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!
2 v, |) }5 z- q7 J2 y7 WThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
2 G; }) a( o: a% }# Z0 B1 qThe 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? '
, d8 q2 v! T% @* e8 g3 g; x) |- {'Yes... speaking'
" a" z% w% y  C3 |! {Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
$ d  l) A% y) L. ?" C% z) {'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
; C" s" n+ v, x' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
) @2 a' q! x/ t* N" Q* y' h'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
6 [  ~' J0 e6 y& i/ ~'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
$ P) q$ g2 H4 |  LThat 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.
2 Z0 M5 q1 j% n  V( F6 e2 L'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
  m& C3 ?" d2 f5 A3 g'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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