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

[pooopypants]

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

[FortunesFave]

2

[FortunesFave]

Why? Who thinks what?

[Drivingdownthe101]

2

[Puddlesplasher]

Two hours.

[AlwaysCheddar]

2 hours

[FortunesFave]

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

So that makes 2 hours.

[Choice4567]

2?! What could another answer be?

[Sandsnake]

2

[ConstantlySeekingHappiness]

2

[Duckduckduck123]

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

[Fiveletters]

2

[PorpentiaScamander]

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

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

[vodkaredbullgirl]

2 hours

[GreyGardens88]

2, I don't understand the confusion?

[FlamingoAndJohn]

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

[Sparklfairy]

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

[YetAnotherSpartacus]

2 hours?

[YetAnotherSpartacus]

or, 120 minutes.

[SomeoneElseEntirelyNow]

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

[sittingonacornflake]

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

[dontdisturbmenow]

What a wierd question. What else could it be?

[SpratsOnParade]

2 hours of course.

[FortunesFave]

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

[Sparklfairy]

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

[OhioOhioOhio]

2