***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.
Teren S. says
Mg Me! My favorite has to be He helium, because that was always the easiest for me to remember.
Delia says
Mg Me! My favorite element is carbon. It has two forms, one is graphite and the other is diamond.
Kara D says
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My favorite on the good old table is “K”, subconsciously probably because it is the first letter in my name. In reality I just liked it because it seemed like an element in disguise! Lol.
Laura says
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I’ll go with Au and Ag! Haha I have no idea! High school chemistry what?
Kathi says
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I can still chant out hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon from forced memorization in the 8th grade.
I’d much rather vacuum than memorize the periodic table…
Love your site!
Kelly Lewis says
“Mg ME!” Mercury. It’s so cool.
Krista Barnes says
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I’m going to have to go with Carbon, Ca, because where would we be without it!
Keilah says
Mg ME! Carbon. What would this world be without it??
Kel M says
Mg ME! Kinda dig cobalt both for it’s magnetic properties and coolio color
Suzanne S. says
Mg me! I like the silver
Jocelyn A. says
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I pick oxygen since I use it everyday. :)
Sarah says
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My favorite element is Molybdenum because it has such a cool sounding name!
Kimberlea says
Mg me! Oxygen for the win.
Kristi says
Mg ME! My favorite element is “K”, potassium!!!
Heather says
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H20. I love to drink it, hear it, see it and swim in it!
alisa joy says
mg me!
lithium…but that’s ’cause i work in mental health :)
Suzanne says
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Hg is my preferred element — mercury!!! It’s good for so many things, while also being a bit scary…
Nicole says
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I’ll go with Ni (Nickel) as my favorite element. It is purely for narcissistic reasons, as it is the element closest to my name, (Ni)cole, hah. Not really a narcissist, but hey, I didn’t have a go-to favorite element, so it was the most obvious choice.
Christina C says
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Elizabeth G. says
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My favorite is Li.
Isaura says
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Pt for Platinum. I like all that sparkles
Diana says
Mg ME! I’ve always like Fe…
Lea says
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Oh my…I’ve got a thing for milk so Ca (calcium) would be at the top of my favorite elements list (especially when paired up with an Oreo cookie or two….yummmm).
Allison F. says
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I like Au now that I get to look at my shiny gold engagement ring every day.
Melanie says
Mg Me! Personally I am a HUGE fan of Pt (Platinum). Especially if it comes in the form of some nice jewelry!!
Tif says
Mg Me! Gonna go with good ole Oxygen!
DanaD says
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Bonus: Selenium. What the heck is selenium anyways??
Sommer says
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Pt for me! I’m all about the Platinum.
Jessica says
Mg me! I’m a gold fan, all the way! I’ve been looking at vacuums for several months and just can’t decide!
Tara R says
MG me :) carbon + pressure = diamonds ;-)
Michele Bendzinski says
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Gold for me!!
Liz says
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Gold, baby!
Anne-Marie says
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Anya says
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And chemistry???
:)
Emily K says
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My favorite element is gold — Au! Hubby and I are a few days away from our 3rd anniversary and I am thinking about the precious metal of our wedding rings!
Lauren says
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I like Hydrogen because without it oxygen would be lonely.
Jessica Altman says
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Sarah says
Mg ME!!! i’d have to go with HE- Helium! because what fun is it to have for balloons!
Erica says
Mg ME!! Unoriginal but I like Oxygen. Gotta love the fresh air we breathe :)
laura says
Mg ME! gotta be NA- because i love salty chips!
Julie says
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Rubidium (Rb) because it ignites spontaneously in air and reacts violently with water. Dangerous & unpredictable and it’s a very sexy chrome color.
Annie says
Mg Me! I like Lead because it has the same initials of peanut butter.
Ann Dunham says
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Kryptonite because, when I was little, I thought it was made up for Superman and then discovered in high school chemistry that it was real! Who knew?!?!?
Amber says
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I’m a platinum girl! Show me the Pt!! ;)
Emily L says
Mg Me! My favorite definitely is sodium. I have a bad salt habit, have to have it on everything! :)-
Jackie says
Mg ME!! I am very partial to Na!
Kristin says
Mg me. I’ve always been a fan of Krypton (Kr)… I guess because it’s the first two letters of my name. Or that whole Superman thing. Either way. :)
Jenny says
Mg ME!!! My favorite element is definitely Hydrogen!
Liz Hernandez Nunez says
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Beth says
Mg ME! My favorite is Xe, Zenon!