Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
, b. g% ~* W) ]1 ]7 {- t'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
( T/ b5 K8 d3 Y7 qThe 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.
( j- I  D3 T3 ?, T  R9 u1 w' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
, p( h* u2 P! b6 {4 o9 wReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
+ Y  v5 e9 ]: C4 ^9 H- i; j- B'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
( ^- n5 v& S  Y4 R# t'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
6 ?9 o) ]8 |3 j! ]; y0 u: m' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
# u  `7 X1 I) Z; j  U6 a'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.
! D, v7 @! a- ~) i3 J) n* X& Z. N( @% r'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
* q( d3 B( Y( L- W8 Q'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?'
6 [! D; [, Z; d9 v9 @'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
& z7 q4 _/ v; K: a- I+ T'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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