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!
6 w8 s% l8 U. S/ `, ], j8 R9 y* uThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
  G9 j( e8 D, iThe 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? '
: x& _" P* U3 a: L8 D# Z'Yes... speaking'
( q( W& J  A  G7 OReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
5 A6 I/ k% ?3 F8 M) R'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
# b* d8 Z' {; @4 `- g$ ~. ?'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
# \- R, V3 @6 _# C' N& G' 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 '
5 D8 o' ~" z( L5 g, QThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
; l7 U8 s9 |7 u7 g# J'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
; T+ J! x! r: i! \- yWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
* \; f( V) N" r9 E'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?'
/ J( H- j4 Q% F5 x'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ l5 O- d+ t: t$ s/ }6 B'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
3 i0 C7 u' ^% e5 i  M/ o'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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