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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
5 ~0 ^9 ^4 }1 l# H'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby! - Q2 X5 C" S: T
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' + b" o1 N) e% {/ t- c' s4 ?, B1 O
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
7 M9 Q# P9 H5 T( C! i' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' + }4 q; J' g% w" \9 r3 }
'Yes... speaking' 2 t& r# G+ u7 E9 d5 Z
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 8 R7 h+ }8 y0 E2 C
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
( C# G- l" k7 d'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. ' i8 E5 B% q2 z2 a5 K
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' " T8 H- C. W3 T u. V/ s
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' 4 T$ F& d" k, }
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' ' \1 m3 t7 s2 i
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
* H" ^5 ~4 n3 S- P& B: ~8 l'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' * G9 e& {* V, h% N6 X
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
; y# K% |: ~2 c# R) y* m'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
7 |# ]1 B2 W) hWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. ; C* E) L" }- O, w0 x; r
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' - |7 n3 g9 N3 P' p
'PAY you? And if I refuse?' " Q% h$ x' @- y& {, g; Y
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' $ d |$ \+ V) f8 Y2 {) p; q
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
. u; l/ w5 x2 ~/ L3 R; ~'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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