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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
5 J; m; m% @* J- {1 K9 s'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
7 u6 \& Q* @& s ^; e7 mThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' ( [# n# \& F; j: y7 i/ I3 L
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. 9 K! E7 c, {8 R& k& G% V3 \: ~
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' , @6 J! {5 _" ^* N' x. S8 G9 P& e
'Yes... speaking' / u) @; g) f- A, X5 o; {
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 9 {0 P9 r0 K9 S+ Q
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
+ ^: p8 L# e2 W'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. ) U5 v3 U; \! B4 N7 u# h- g$ Q
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' + y" ~' M6 ]! P7 v2 M1 ~
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' * F5 T2 ?' A. y6 a3 P
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' 8 Y0 ^5 T& y6 J) s4 d6 X
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
' b- m! W) R! K'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
L6 a: r, y6 O" XThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
8 ~. g! X/ {& j. `$ {. `5 z'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
( }- @+ M: B# P( e7 w/ jWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. ! Y/ a( x; E" J& n: D: D5 s0 `# K/ ~; y
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' e& |+ Y! C+ V3 F4 ^
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
" ~0 x5 Y8 ^2 B2 M'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
2 k0 O( k4 `. i2 |( p'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. + a8 L# }9 W7 d# ?. F
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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