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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: , P; T! D% s1 g8 P; @: Q
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
- O' z7 s' I: BThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' - J- |* o2 z# M4 \- e- Q" y
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. 9 r5 G8 @" g) F% v% }
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
" |( p3 ~* k' j'Yes... speaking'
) }7 r- k2 `5 m6 b, ~Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
! m& a S5 i9 I; L! |' @* N$ k'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. % f6 x3 l9 V5 T/ h5 o
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
7 y! c1 l) e O+ b" d. Y) T) p: V'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' % U5 U3 {( E8 K* q0 e2 @- |
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' ! `( \2 W, Z5 x% L. y3 _! h% `1 {
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' z- L( W/ [7 P, t# j5 I0 x
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' : g6 p( A" P1 K7 y
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' ! X8 X3 Q' I/ k+ j3 V6 Y: K
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. ( t0 ^, t/ f5 H0 w! f3 R6 }
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue? 9 z% t: v( c/ B$ u: i
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. . V0 E6 i5 E6 a
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' ! @7 I( A0 U& Q/ o s
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
7 C4 s L; H% ]2 t4 n'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' 1 e& Z3 K1 z. M5 l4 V# N; b
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. 0 a0 W. A. i7 { K7 _ x, i* ]
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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