)
Jessi says
Mg ME
I am going to go with K, potassium. It is necessary for us to live but can also be dangerous! Very interesting!
Jaime says
Mg me! And gimmie that GOLD! Also, what if I told you I still use a vacuum cleaner from 1960? Seriously. Does that give you any sympathy for me? In all honesty though its the best vacuum we’ve ever owned. Maybe we just never owned a good vacuum before.
Melissa M says
Mg Me!!!
I have to go with Oxygen, since I prefer to spend my days and nights breathing :)