***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.
Sara says
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I like N (nitrogen), especially liquid nitrogen used for creating ice cream :)
Courtney says
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Totally reminds me of my high school chemistry teacher who referred to himself as Dr. K. He thought this was pretty funny:)
Ruth says
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I’m going with Ruthenium (Ru) because it has my name in it. :)
I love this question since I have my degree is in Chemistry. The Periodic Table and me are super-duper close! :)
Kaitlyn says
Mg ME! And I like boron because it’s so fun to say booooore-on. :)
Mallory says
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Katie J. says
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Oohhh I need a vacuum so bad I like the whole table!!
But for the sake of the question I will go with Fe – everyone needs a little iron. :)
Lauren says
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Im just going to go with the obvious and say Gold and Silver…though without Oxygen where would we be?
Vicky v says
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Lauren S. says
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My favorite element happens to be Magnesium simply because it’s a fun word to say.
Lauren says
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Definitely Oxygen.
Amanda says
Pt Platinum! Because it is what my wedding ring is made of :)
Amber W. says
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My favorite is W because when we were learning the periodic table in school I was the only one that knew what it was. It’s Tungsten. My grandma used to be VP of a company that worked with that type of metal…and I don’t know why that random bit of information always stuck with me.
Mia says
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erbium. it sounds like a burp!
Meredith Reuter says
Mg me! Call me boring but I’m a fan of the O2. :)
Kara says
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K … Potassium!
Megan says
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He, because talking in a munchkin voice never fails to make me giggle.
Lee says
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My favorite element is Helium!
Katherine says
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Could definitely use a new vacuum! Favorite element might be mercury – too bad it’s toxic!
ani says
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My favorite element is FE (iron)… I think because it was the first and easiest one I learned back in grade/middle school!
Julie (from Pocketful of Joules) says
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I kind of wish Rustolium counted… because we’re all a fan of that! But I’ll go with helium because it makes us talk funny. =)
Jessica C. says
Mg ME!!! He (helium) because I’m in birthday party planning mode, and I’m going to order some balloons!
Andi says
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Have to go with pure, clean OXYGEN!
Haylee F. says
Mg ME!!! Last week I was reading buzzfeed.com and they had compiled some funny texts… one being:
Person 1: Call/text me when you are on your way.
Person 2: Potassium
Person 1: WFT? Autocorrect get ya?
Person 2: Nope on the periodic table, the symbol for potassium is K.
Person 1: OMG you are such a nerd!
So I’m digging potassium right now…haha!
Libby says
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Tara says
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I like Xe because Xenon is fun to say.
Melinda George says
Mg Me! My favorite thing on the periodic table may be sodium, what’s dinner without it? Sodium…Na…delicious! I know it’s not gold, silver, copper or any of that pretty stuff, but I like my salty food. :)
Meredith says
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Love Neon.
Maureen says
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Pt — Platinum. It’s a beautiful and useful metal.
Lindsey says
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Regina says
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kistin says
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Mg because that is one sweet looking vacuum cleaner — I may actually enjoy the chore with that!
Maribeth says
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Favorite element? I thought I could avoid thinking about the periodic table for life once I made it through 11th grade :(
Umm… helium? Because hot air balloons are super :)
Courtney says
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I AM a big fan of Oxygen…but Calcium(Ca) has my initials…
heatherly says
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Phosphorus! I studied it in grad school!
Jessica says
Mg ME! I like Potassium (K) because it makes me feel strong and it burns purple – my favorite color!
MacKenzie says
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I’ll be going with oxygen too. I’m almost 7 months pregnant so I pretty much feel like I can’t get enough of that stuff most of the time.
Katie says
Mg Me! My favorite element is potassium! In high school, my friends and I all had code names for our crushes – mine was potassium (Looking back, I have no clue why!).
Amber Bowersox says
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Carbon! Diamonds are a girl’s best friend!
Stacy @ The Sleepy Peach says
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I’d have to say I’m a big fan of Lv — Livermorium, which was discovered in 2000 at the Lawrence Livermore Labs — which is just 2 miles from where I live!
Liz says
Mg Me – Gold…but I prefer white gold!
Diane says
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no idea on a periodic element.. I’ve been out of school way too long.
Sandy says
Mg me…He…love helium balloons
lea says
Mg Me! how can I choose?
Diane says
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Neon for sure. :-)
Jen says
Mg ME! My favorite would have to be platinum – the metal for my engagement ring. Love that thing!
Susan says
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I’m a big fan of silver.
Jennifer says
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Zn – just because I like the word “zinc”
Lauren says
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Callie says
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Gold of course! But only because of this joke:
A piece of gold walks into a bar. The Barman says “Au, get out of here”
I NEED a new vacuum cleaner (and maybe some better jokes)! Fingers crossed!
Tammy says
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Im a huge fan of oxygen. :)