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!
+ T7 n$ T4 L% JThe 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.
; F! ]9 v0 [, B9 G  u' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
( `+ M* x' r* P$ p1 {" Q6 ^/ K'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
& ^/ H5 c2 U1 d4 @'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
$ z: F, m) y) t/ u'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
( a' `7 P8 v/ a$ W& D  @9 h'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
" s3 g+ t6 x( O+ A' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
8 i/ H9 [. |! Z2 E'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
+ V9 F3 N8 G  _) R" I5 h'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
1 E* q1 f. p; j0 X$ `That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
- V* d/ N8 Y; f: w5 I! r'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
6 I, R, Y* _. c/ K  S8 xWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
# a7 U, V# D) M5 n'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
, s5 Z4 s& r) O" R  ]" f'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
# M5 D& c, P) a( b'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
' ^: \4 ^+ J& u+ ]+ S& s/ O: M4 d" W! ['I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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