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.'
% K& h% {$ ^. f- E- nThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
% Z1 |; T. x( z* N8 T/ v9 k5 \6 ?8 M' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
8 Q( i* s, J; m; W( N/ G8 v& o; D7 Y'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
" C. L) _! J3 ?3 v3 c; v9 N'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
" M9 e, {2 K$ |$ f  F1 \( x+ w! q'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
, G/ U4 g: _/ ^8 g$ k4 z9 ~% @$ p' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
6 }; F& l& r* u/ L4 `'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.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
" \5 z/ C% ?- @7 Q7 eWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
; ]7 @9 g; N4 M( [' s% t$ _7 k'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?'
! z9 P  ^# V4 [3 T- e'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.
7 _. z& `& M6 Y* Q'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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