# I am the Cylinder Czar, de-throne me!!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 27, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280 "2004-01-27T13:36:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/21 "2004-01-30T00:33:15Z")
> [@whuckfistle](#):
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> Bloated count. You have **23** according to the OP`s rules. š
Both engines under the bench are in running order. I could have either running in less than 10 minutes. The model hemi has a clear block and heads with colored internal parts. When turned on the engine looks like it is running. It even has little light bulbs for spark plugs and they even āfireā in the correct firing order. And smoke blown into the carb comes out the exhaust manifolds. It was a dealer display item from the late 60ās. I contend all the above meets the OPās standards.
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### Author:  [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/22 "2004-01-30T03:05:46Z")
Oatmeal container -1
Contact lens cases- 2
Batteries- 15
Unsharpened pencils- 17
Little plastic things on the end of my shoelaces-
Total- 35
Darn. Iām still not the winner. š
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### Author:  [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/23 "2004-01-30T03:25:58Z")
> [@racer72](#):
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> Both engines under the bench are in running order. I could have either running in less than 10 minutes. The model hemi has a clear block and heads with colored internal parts. When turned on the engine looks like it is running. It even has little light bulbs for spark plugs and they even āfireā in the correct firing order. And smoke blown into the carb comes out the exhaust manifolds. It was a dealer display item from the late 60ās. I contend all the above meets the OPās standards.
Dang, THAT sounds pretty cool! Howād ya end up with that?
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/24 "2004-01-30T12:05:49Z")
> [@Soup\_du\_jour](#):
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> Little plastic things on the end of my shoelaces-
The word of the day isā¦ aglet.
agĀ·let n.
1. A tag or sheath, as of plastic, on the end of a lace, cord, or ribbon to facilitate its passing through eyelet holes.
2. A similar device used for an ornament.
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/25 "2004-01-30T12:25:06Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#):
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> Dang, THAT sounds pretty cool! Howād ya end up with that?
Found it at an estate sale about 20 years ago. I bought a car from the estate and I went to pick it up the day before the sale. I saw the hemi with a best offer sign on it and offered $20 for it and that was accepted. It had been used as a toy and was broken, it took me a couple of years to get it working again.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/26 "2004-01-30T20:49:17Z")
I haveā¦
ZERO
I donāt think a subway car has cylinders. Even if it did I donāt really āownā it.
Since I donāt ride the bus I canāt claim those.
I donāt have a lawn to take care of so I donāt own any gardening equipment.
Now I do have some cylinders that store the bodies of humans Iāve collected in a special fluid before I ship them back to the home world down in the basement. But I donāt think you would be interested in those.
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### Author:  [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/27 "2004-01-30T20:53:08Z")
Case of beer - 24 cylinders
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### Author:  [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/28 "2004-01-30T23:09:41Z")
Ranger - 6
Snow blower - 1
air compressor - 1
lawn mower - 1
wifeās Exploder - 8
AC Compressor unit (hah! you guys havenāt thought of _that_ one!) - 1
Chainsaw - 1
small chainsaw - 1
canoe - 0
snow shoes - 0
Benz - 0. And in fact, non-existant.
Total: 20.
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### Author:  [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-the-cylinder-czar-de-throne-me/226280/29 "2004-01-31T03:28:29Z")
Anyone who gets hold of the āSpruce Gooseā (Howard Hughesā giant aircraft) could vault into the lead here. It has eight engines, comprising 4 banks of 7 cylinders each. Thatās 28 cylinders per engine, 224 in all.
Each cylinder has two sparkplugs, for a total of 448 - a tuneup is no 20-minute affair.
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