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

Don't know why people are surprised he has a degree and very senior job! Have you seen the state of the government? Oh god, is you DH Boris?

2 hours

Your DH doesn’t understand numbers, or time. That must be a drawback.

Like others I'm curious to know what
Diagrams you've used to explain this already.

Can you explain it in real life terms - like lunch breaks. Three people working in the shop so how many would be able to take their lunch break over that period between 12 and 2 if they went one at a time.

LTB

Just say what I say to DH when he’s being a wind up “you know best” Then I walk away

No grown man with a degree and holding down a job can really believe it, so he must be on a wind up - are you coming back OP?

This is hilarious! God those arguments where someone says the grass is blue and won't change their mind are the most frustrating.. because you can't argue with stupid.

So for example if your dh went to bed at 22:00 and got up at 10:00 he thought he would of had 13 hours sleep. 🤦‍♂️

Has the OP come back?

OP, is your DH 'TheJosh'?

gawker.com/bodybuilders-try-fail-to-calculate-number-of-days-in-1677545788

This is from my year 2 DC's maths.
Assuming your husband is older than 7, he really should understand this by now!

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

I've just asked DS aged 9. He is dyslexic, has dyscalculia and really struggles to tell the time. He instantly answered two hours!

The Mirror and Twitter have picked this up.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-shares-simple-maths-question-21959658

Ha ha brilliant @mummmy2017
I wonder if the op will ever come back and tell us that her husband has admitted he's wrong ?

Can he do basic math? ie if he has 12 chocolate buttons but he actually craves 14 how many more does he need? Because if he can do that, convert to the 24 hour clock and repeat. 🤣

Um... 2 of course.....

I knkw we ALL make mistakes... But this guy is a graduate and INSISTS he's right...

Get him to ask his pals on FB

This reminds me of the time DH and I had a huge argument because he said the tips of North and South Poles touched at the other side of the world. I couldn't believe he could be so stupid and I was pulling up globes online to prove him wrong.

It turned out he was winding me up but he was very convincing, and he kept it up for about half an hour

I teach in an infant school and some children struggle with counting on using the number line. You might check how he gets on with a 0 to 20 numberline before teaching him the clock.
If he really struggles you can do actual physical jumps on a giant numberline or clock on the floor to demonstrate you're counting the movement or the 'jump' not the numerals.
He seems to be the child who puts their finger on each number: in this case 12, 1 and 2 and counted them.
It might seem a bit extreme for a grown man but needs must. He could also carry a laminated numberline and a plastic clock with moveable hands in his pockets so he won't get caught out looking a bit foolish when he's out and about

Dh once told me, completely seriously, that there are two tubes coming down the penis - one for wee, the other for sperm. He did biology at school, but I can only assume he slept through the lesson on the Male reproductive tract. He was gobsmacked when I told him he was wrong.

Presumably he was winding OP up.

... and he'll now be sniggering at how clever he is to, err, be able to do that.

Can you imagine being married to that!!