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!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
5 J! d$ w/ X) q+ |& {8 ?The 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? '
'Yes... speaking'
& e0 S0 I/ l. E" ?3 z! b( I/ H2 Y1 BReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, O! ^& N' ^; C( M'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
1 G- B6 U+ V4 K5 W9 L'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
; t' n+ T9 y$ \4 n5 R' T'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 '
" \1 q3 T( s8 D7 j- u  Y: B5 WThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
7 {  e6 w8 p6 o/ k'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.
5 C) l/ p( C" W7 b6 e7 U'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
: F! R/ u  ~* J'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.
$ \2 ]# E9 t# Y. F) ~" f7 j9 r2 h'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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