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.'
The 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? '
. C% q& [4 A* _9 z, ?'Yes... speaking'
2 B: q$ f- V7 R% e" gReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
6 S. l- ?9 C' {) k'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
( P9 M! M# K# y; Q9 k, |3 @' 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 '
7 `( o( Y9 w( U% F9 o$ H8 L) ~That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
! y5 g& c( O6 g'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
8 J- c$ P% I9 Q9 v. G, ?1 f'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?'
: }! j) B; N/ c1 ~7 n1 K'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.
" z2 |: P0 M5 k$ t0 |$ ]1 Q'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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