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AIBU?

To not be able to agree on this 'simple' question

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pooopypants · 30/04/2020 13:07

Please help me answer, to DH, what has been an ongoing discussion for at least 4 weeks:

A shop closes at 12pm (midday) and reopens at 2pm the same day. 12pm on the dot, 2pm on the dot. How long is the shop closed for, in hours?

There's no riddle behind it, nothing to bend time, stop clocks etc etc

It's also not a trick question, we just can't agree and I can't find another way to explain this

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FortunesFave · 30/04/2020 13:09

2

FortunesFave · 30/04/2020 13:09

Why? Who thinks what?

Drivingdownthe101 · 30/04/2020 13:09

2

Puddlesplasher · 30/04/2020 13:10

Two hours.

AlwaysCheddar · 30/04/2020 13:10

2 hours

FortunesFave · 30/04/2020 13:10

There is one hour between 12 and 1 and one hour between 1 and 2.

So that makes 2 hours.

Choice4567 · 30/04/2020 13:10

2?! What could another answer be?

Sandsnake · 30/04/2020 13:10

2

ConstantlySeekingHappiness · 30/04/2020 13:10

2

Duckduckduck123 · 30/04/2020 13:10

12 till 1, and 1 till 2, so 2 hours surely...

Fiveletters · 30/04/2020 13:11

2

PorpentiaScamander · 30/04/2020 13:11

12-1 is 1 hour
1-2 is 1 hour.

12-2 is 2 hours. How can anyone think anything else?

vodkaredbullgirl · 30/04/2020 13:11

2 hours

GreyGardens88 · 30/04/2020 13:11

2, I don't understand the confusion?

FlamingoAndJohn · 30/04/2020 13:11

12 to 1 is one hour.
1 to 2 is one hour.
Therefore the shop is closed for two hours.

Sparklfairy · 30/04/2020 13:11

I'd love to know which one of you thinks the answer is anything other than 2 and WHY!?

YetAnotherSpartacus · 30/04/2020 13:11

2 hours?

YetAnotherSpartacus · 30/04/2020 13:11

or, 120 minutes.

SomeoneElseEntirelyNow · 30/04/2020 13:11

Wtf, how have you been unable to agree for 4 weeks!?

sittingonacornflake · 30/04/2020 13:12

2...... hours.......

dontdisturbmenow · 30/04/2020 13:12

What a wierd question. What else could it be?

SpratsOnParade · 30/04/2020 13:12

2 hours of course.

FortunesFave · 30/04/2020 13:13

Come on OP. You've got enough answers now to enlighten us...who thought differently? And why?

Sparklfairy · 30/04/2020 13:13

Somebody is getting their 12am and 12pm mixed up surely?

OhioOhioOhio · 30/04/2020 13:13

2

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