Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
1 ?/ r3 J+ w2 ]" b0 }% h6 E6 V'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.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' H! I5 l# v* {, v' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
8 R$ R7 i5 e" l! A2 P- r'Yes... speaking'
9 e* U) ?& [, kReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
) r$ e2 j' I& ^'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
% a6 H0 i& I9 O: v3 q'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
$ w" @- u' i% l/ \% b2 v( i* j' 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'
" Q% e# h! q1 \, ^'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
- R  A8 T; T. @7 c" ~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?
2 d! D, J, t* D; C9 G( e5 ~What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
) m% D/ R& i/ b# T/ ~, g4 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?'
1 W* C2 v. x7 Y5 B" R- q" l'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
- L6 c6 k. ?% H  c- U- A'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
5 L  i* @, V4 G8 s4 y& h0 i! U' o$ ]'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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