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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: : p2 ?/ Y& D7 ?
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
! P# m" t9 _8 Z1 r- g+ `4 lThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
6 V/ u% n! \9 C! ~( G$ hThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. ) {0 {* O+ [ u: w9 @
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
' `# ~* j; ?; U1 \'Yes... speaking'
6 m/ Q2 v3 E& B6 V: HReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
- f3 ]! C6 |7 M4 Q3 ?'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
8 K! O; `8 ~2 Y0 m/ p+ a1 @'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
) Z5 t5 ^8 K8 O# U'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
7 t( \7 f3 C3 Z: p' }# o' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
6 |3 H" p' V ]& c% y$ p2 B' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' : l. @* f- y) \/ q, S4 M" \* q
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
3 Y' ], W9 `2 W) C! p'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
* y9 ~" c" x* ?4 ~$ F0 nThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. 4 X; K5 [7 `& B5 z! ^' [: O
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
! t0 H: R, U. ^7 j3 e: k5 J' z$ i& PWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. ; J. ?( x6 o2 p
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' " h* ]! E4 f$ P! N% q9 |. J! \" P7 g
'PAY you? And if I refuse?' : _+ E# Q0 m! i5 J& I1 L
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' : Q8 a8 T P5 I. M. J" W& S
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
- n, D/ O5 h7 }8 `$ z'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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