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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: , f" j# ]% i! [" ]% x, Z
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
" ~( M$ [6 q! B+ G# ZThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' $ V' `7 c/ d3 o1 B
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
1 K( a1 J3 Q* l: ]# T" \1 U* B/ @' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
% q0 K* p6 @. p, s) ^'Yes... speaking' 0 m3 |* t9 g1 `: `$ R1 h
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' 2 b, I8 K# O6 I/ n3 w
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. # W- W3 |, E: H8 t; C
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. $ e4 I; M5 H+ \2 o6 O' R$ g
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
; S( k# c- e+ k' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' " q! w9 w. J; R( ~+ C* Z5 u6 [; O% [
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
7 t0 A( ^9 z) [1 D7 w* h% b'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' 5 Y" r% i4 y) H! A* b; |- J
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
0 ^8 E# I5 c* n+ w- L, ?That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. & N2 U6 z- A6 `
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue? 5 T" w* D! L7 R# J: H
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
7 ~7 e' P$ h4 b2 u$ N'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' 3 |, q' p0 Z' l0 l$ h
'PAY you? And if I refuse?' * w" W a! P$ E G
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
0 X; A' A5 `5 d% t( z M" c# N- o'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. # U9 E! c! A/ C$ o$ r
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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