Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
+ r( E$ {& U" o1 Q+ b4 z'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
2 _3 B8 i+ l& x5 s. oThe 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.
. _* Z4 ]7 k7 w6 K" d; G' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
3 z5 v  |. S& L: z3 |1 C7 V'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
; d( |1 }  k6 |) y: N' e2 k'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
0 }$ z3 f7 D! t- h' y'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
9 A1 O; i! |9 G; Q) n'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........ ..'
. ?3 r0 a8 {% h) }# I1 U' n/ v$ K+ N'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
! g0 m& L! `9 ]5 Y'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.
'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.
# U  M4 C! r; w( [+ L6 z( P4 c0 {( ]'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
6 _& l  n) P* \# o'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
! L0 K! Q" y6 @" t. P6 }6 r3 Q( b'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
0 W  k* q8 o! o$ q'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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