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!
9 j5 v( ^) y( Q6 G0 ~# `1 mThe 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? '
'Yes... speaking'
: |0 J8 ]- ?, [Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
! H4 d7 }! I3 Z# f, M. _1 U, X'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 '
/ k5 l# p. i9 h# a' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
  {) b. r8 c8 o# J' V. D3 t'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
. C4 A7 M0 g0 x: J'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
; }! a1 c1 M/ b$ u9 e+ UThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
7 J5 @5 U$ H3 r4 o- K4 k* n2 O3 s% qWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
9 W. r/ w& g/ p* `7 Y' u'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
1 g, v  i% Z. e& |6 T1 O. O4 |7 N'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.
! k7 W* X1 s" J0 S'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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