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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
+ G i% N/ K2 b- _'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
8 i- B: `9 y+ CThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
. _' @+ k9 |" L/ UThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
2 _# q2 g Q; i/ [' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
. `+ e! I5 U4 Q8 o% `'Yes... speaking' & g- P5 _& Y; s) J: G, ^ a
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' ' z' a& x5 S$ }1 V; u- l' { |' {
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. 1 D. q6 m% s0 E2 { s
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. + d, b' g( W& e* \5 f/ U3 T. t
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
T( T, u* e- q' t$ f: A' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' y9 A1 b+ B# M, T1 i y
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' - n1 e' y( ~+ i' W- e
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
9 Z1 |4 E! @0 q'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' / i8 g, V' g" \8 m" k. W0 M
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. 3 L) n6 A( N4 M" O
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue? 1 U( H" M) y" w
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. 9 U/ \* k- M" O1 M$ R0 B5 L
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ Q, v; |7 }3 E1 ~4 o'PAY you? And if I refuse?' ; h- `; {( o) t) Y/ s7 I e" i& q
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' ' h5 ^0 Z* d; n! E9 J
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. - C. ` O, o& ^2 V& |2 L) ^% I* m
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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