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!
& [2 P. s* b3 r( kThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
' z% S% \; U% mThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
+ t" ~/ Z! M* X% |& R' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
7 {+ q: C1 F4 S  a! ^Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
' [3 o3 g! l, S* r) `, u" f% b. L'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
) ^4 m: B- C# S5 r2 N'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........ ..'
/ @5 z! p) n  w" V! N/ ~* f3 C& @'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
! o! W5 o% H2 @# w( Q'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
& F$ R. L/ k  d4 ?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?
' s3 t; v3 F* n4 x% wWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
0 m' s) s  C" ^  K'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
'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.
2 y, p' H8 S) r  ^/ ]/ t3 a2 V'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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