***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.
Julie says
Mg me! Au all the way!
Heather says
Mg ME!!! My favorite element-Oxygen.
Emily says
Mg ME! Fe is on my mind the most these days. Looking for iron-rich foods for “the-doctor-gave-the-whole-milk-OK” for my one year old son!
Lauren says
Mg ME!
Fe; can’t live without my iron!
Karen says
Mg ME!!
Hm, I’ll go with Neon. Often done very wrong, but when done right, its SO right
Rachel says
Mg ME!
My favorite element is W, even though it should be T for Tungsten! My husband’s wedding band is made from this material. :-)
Katie says
Mg Me!
Mox says
Mg Me! My favorite element is Helium.
Carrie L says
Mg me!!
I’d have to say my favorite is lithium. It gives us so much to work with. The Griffith Observatory in LA has a really cool periodic table display – if we’re getting nerdy! ( ;
Amy S. says
Mg ME – have to go with Au for my favorite :)
Kate says
Mg Me!
Sodium is my favorite because inexplicably, Na was my sixth grade nickname..wish I could remember why now…
adriane says
Mg me! Can i put two together for some H2O?
Heather W says
Mg ME!!!
ORB!! What??? hahaha… If that won’t work then I would have to say Au for Gold!
Trina says
Mg ME!!!!
I’m going to go with the Actinide Series of elements–mostly because my truly-nerdy son wrote an Actinide Christmas carol in 5th grade.
Rachel C says
Mg ME!!
Emily P says
Mg ME! Although it got renamed, my favorite element was Unununium (#111, it’s now Roentgenium) just because of the interesting name.
Jen says
Mg ME!!! I love Silver EVERYTHING!!!
Paul says
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megha p says
Mg ME! I for Iodine! All the wonderful colors this element can be are gorgeous!
Brettany says
Mg ME!!!
Definitely Gold – I remember when we had to memorize them and my friends and I came up with these ridiculous ways to remember the “weird” ones – : A U! Get off my gold! #Lame
Alex says
Mg Me!
Boron!
Laura says
MG Me!!
Marsha Abramson says
Mg ME!
H is for Hydrogen and it is my favorite. First, because it’s first. I always like to be first. Second, because without a couple of H atoms, we wouldn’t have my very favorite thing – water:)
Chelsea Asermely says
“Mg ME!” Hmmm Ca (Calcium) since Ca are my initials and strong bones are rather handy :D
Having just got my first apartment, I’ve been searching craigslist for a free working vacuum…. this seems like a far better deal ;)
Maggie says
Mg ME! I’ll go with Silver and Gold — reminds me of the old “Frosty the Snowman” cartoon! :-)
Joy says
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Xe (xenon) – just because it sounds sexy! LOL!
Heather says
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Oxygen is a tough one to top, but silver is probably my favorite, just because I love the color.
kaycee parker says
Mg ME! I <3 gold!
Amy says
Mg Me!!!
I’m going with K for potassium because I really love bananas :)
Cherie says
Mg ME! Platinum is my favorite because that’s what my wedding bands are made of :)
jessica says
Mg ME
oxygen?! gah chemistry gave me so much anxiety!!!
KyCat says
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I think that I’ll have to go with He. It’s up at the top right there across from Hydrogen, but gets not nearly the attention so I’ll go with Helium. :-)
Chris says
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Liz says
Mg ME! I’m a fan of FE…because the letters FE have nothing to do with Iron
Hollie says
Mg ME! I guess my favorite is Sodium! You can never go wrong with salt.
Alexandria says
mg ME! Mg is my favorite – I actually take it as a vitamin supplement :)
Ashlene Murphree says
Mg ME! I would say Helium because it makes you sound like a chipmunk when you suck it!
Sarah says
Mg Me! Oxygen. I just need it… :)
Wanda says
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Katherine says
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How timely, I was just looking at a placemat of the periodic elements. I love the names of the “man made elements” – einsteinium!
Kris O says
Mg ME!
As a silversmith, I like making things with Ag.
Ronni says
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Well, science nerd alert here! My favorite element is meitnerium – because Lise Meitner, who it’s named after, is a tremendously inspirational scientist.
Nichole says
Mg ME!
Ni, because that’s what my grandpa used to call me.
Emily says
Mg ME! I’d say carbon also.
Amanda says
Mg ME!!!
ZN Zinc
Heather B. says
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I like Helium!
Jenny says
Mg ME!! Always liked Xenon!
Erin says
Mg ME! Tie between nitrogen and phosphorus! Who doesn’t love all that Plant Food!
Kat says
Mg ME! um… Pb because it always made lead so (not) easy for me to remember!
Vel says
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Hmmmm. Favorite element? I’ll go with Magnesium in the hopes that I’ll with the contest.