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!
/ w! L$ v& E. c" B0 qThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
5 S7 Q! p; J( I$ m* E4 @The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
$ t- c% z. p- E9 ?1 C) D) A' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
2 T7 A" D* h7 [; v6 |+ W'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
1 M; B# X" H7 g8 ?5 D'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
6 D) o, R& ^1 d( {0 W* E'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 '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'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.
. s) O+ ~, ^7 p0 N" g'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
$ Q: I  z7 D4 _5 F# }What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
- n1 t( a. U  e" @2 p2 @'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
7 n* x! }$ t1 s* O" M$ y'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
( `3 j6 g2 ^# n: Z; F+ m8 }6 R'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
  [6 `( i) B5 h) v& R$ i'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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