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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
/ i9 {4 Z0 v5 u& L'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby! ) J2 M6 ]2 d( m
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
+ x8 l; ~# O: ?: I) [The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. : K: Z. [/ P0 l3 I. q
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' + ~. R4 u" @+ a/ h
'Yes... speaking' ; a0 y% i2 }1 k a4 r
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' ) a7 I5 s; f! ?' }3 z/ |
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. 8 C# O2 o% e; p* y
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. % `; _: ]* z: A7 J% q
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' 4 [$ d6 D; X8 b. ^
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' 1 M$ U8 j; m3 J
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
! e7 u& w. D* R* L! J8 r# R" T'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
" w: c; \% n8 B# `: R'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' & p# K2 j; A' L0 }: ?
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. * k6 ]9 v8 }/ }; U' Y0 X# P+ I
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
& w# M7 x+ x9 U# w" W1 t0 r( y7 cWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
7 O; e. l/ M* q'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
* B0 w, s; O9 c7 ?'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
2 `) K& F2 D+ f( X3 k( z/ ~'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' 4 `/ M7 H9 j" M1 P5 u$ F+ E" c
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
1 r) ]0 S: q8 _5 I, B'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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