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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
. M% Z* T0 a+ j4 I% l'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
# u4 _8 ?* |1 DThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
4 K( E0 Q1 y: {5 Y: m5 _ [The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. # |" G* V: R8 f7 U m
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
. V8 Z) X! E" j* I'Yes... speaking' ; v/ c' x# N$ |5 |3 l I
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 5 I' L o6 d, A3 x( e3 h, d
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. 9 O5 P3 H8 O: T8 ]
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
# l4 D% L8 \, h4 Y1 x' E6 e'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' ( D5 C' ?' ~5 [3 K
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
; V4 l2 }7 Y* b! p9 O/ d' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' . M2 f; ^. h( S& h" P1 |
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
4 v2 X& b8 k' R! @1 x8 T'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' + C: J' h% K' |( L; w. T, ~5 P" g1 N
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
) t7 X, _, O# L' A# o; g' k k+ s'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
7 E& q7 E) R- hWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. % b3 o2 Y' e/ ?& O4 {3 k% o
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
" H6 S: g% E% |'PAY you? And if I refuse?' 6 S" t) j8 Y. k: G
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' / }. C' ]# u) h
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. [4 K# P3 w& Z# ?: _% z+ z! h
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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