Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
4 U( d6 x! R* b  d- u8 Y+ i'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.'
0 ]' v( Q- R: Z4 B4 @% HThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
4 h: G% j9 W; n4 W7 ^0 m2 B' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
' L5 x  ?' }/ SReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, ~$ S1 v# O; l6 H* d'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
; ]/ Z+ I! Y4 u+ W. T9 _7 [" R'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
1 M% B( w# \! s  s. `6 y% {' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
3 c/ X' G$ @7 G& N' b) U/ q7 O'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
* g( ~1 f) N6 f8 Y% }; |) {3 p'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.
1 s7 t2 r, X* @'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
: g4 F# X) I4 j3 DWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
" K) U! x$ D. D# ?/ y( i'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
1 r- T6 ^7 j1 L! p- k2 w'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
* u7 W/ c" Y( Q'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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