***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.
Adrianne says
Mg Me! I’m a fan of C…good ol’ Carbon. In high school our chemistry teacher called us by elements instead of our names, my lucky name was Carbon..sort of stuck with me.
Katya says
MG Me! Oxygen
Maya says
Mg me! I remember carbon, or C, from chemistry.
Bekah says
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My favorite is Sodium (Na). I have no clue why but it’s always been my fave!
Kate A. says
Mg me! My fav element is probably Einsteinium just because it is awesome that he has his own element.
Bethany says
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I think I’d go with Co (cobalt – nice color) or K (potassium, because I always thought it was funny that there’s no K in the word!)
Meena @ Little Dinos says
Mg ME!!!!!
C- Carbon… I love diamonds…
Gretchen says
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I’d say Br because I love the show Breaking Bad, which uses that in the title.
Katie says
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I’ll go with Manganese — it’s just fun to say (and reminds me of Sheldon’s elements game from Big Bang Theory).
Jackie says
Mg ME! Silver. Rhodium…because I like white gold.
Stephanie says
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Definitely Potassium (K). When you throw a huge chunk into water, it makes quite the impressive explosion!
steve says
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Cf, Californium as a current Californian.
Emily O. says
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I guess I’ll go with Oxygen…can’t live without it!
Jenn says
Mg me! Fe iron! Fe=iron and male=man so technically all women are iron men!
Katherine says
Mg ME! Nitrogen – also in the air we breath and helping our garden grow!
Kelly L. says
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I’m going with C! Carbon diamonds!!!
DaneileB says
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I like oxygen. It’s kind of a big deal.
Diana Reiman says
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ClareJR says
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Melissa says
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Einsteinium was the answer to a trivia question in a game I played yesterday. That didn’t ring any bells when I was up to answer, but it does sound cool.
Michelle says
Mg ME! I’m actually quite fond of magnesium for its relaxing properties.
Whitney says
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I like Tungsten because it’s what my husband’s wedding band is made out of.
Michelle says
Mg Me! And carbon because I work in an organic chemistry research lab!
Mandi says
mg ME! I like Iron… because its symbol is FE… which is in no way short for Iron. I <3 the randomness of it all!
Elizabeth P says
Mg ME! I’m going with good ole FE – Iron. It was the first element I memorized in the task to memorize the periodic table because it seemed the most illogical.
Kathryn Good says
“Mg ME!” Chlorine is my birthday element (I was born on the 17th) so I guess that is my fav.
Alyse says
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I always though Pb was funny for lead. For some reason I always liked it.
Serina says
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Ne is so in right now, ha! I’m actually contemplating spray painting the interior of my entryway door neon pink :)
Betsy says
Mg ME! I pick helium because I always loved the inert gases in chemistry (can you tell I’m an engineer?!?). And who doesn’t love a good squeaky helium balloon voice?
Ali says
Mg Me! And let’s go with Oxygen as my fav!
Kathryn says
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Haley says
Mg ME! K because I love bananas!
marian says
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I have always loved Lead, Pb….for no. good.reason.
Maybe it reminded me of peanut better? Who knows. I also liked overalls in high school, so my taste was questionable.
Julia says
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My husband calls me mercurial (aka I change my mind a lot!) so Hg it is for me!
Nancy Cutrer says
Mg ME! K for potassium. I love bananas which is full of K!!
Heidi Seawell says
Mg me! I’d like just about any element that’d win me one of those bad boys! Since we currently have 2 broken vacuums… But I guess I am pretty partial to the whole “Oxygen” thing!
Kathy Z says
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HE – it makes a kid’s party and it’s noble. How much better can you get?
Melanie says
Mg ME! I’ve always been fond of the noble gases, sittin’ there in their own special category and makin’ our light bulbs glow in special colors.
Jonna says
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Au :) Can’t live without it!
Kristin says
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Oxygen is my favorite.
Sarah says
Mg ME! W (our last initial) – also the symbol for Tungsten.
LindseyR says
Mg me!! hydrogen and oxygen…for some good old h2o! (I’m clueless about the periodic table but I do know about a good vacuum! Love Oreck!)
Kate says
Mg ME! I love copper :)
Jessica Jones says
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Jamie Levy says
Mg ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whatever element helps me keep clean!!!
Erin says
Mg ME! Hg (mercury) is my favorite, because it’s the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. Neat!
Amanda says
Mg ME!! I like the noble gasses!
Peggy says
Mg ME! Sorry, no favorite element!
Casey S. says
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Who doesn’t love Oxygen…definitely my fav. ;)
Lynne says
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