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!
* f% Z5 Y6 J& v. _7 U& a, GThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
* [9 c7 P2 m) ~- y4 JThe 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? '
; {# r; F! w+ r3 ?0 V* X. r'Yes... speaking'
) w+ m' E( e# h% C3 sReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
& J; Q7 Y5 c# B( Q( z6 }* F'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
( [# J0 f) O: g; ?9 B'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' 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 '
) U0 j, U+ q: n, ~/ @! aThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
( g% A  {9 u2 u+ H! M" U'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
* F, H8 J3 ]8 ^+ X8 NWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
, C; t- J% v& n% z'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?'
' X( [( \, b, x% w( \" v% y2 k'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
8 a9 @  H0 _+ p- @3 ~) w! p'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
+ @" J; n# Y5 x- X7 {'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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