J:" Mom where do you keep the bowls?" (I don't know how he doesn't know since he pulls them out every day)
Me: "In the cupboard"
J: "On the left or the right?"
Me: "the left"
J: "OK"
J: Which one is the left?"

Peter: "Did you get the bowl on the left?"
J:"Yeah, it was on the left."
Peter: "Where is the left?"
J: (pointing in some random direction) "That way"