Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
* R& Y4 p; g& O+ H/ ?3 q4 U'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
# ^! s. r, }6 }4 e$ M+ y6 T: lReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
% L+ M- \' O5 v) \% g'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
- n% d+ h# F# j# M( ['Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
' h% l1 ?* t+ X'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
" N) L) U: n; g9 m+ @9 D; o'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
# G7 }$ v0 m8 K8 q'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
) P1 Y! t) ~8 U) g0 `( bWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
; S9 X) k3 _1 [1 o'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ p- ?3 T2 C- C) w4 `/ t% m! w'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
& Z7 K2 J9 e& u7 v'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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