Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
& O  c) n5 t- R) R  _! G/ c6 Z'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
- Z- f: e6 O8 b: |9 NThe 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.
2 G  H2 `8 t* `/ M" l' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
- o: x) c9 C4 ?" U1 Z  l& N2 a& FReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, Z; a/ q' E' R; a* N1 t6 O: o8 w'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?????'
3 `% X/ C7 |- N' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
- r, ?% F! e* N+ W- W' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
9 j6 K8 b" n$ j! R  F) o! ~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?
1 m% ^+ o8 X2 pWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
6 n2 |7 X7 t; z  A) `* |'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
' C8 y$ |% V+ g( W# t- P7 |'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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