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.'
& Y  S) c. {2 q9 i' bThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
. s* j$ R4 ~7 t: @5 @+ Y' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
( N! R$ W+ u2 V'Yes... speaking'
4 @/ H( |6 s4 XReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
5 w/ h+ Q) ]6 c) H; j2 j/ W'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
. D% M4 v6 o; A. H$ X'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
9 ~/ I: D% _* k4 d. J4 r# l, s1 g5 E' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
* u9 _. F+ w% J  O& ?9 F( R' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
# O* X+ j, h! G# @. c8 F: z9 m'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
& q$ U8 C& x3 t! O'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
7 s6 s" V2 e( J' L: G- p3 BThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
. c  {. [0 c' m1 L5 v1 q! O'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
$ k" E9 u8 f6 {" b' A6 ?# ]+ O3 kWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
0 O- u3 S% _4 `3 I3 o'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
; i9 N" T4 M: H'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
) T) E7 N9 ~' @'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.
6 P) N* Z6 Q* d'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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