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!
! D+ _6 ]& u5 P+ pThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
9 p* w3 Y6 S: b) Y/ u- b7 p" PThe 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'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
  ~3 z" V$ y, H1 Y& m* c$ X'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
9 j5 K$ }% A' O'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'
; c) R" _8 x8 D: D3 S'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
( y% r5 l' y, V/ C5 M' ^That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
; p+ P9 X: g% y$ _'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
% s+ K  B+ `  X# |; VWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
# v0 v) {+ U4 s, q: A% C: W/ f'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
( t6 s/ [4 w/ d5 D'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'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.
* F. j# Z- U) j; p" J( p'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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