Where are you at this time

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Where are you if,

When it's 10 o'clock, it's 2 o'clock
When it's 5 o'clock, it's 7 o'clock

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 11 '18 at 14:15

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Are you

Through the Looking Glass, with Alice Liddell? (Everything is mirror images).

(Illus. dedicated to @A. I. Breveleri and all the youngsters who are analogously impaired.)

edited Mar 11 '18 at 14:15

Glorfindel

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answered Mar 11 '18 at 01:27

Chowzen

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Sniped by under 5 seconds :D – NL628 Mar 11 '18 at 01:27
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:) Glad I didn't take the time to mock up some images for illustrative purposes. – Chowzen Mar 11 '18 at 01:29
Was just trying to find an image of a broken clock with a mirror placed strategically....sigh :( – NL628 Mar 11 '18 at 01:31
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I wonder how many young people, who are familiar with only digital clocks, cannot understand this answer even when it is explained to them. – A. I. Breveleri Mar 11 '18 at 07:50
@A.I.Breveleri: .eviecer llahs ey dna ksa – Chowzen Mar 11 '18 at 12:59

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '18 at 01:29

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In a mirror, because reading a clock with hands in reverse gives 10 = 12 - 2 and 5 = 12 - 7.

answered Mar 11 '18 at 01:29

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