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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
4 _, P+ k) m! ?& j'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
! N4 p0 ]) y$ O) D! ZThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
: q/ k: R" u+ |7 Q8 V. g' MThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. 7 n* K9 ]$ o4 y# L1 Q9 l
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
& \. @/ a" t4 ]6 {* |: k5 a'Yes... speaking' 7 V/ _2 Q; v+ O9 W; M
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' . y+ q. Z' c: K4 r
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
- \/ _8 A* I7 A3 m0 o2 j) h'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. ; h! b! `8 |, E& N
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' ( ~: S \/ V7 Z
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' 1 R1 ^9 ]/ \; n. [; H4 P* |
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' ; ~* h2 ]" Y$ U
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' ; {9 U) }- m$ e3 L- o) F' B
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' 5 i* G1 u B% k" Q a" X; y7 z
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
* | W# ?, O4 r2 k! F'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
8 q0 z( C+ _- R# J& S4 KWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. 9 F7 u' `$ ?) K$ K4 |
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' 1 T- D- ^- c% N5 _6 g" O3 {. Q. q
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
& H s: O ^/ t'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' 1 z2 @0 i4 [/ D0 I2 R* v
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
- `/ \; X: k) a; s* ?6 a'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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