Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
" g1 w3 F) ]8 e& O+ t6 t'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
4 G4 x0 c0 R! y$ _! h6 W( nThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
# _  ^1 H4 `+ {$ t0 NThe 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? '
1 D5 t0 T. ]1 h$ U6 ?'Yes... speaking'
" m7 C) C1 B, B3 }$ y& C! X2 z; }Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
  Q. d2 J- X" K- T7 M* k'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
& d4 V: L. N+ z3 {'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 '
; Q1 z' a4 R* A( W& E, H' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
4 c: |3 h5 q7 V, U$ l' m& K# `7 L'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
. j- l, {: [1 A'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
1 {, {3 c* Y% ]( G) QThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
5 j9 N0 N! O) @4 I0 l'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
6 Z; ^' O$ {! p6 q* {What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
; u% J. W2 I: Z0 ^0 B: K" k5 U'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?'
. ]& @! Q8 j7 H'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.
: c* y! q  u  o6 O7 L'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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