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!
# a3 r2 k1 m. S( r* ?( r' h# hThe 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.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
. d- h9 X3 J1 L" `( }'Yes... speaking'
7 W' Q% n% d& P( E0 F8 @Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
7 Q( {$ S6 {+ g; z: k& p2 `'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
) n0 ^0 T9 ~' U0 v; `'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
# E$ ?# N8 r5 a7 W! [# l: ?& I' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
% _+ M+ d5 Z9 N$ X1 X  {0 a% Y: ?' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
0 S+ J- w# Q6 U'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
+ _+ g/ b; v9 s  ]'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.
# B3 j7 e- }. G& r. e/ ^& l3 m'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
& t. w  T7 u. U5 V4 \What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
; ]! P0 g! ?/ N+ J'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
3 @) A5 W$ {& N4 \! M2 }5 c'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
6 }, V1 A& ?* X1 g2 g'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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