this will be my final post on the subject of how many cigars from the 64 butts .... damn, talk about beating a dead horse ... the whole question requires a suspension of disbelief ... one cannot actually make new cigars from butts or we'd all be having to buy fewer cigars ...
that said, from an accumulation of 64 butts, that had been smoked by parties unnamed, IF one COULD actually make a new cigar from 4 butts, 16 whole cigars could be rolled ... after those were smoked, a person could use those 16 butts to make 4 more ... after smoking those 4, one final whole cigar could be rolled from the resulting butts ... 16 + 4 + 1 = 21 ...
It's NOT a cigar question at all, but a math test ... Bud answered it correctly first (and alone, as it turns out) and I sent him a cigar. . thanks to everyone who responded and my apologies for thread-jacking a legitimate question, but frankly, I enjoy that ... after all, in face-to-face communication, the exact same thing happens all the time ... I've enjoyed the responses but I won't be spending any time trying to roll the contents of my butt-a-dor into new cigars ..