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!
4 W- P, t6 D  ^  W5 B- ~, B! v$ OThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
7 c- l; \2 B. |7 Y. @; oThe 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? '
+ b; s- o/ r* `0 k% n" f'Yes... speaking'
( M! K9 D( r$ @- L9 eReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
" ~! O" y1 e/ z0 F'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
6 V: P# O6 v: E4 U/ ?* N$ J'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
8 D8 k+ o) p5 s1 k2 Y  A' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
3 ^" M! s+ Y7 Z! m'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'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.
0 A+ a3 d1 w6 @! u'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
, j; ^( G- m1 J8 O! H1 M+ d$ f3 xWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
( v3 c& ^% f5 ]7 }'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
0 z" G3 a+ {- h) l; R1 d9 E# U* T'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
7 M& r- s, _5 A) T'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
+ g+ I$ Y/ B# a2 l'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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