Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
/ ~2 d6 L' K; p- S' r'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.'
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? '
- f5 [) f" Q, ^'Yes... speaking'
& C3 I* S) ~+ o7 O4 @, ]5 |6 |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.
& M# ?4 }5 T6 _! p/ U6 I. |'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
, i7 j2 M" P0 l9 {; a9 {/ ]" S: d% \' 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'
! J% @6 n1 x% e1 H" s& \: G' ]'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
* ~( W  z1 H/ D" Z# ~2 p; R  wThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
; n* ^$ V1 w7 j# E9 J# \/ C. b'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
5 d0 g* m6 y1 `( G' \# Y! S5 ^What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
% R3 W6 @5 X( M# d" L'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.
. W: V8 B: w; a% B; S0 B5 k'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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