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!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
! b" R9 ?' H" U  D( B) AThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
9 v, t4 A: H. z- l0 O5 |% d# g' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
7 ]* J  y* W. p. i1 @'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
) J3 P' r6 q7 R4 A+ G'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
( E9 o' K' U; I" E) d' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
4 h7 A! X" a. b' v' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
4 v: X  l# S/ B( y5 a( g, ^'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.
- G! u- l; T2 _7 y'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
; I" n/ E& I6 Z- ~+ o8 ^8 cWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
( W" J' h/ a. a) q* F" n'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?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
! o/ B" x7 d9 O'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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