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" g2 |( m) |  S8 ZThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
3 ?- `$ b- n$ {7 z'Yes... speaking'
( T& m# l$ }$ q7 }  @- p3 UReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
2 n* P' D' }- c5 q3 g! p  }5 r5 d% L  P'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
  R4 s# D6 h( M' Q, T) u'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
& B- ]' Z' f. [, P( [- |'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
3 ^) `: A) |$ ]/ d% |That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
( F5 S+ W* M" u4 [9 v9 ^! z'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
7 c1 z5 X! w3 O6 p" JWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
4 q1 L9 c; c; [+ K'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
) l0 B; w/ ~+ V6 w' ['PAY you? And if I refuse?'
+ m) v! c: e3 F' a, I'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
'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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