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.'
0 u+ ]5 V" @6 y0 j5 `$ F6 sThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
8 m% f7 Y4 g( Q8 T5 e* l9 [' \# w' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
- k& c* u& ?' a+ R5 p0 \" N'Yes... speaking'
. {* ~' e& H, |0 V5 f7 eReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
$ R: d$ D" w: |2 g+ x'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
9 M5 S" {9 H, u- T# \. m: _'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 '
; V! Z$ V% z7 f, a3 X( ~2 A- E' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
4 U8 l1 P9 }$ H6 }" f2 r'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
7 L! [, ~3 b( v! V- o. \; s'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.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
5 Q% R% n6 U' f5 F4 IWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
9 J) Z" ^# q; p" ?'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ N5 m) G! `6 r/ s+ o'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
' q/ ?. V: s, W1 I- ^1 A'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
# s( M+ F* a( `9 q% w'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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