Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
" o) r& u0 E: |' P'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
3 X2 }6 B# ~6 ?The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
6 U! F( O( d8 u, FThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
  }. J6 r  T9 J: k0 \' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
; }" X7 A: _' T* [1 M1 s'Yes... speaking'
9 _+ ?5 i& |9 W: B8 pReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
! y+ O) V' Y3 x$ O'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
! G+ W# i6 H) F1 z1 x. Y2 p# _'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'
- ^& \& F$ K' k$ E, j'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
) ?+ j" \/ Y/ S; g1 TThat 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.
( }- Q5 V9 O' w( b: S3 n3 @'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
6 f$ s0 Z3 P4 m' G2 V( h'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.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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