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!
1 q9 k& B- l# p+ _5 h8 BThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
  f5 \$ o2 a% DThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
5 D1 X7 ~6 ^  T4 d- X1 e: Y' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, U* K. d( C* H  g  Y'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
  @7 G1 s: w2 x2 t' C2 }  s* T8 c'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 '
' 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 '
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
0 u# c( I6 ?+ l( C  o4 Z* K'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
/ i1 J9 b6 z* ]0 b: i; GWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
) H# T7 p0 V0 q'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?'
" v: C6 D& O6 U8 L+ b3 p'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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