Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
7 l& y5 _8 h- I( V'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
1 \; g* w, W7 E, C7 u* o! q1 gThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
* @" H2 V! R. Q& l7 Z4 f4 h' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
% P) Q$ L# F$ {6 i2 `/ d* X  \$ E'Yes... speaking'
! W, @$ v" {, hReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
# `0 X. l* d1 y3 w; B'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
: Z+ W' y( H/ S2 [0 C  S' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'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 '
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?
  S( z* A$ M- ^What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
  }& Q. U6 |# ~'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?'
) i- R( x8 o% @7 S; _1 H3 i0 V'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
2 X/ r) E7 F3 X/ Z6 q'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
, U+ O, C" E5 a) ^/ V: n# ?'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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