***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.
Carlyn says
Mg me! I was never good at science…. :(.
Rebecca says
Mg me: I have been a huge fan of cobalt ever since I took a raku pottery class in high school (about a century ago). It makes the most gorgeous blue color on the pots. And I could really, really (I mean really) use a good vacuum cleaner.
Carrie says
Carbon, because it’s the basis for life!
Lynn says
Mg ME!
Tungsten (W) because knowing that helped me win a bar trivia contest.
Mandi says
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I’ll take Cesium for it’s fabulous in-water explosions (but not radioactive like it’s table neighbor below.)
Michelle says
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Plutonium! Because it sounds like a made-up element, it has Pluto in the name (seriously, who doesn’t think Pluto got a raw deal with that whole ‘not a planet thing’), and it has an amusing element symbol: Pu!
Alison Sutter says
Mg me! My vote is for copper…yessss.
Karen says
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Aluminum because I like the way it sounds when someone says it with an English accent!
Ann says
Mg Me! And Sodium… salt is my weakness.
Maria evans says
mg me! Well I’ll have to be unoriginal and say oxogyn since without it I cant do anything! Lol
maria g says
Mg Me!
K…..Potassium!
Nicole says
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Oxygen, because I just can’t live without it!
Sarah says
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I’m going with Helium because floaty balloons are the best!
Tim says
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I prefer Yttrium, but it’s mostly a sympathy vote since Ununoctium stole some of its vowels.
Liliana says
Mg ME!!!!! I have to say, my favorite element is tungsten. I remember when I learned about the elements in 8th grade I found it so funny and random that the symbol would be W. I sounds like a total nerd saying that, but it always cracked me up.
Kelly says
Mg Me!
My chemistry teacher had fun ways to get us to remember some of the elements, like:
Au – ‘a you, come back with my gold!
Na – Na, na, na, na; na, na, na, na; hey, hey, hey, sodium (like na, na, na, na, goodbye)
Whitney says
Mg ME! My favorite element I guess would be Neon because it’s fun and colorful!
Regina says
Mg ME!.
Ashley G says
Mg me! I’m a fan of silver. :)
Annie says
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I hated chemistry in college. :) Even though I use it all the time at work! I do, however, really enjoy vacuuming and a new one would be awesome as me current one gives me shocks if my leg touches the hose while it’s running! :)
shirl says
Mg ME! I can’t live without Oxygen!
Melissa says
Mg me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gold!! Who doesnt love some gold??:)
Nicole S. says
Mg me, too! I’d have to say Salt, because my initials were NA before I got married! Also, it’s delicious on French fries!
Chelly says
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I like Phosphorus. It glows!
Julie says
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Sodium. I love salt. I take after my dad. We always joke we should give him a salt lick for all birthdays and holidays. Luckily, I got his low blood pressure, too.
Trina says
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I happen to be a fan of K+ because it is so important in my profession. I am a registered nurse on a cardiac unit & potassium plays a huge part in the heart muscle! We are constantly trying to make sure our patient’s K levels are normal to prevent arrhythmias!
Thanks for a chance to win such a great prize!!
Edie says
Mg ME!
Oxygen
isaiah says
Mg ME!!!!!!
Shannon says
MG me!! I’m a huge fan of silver!!
Keri says
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I’ll go with Ag – silver. I had a crush on a boy with the initials AG and that’s how I memorized its symbol for tests in high school!
Ana says
Mg Me!!! It’s a tie between K (Potassium) and Li (Lithium) – they both helped me ace my chemistry test in middle school.
Thanks guys for such an awesome giveaway.
Maria B says
Mg MEEE!!
My element choice would have to be Hg (Mercury) because when I was in high school we had to memorize the whole table and this was the one I always got stuck on!
Shelley says
Mg ME!
Silver!
Celia says
Mg me! If I had to pick, it might be Pb – I like it ever since I found out lead is plomb in french!
melissa says
Mg ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carbon, from all my days of organic chemistry
Angela Wilson says
MG Me! love neon because its fun :)
Susan says
Mg ME!! Ag or Cu…I love metals!!
Laura says
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I like 2 parts Hydrogen and 1 part Oxygen ;).
Krista says
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K – Potassium
My name starts with a K.
Tanya says
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Totally platinum (Pt), because it ends up sparkly…
Side note, totally need this new Magnesium..my vacuum is dying…my house is on the market…I need to sell so I can buy a new house and start over with house projects that I can share!
Julie says
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Polonium is my favorite. Named for Poland. Glows blue. Very radioactive. Discovered by the Currie duo. Their notebooks from this time are so radioactive that they’re stored in lead-lined cases. Wow!
Emma Gerster says
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Sodium! Because it’s awesome
ciara says
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and plutonium
Cara W says
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I take mg supplements, and K too, Magnesium, Potassium, and my last name is h2os :)
Beth A says
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I like lead/pb because plumbum is fun to say.
Mandy says
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I have a soft spot for neon. The NYT crossword always has the clue “it’s noble” for neon!
Darlene says
Mg ME! I’m really into pretty silver things these days!
Holly says
Mg ME! I would go with Co as my favorite, because cobalt is a pretty color and it’s the first two letters of my last name…
Theresa says
Mg ME! Science? Periodic Table? Oh My, it’s been too long.
Mrs M says
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Solid GOLD!