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!
) x. f; z" m. Q! _The 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? '
4 v+ i  i# B* ]'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
; I" V4 ?' I4 c  Z/ O, m9 X$ O'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?????'
1 h. U+ L- G' x: V' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
% Z& y- c. ~0 g& G- c  L3 B( U' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
- z# ]& _  v% w9 j4 L& d'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
6 C. N" W' C- K9 W' ?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.
( }- d& d' j+ v9 B'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?'
'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.
: T8 Y  j8 ~1 f& |% E# t5 q' W. G'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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