Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
'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.'
3 N# ?# _7 |6 Q" H8 ]6 F% c3 N2 jThe 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? '
! i6 F0 U' n& z'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
' r9 n; k& ]3 |* V1 \# p! f& {'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
: W( Q& G! l% J6 o5 U) P' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
% @/ T7 W% J1 _8 |- Q# b'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
5 L, c# ^* S4 w" K3 A'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.
) x/ O% N) H3 Y- Q9 \9 z2 ~'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
$ ]+ n5 Q, ^. D0 s3 R( A8 v: a'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?'
0 ~/ L, g# ~8 t'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
6 w1 |: ~( u6 U; h" p. Q'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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