Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
: o7 S9 v8 F: e& p) t7 w2 P/ ?9 w' i'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
5 |; `- ?( K1 m& x3 M, vThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
* Y: F  C$ o$ d. J5 ?3 KThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
  K% J9 E) I+ r( g9 v1 }. E' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
! M- z$ e% W2 c6 h$ _1 u'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
; m7 p! g, A1 b6 x2 }3 I'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
3 O% B8 {& V1 w; M" |'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
" `+ L; q: @, S' [, a/ j. m$ r3 U' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
  B$ I. J5 j! ~, N' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
5 N! l4 ?4 T1 n4 i+ y'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
: R5 {4 u% f/ B4 o( S; G' ?1 ?'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
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?
6 y: D+ o0 `% H7 G  ^  X, f$ J" G1 lWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
/ l9 O7 X: F$ k# ^& H# j'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?'
5 U. u4 g+ k: M'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
" ?7 d' A2 [; k- \8 n'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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