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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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OhioOhioOhio · 30/04/2020 13:13

2

YeahWhatevver · 30/04/2020 13:13

Desperate to know what you and your DH think the answer is.

EdersonsSmileyTattoo · 30/04/2020 13:13

2 hours.

12-1 = 1 hour
1-2 = 1 hour
Total = 2 hours

PatricksRum · 30/04/2020 13:14

Waiting to hear this

NorthernLass75 · 30/04/2020 13:14

Is this like the old riddle about taking a certain amount of tablets within 24 hours?

FortunesFave · 30/04/2020 13:15

Northern NO! She says there's no riddle.

BackFrontSide · 30/04/2020 13:15

Three and a half.
Why not?

MashedPotatoBrainz · 30/04/2020 13:16

2

fivesecondrule · 30/04/2020 13:16

I someone saying 1 hr and 59 minutes or something?

LuminousAmber · 30/04/2020 13:17

I’d say 3 hours. 12-1-2. 3 hours.

Nah, only joking Grin

HaveeeeYouMetTed · 30/04/2020 13:17

2 hours

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pooopypants · 30/04/2020 13:17

No riddle, no background or anything to throw off the answer, I promise.

It came about because our chemist closed (lockdown stuff) between 12 & 2. DH said it was closed for 3 hours. I said 2.

We debated it for an hour back then and just now for about half hour. He drew a diagram and everything 🙄

My answer - 2. His answer - 3.

I think he's counting 12-1-2 = 3. I'm not, because you don't count 12, it starts at 12. He even broke it down into minutes and tried explaining to me that way. I still didn't agree. And he thinks I'm the one who's wrong!

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90bisodol · 30/04/2020 13:18

How can it be anything other than 2 hours??

BendingSpoons · 30/04/2020 13:18

2 hours quite clearly. If you started a stopwatch at 12 and stopped it at 2, it would say 2 hours.

Drivingdownthe101 · 30/04/2020 13:18

I don’t even know what to say to that.

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pooopypants · 30/04/2020 13:18

@someoneelse because he thinks he's right and I think I'm right. And I've tried to explain in different ways...... I'm all out of ways now!

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blackteaplease · 30/04/2020 13:18

Your DH is so very wrong.

90bisodol · 30/04/2020 13:19

Just seen your update. Your DH is definitely wrong! The shop is closed for 120 minutes, or two hours!!!

wiltingflower · 30/04/2020 13:19

Show him this thread!

frogsbreath · 30/04/2020 13:19

Ask Alexa/Siri/google or something

They will say two hours and you can have a wee gloat

YeahWhatevver · 30/04/2020 13:19

You're married to an idiot I'm afraid.

Hope he's not doing the home schooling.

EasyPeasyHappyCheesy · 30/04/2020 13:19

Go show him this thread had never been more apt

Sparkletastic · 30/04/2020 13:19

Does DH have a cognitive impairment?

vodkaredbullgirl · 30/04/2020 13:19

??????????????

Pinkflipflop85 · 30/04/2020 13:20

Your DH needs to get on bbc bitesize and practice his primary maths.