Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
/ E3 [; i1 P2 `" b' Q'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
+ z7 d* b! C5 e7 S8 ^/ Y& eThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
+ L7 z4 \% ~7 m# _+ BThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' z8 p. ?2 j3 n# k' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
  j! k# \( l$ d. s9 U0 M' E" R3 AReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
( x7 @. `6 }5 ?7 @+ _3 j/ M  B'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
, V: N, `% f! h'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
# U/ X( x' G. z6 G, Y" u  L" D& }/ ~' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
7 T( d! I3 {% B! {4 M+ h'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
4 v0 B+ F4 M* W4 \& _0 }'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
& n' o- w2 w! @& ]0 T- l5 v7 ]That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
* n; I8 r3 O8 P% u5 m'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
$ A  Y. P5 d6 e5 g  GWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
3 U% U! w- W8 @9 H6 s! u'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?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
4 `+ ]! |  K& C* ~'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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