The minute hand completes T orbits of the face in T hours , and the hour hand completes T 12 orbits . The hands overlap at the solutions for TT 12 N for integer N . This means they overlap at hours 0 , 1211 , 2411 , 3611 , 4811 , 6011 , 7211 , 8411 , 9611 , 10811 , 12011 , 12 . , the first and last here being the starting position of 1200 . So there are 11 positions where the hands will overlap as they would on a normal clock for 1200 , so placing any of those positions as the top 1200 positions suffices . <| sep |> How long is this year ' s one ? <| sep |> Damn . Every time I feel bad about what ' s going on in the U . S . I see a headline about the UK and don ' t know if to feel better or worse that shit ' s just as fuckey for the Brits right now . What is going on over there ?