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!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
6 z& V  K3 m0 }! ^  z2 tThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
* \5 T/ B. p; q: L9 N4 c; r1 V6 W5 z' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
3 P, A9 E! s9 [) JReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
/ A% H' G8 j, y3 h- Q'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
: r3 ~$ ]- r1 M) X0 _'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
( i* T0 o) e, l' Q) R3 w9 D1 d% H* B8 |' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
" |! s4 h+ _: Q7 o/ ]# G. j' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'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 '
0 e6 s2 y+ J  n# V, V; P3 _0 c9 ~That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
+ V7 x4 v- ~5 O3 S4 y# ['What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
$ _" U* [; c( c% z, OWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
2 E  Q7 X/ b6 H& u; o'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
) j; x) _/ y! t5 M1 ?5 J'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.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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