***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.
Adam says
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Sodium, for two reasons: (1) Its symbol, “Na,” is totally unexpected, and (2) when it interacts with H20 it releases a lot of energy (ESSPLOSHUNS!).
Erin says
Mg ME!! Any child of the 80’s has to choose Neon, no??
Pamela says
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Antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, and hydrogen and oxygen, and nitrogen, and rhenium…
Taylor says
Mg ME! I’m gonna go with Au… I always choose it over Ag :)
Cinamon says
Mg ME! – H because it’s the most abundant.
Gail says
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He – Helium is my favorite because it makes balloons soar and it does funny things to voices!!
Newlyweds on a Budget says
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Meredith Fairbanks says
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Helium because there is nothing funnier than how someone’s voice sounds if they breathe some in.
Lauren M says
Mg ME! Zinc, because it makes me think of my goofy childhood beach trips where my family would coat our noses in zinc oxide
stlunatic06 says
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Au because gold is timeless! (I also just saw a blogpost about how if you would’ve invested in gold rather than the stock market 20 years ago, your return would be much greater)
Sue says
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My favorite was always Tungsten because it’s symbol, W, has nothing to do with its name. Yes, I’m kinda weird like that :-)
Daffodil says
Mg ME! My favorite element is H, for Hydrogen, because it’s been six hundred years since high school and that’s the only one I can remember. :)
Tom M says
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Thulium… My initials.
Larissa says
Mg me! I love [Br] from my organic chemistry days.. nerd alert over here !
Jennifer says
Mg ME!!! I’m loving this giveaway – especially since I’m a clean freak and love any kinf of cleanding supplies!
Going with AG, b/c I’m a HUGE fan of anything Gold!!!
Jennifer Floyd says
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My favorite element is carbon since it’s the backbone for all things living.
KellyJo says
Mg Me! Sodium, can’t eat a meal without some salt ya know =)
Kate says
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My fav is Barium, because of this:
Kate says
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Teresa E. says
Mg me! Na, salt, because it’s awesome!
Laura says
Mg me!! Silver, of course. :)
Stephen says
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Tungsten and platinum – our wedding band metals.
Kim says
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Courtney says
Mg ME! My favorite element is Ne (Neon) because I loved the early 90s.
Karla oconnell says
Mg me! Oxygen is my favorite:)
Jess says
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Michelle says
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Hmm, gosh I recall that darn periodic table like it was yesterday! My fav would have to be silver simply because I love silver n other similiar neutral colors…
Sarah says
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Helium – it makes us sounds ridiculous.
S says
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I like H… it’s simple and to the point.
Laura Sinnwell says
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Elizabeth says
Mg ME!! Oxygen.
Leslie says
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I’ll say Platinum is my favorite :)
Mrs. Le Brell says
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I’m going with chlorine….my initials are CL =0)
Danae Epp says
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Always like potassium-K- since it was easy to remember!
Justin says
Mg ME! Na-sodium!!!
Elizabeth says
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I might have to go with Na on this one, mostly because without it, there’d be no bacon!
Mallory says
Mg ME! Na, because I love salty snacks!
Pamela says
“Mg ME!” I’l go with Pd (Palladium) on the periodic table if for no other reason than it’s my first and middle initials…plus it sounds like a pretty cool metal!
Pam says
“Mg ME!” My favorite it silver because it is one of my favorite colors.
Carolyn H. says
“Mg ME!” … I have a great respect for science, but I don’t have a science brain. I just like to sit back, breathe a little O, sip a little H2O and let the scientists do their work.
Eva says
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I’m a fan of Potassium! Its letter is K, and it can be found in bananas that you find in Kroger. (That start’s with a k.) I had to remember all the elements in school and for some reason that one has always stuck with me.
Meghan says
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I would have to say Sodium is a good one. Love me some salty food!
Yasmin M says
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I have 3 young kids. I need it badly.
nancyo says
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I don’t have a favorite element. I took chemistry for business majors in college…
Beth says
Mg ME! I’ll go with helium because I always loved the dreams I had where I was floating above the ground.
Kim says
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Let’s go with Sn. A tin ceiling sounds like fun. I loved balancing the elements in equations but otherwise chemistry was a mystery to me.
sherry says
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Elizabeth says
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My favorite element is Es, Einsteinium, because it’s cool!
Meg Smith says
Mg ME! Moving to a new house Monday and our vacuum SUCKS! Really, it does!
Kara says
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Both my parents have PhDs in Chemistry and my dad taught Chem at the local university for 30 years, so i have more than a passing familiarity with the whole periodic table, haha. I’m fond of the noble gases. :)
Cate says
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I’m on a neon kick right now!