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.'
8 q% J( j: g' ]$ Z  yThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
  \, \; u) k' M! e! I* t+ f5 {0 T'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
3 W8 Y7 J  p/ b  s  k9 X'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
2 H1 h5 D7 H- }+ M9 [3 N2 F, P5 r'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
! I9 r8 q5 u: l( O1 e( c" j$ F' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
, ?! F! p) J5 q7 x( H% e: W. g' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
( S8 j% s! q: N9 [7 d9 ~  H'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 '
2 G4 }* e0 n' A& L/ WThat 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?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
7 _3 e* b: H# X4 J, v& Y'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
0 t: }2 W/ p: n  P4 m2 Z, Q'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
5 |$ t& ^( p! Y8 J+ d! Q'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.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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