Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
- ]9 H' t* E; v& T$ {/ ?'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.'
. M: w: y" g; W: y7 G/ cThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
8 b# g8 E& h1 r' e0 g" D2 h7 {' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
+ U/ N* ~: ]- D3 mReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
& U0 }3 z% R5 G6 X% v. `! U) H'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
( p$ ?2 ~0 H$ O0 P4 i8 o# c1 l5 H'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'
' O7 \) c+ v& V! M'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
: _; Y7 K& M1 `% R! |- x- 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?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
! W( H& S+ D# 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?'
( T6 Y! q# X, t9 ^- x'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
, O. v9 V2 C( i' H0 u'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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