***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.
Michelle says
Mg ME!
Having just gone to a child’s birthday party, I’d have to say helium (He).
(Did you know there’s a helium shortage?!)
Heather Brennan says
Mg Me!
My favorite is Helium, because its bouncy and fun!
Brenda says
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Rutherfordium, just because of it’s name!
Kay says
MG ME!
Tabitha says
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I’m an gonna have to say I’m not only a Hydrogen fan, but an Oxygen fan because they make up H2O. Everytime I go to write “water” I substitute it for “H2O” – plus, I’m a water fanatic, so of course it’s the route I’d go!
Anne S in SC says
Mg ME!
I’m kinda partial to oxygen also.
audrey says
MG ME!!
Gold(AU)is my favorite element!
Karena Del Sarto says
Mg ME! Carbon, because it’s what we’re made of. :)
Leigh Anne says
Mg me! Can’t argue with oxygen, everyone needs it!
Jen M says
Mg ME!
I think I’ll go with “O” for Oxygen, because it’s good clean fun ;)
CSB says
MG me, please.
Cobalt – i love color
Kristi Rediske says
mg-ME!! What a cool giveaway, I guess my favorite thing on the periodic table would be oxygen because without that all the others wouldn’t matter. I think oxygen is very important, just like a vacuum cleaner, can’t live without it. :)
CSB says
MG me, please.
Cobalt – i just love the color
Sarah says
Mg ME! Pretty, pretty please.
N- nitrogen, because nitrogen-based compounds make up DNA, which is the blueprint for all life on Earth.
Teresa says
Mg ME!!
Pt… Platinum baby! haha jk I’d have to go with sodium… sometimes I get margaritas just for the salt on the rim mmmmm :)
Jordan says
Mg ME. No element for me. I nearly failed chemistry!
Lauren says
Mg ME!
I like Hg(mercury) because it’s a liquid metal in its original state, how cool is that. My hubby is partial to C (carbon).
becca says
mg me.
well, not C or H or O because I hated O-chem.
Anna says
Mg me! I’m a big fan of oxygen because it keeps my loved ones alive and well!
Bibiana says
Mg ME!
Ag is my favorite :-)
patty carey says
mg ME! Please! Oxygen… I like to breathe.
Nicole Parker says
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My favs are Au and Ag. I had a middle school science teacher who taught us a creative way to remember them: “A-u, I found some gold! A-g, it’s only silver.” Cute, eh?
And yes, I’d love the vacuum. We have a new puppy. There are little chocolate hairs all over my light carpet. It’s awesome.
Sharyn says
Mg ME!
Zinc, duh. It’s the coolest!
Susan says
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Yb – Ytterbium. just cause I think the name is cool.. :>
elspeth says
Mg ME! fav element? yeah, oxygen woot
tricia says
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i like helium (He) because it makes your voice funny!!
Jill C says
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Kr~ although i’m a marvel girl. ;-)
Ria says
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My favorite element is Oxygen!
Jennifer says
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I’m gonna say Polonium (Po)…because I’m Polish! Haha. And because it was discovered by one of the first women in science!
Ashley says
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jessi says
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I looooove salty snacks so its sodium all the way!
Sarah Johnson says
MG ME!
I think I can only name like 4 elements- let’s go with Chlorine to keep pools nice and clean for summer! It’s already in the 100+ here in Texas!
AmandaM says
Mg ME! I must admit that I like Au…. mostly because my way of remembering it in high school was “A-U (hey you) get away from my gold”… big dork here.
Brittany says
Mg ME!!!!!
Ag Silver because it is the underdog of precious metals.
Steve says
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Ag all the way.
Eli S. says
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Meghan says
Mg ME!!!
I love me some Pt :)
Laura says
MG ME!! I like potassium b/c of bananas!!
sang says
Mg ME!!!
I like Gold :)
Priscilla K. says
Mg ME! I like platinum.
Catherine says
MG Me!
My favorite element Titanium (I totally just googled periodic table to find one I liked, I have a horrible memory!) because my hubby-to-be’s ring is Titanium (getting married in 30 days!!)
Amy says
“Mg ME!” My favorite element is H20 because I’m always thirsty!
CarrieK says
Mg ME! Silver!
KimberlyD says
Copper, I think it looks great as a kitchen sink.
Josephine says
Mg me!
I like Pb – lead – I still remember it from high school by thinking of it is peanut butter :)
beth f says
MG me! I am partial to Oxygen. Practical but enjoy breathing.
alarie says
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I like good old ag. It’s my initials:)
Tim says
Mg ME!
Al or aluminum.
Can’t freeze it, can’t heat it, a great Barenaked Ladies song… what’s not to love!
DDay says
Mg ME! And I will say my favorite element is Boron just because it is fun to say
Liz says
Mg ME!!!
Definitely Au!