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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
* }6 `1 b& L4 x% s2 ?* j! J'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby! , m- e% w2 B D+ z8 }3 s' I
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
4 I i+ q) R+ `$ x: hThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. ) m% i1 j$ u$ `: Q; @6 g
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
1 H8 ?6 Y$ u. j: ]2 ?'Yes... speaking'
3 f4 ^5 p+ @8 OReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
. Y* [2 T7 P: D4 c6 Q) l'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. 3 Q; D" E5 j9 f9 o
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
. a- ?2 y! O5 Z6 c5 Y, U6 Z'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' % J: T4 w/ i" f( E5 c/ q
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' . _5 f/ F( t( M; v6 g: u/ T" J
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
( }3 B' F* K9 K'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' 5 p2 U; D& n* L
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
2 L) d" p0 [, x3 NThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
% a! q# E0 q* w- Y, Q9 j9 c0 N' |+ y'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
. X# h$ [0 }8 N4 r SWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. + H% O9 r7 ^" X* c
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' 4 `* U+ p* b3 s R' D+ g9 X3 {
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
: v# B3 a' C. b5 w+ _9 J- C! p'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' : `' j' d4 D5 j- Z- ]
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
, [) p; T% H! j: {, x" P' V'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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