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.'
! C* k+ v( @' Q3 e5 QThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
% ]* j: O( E, a$ ~$ r' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
' p, z1 H, o6 y'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
- u! S: s6 o, n- A& Y: K'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
3 X+ i0 o0 e" h; X8 Z% F1 }+ Q'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
+ v/ z% a: f2 A5 b) r  r0 X'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' q& u3 s" E5 o) X" @) {' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
( F8 ]; @( e! O* C3 x' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
. W; J) {& c5 ~* l. n) ]9 P'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
) G7 O4 s) [. \. v4 O0 O4 I'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
) O& i! g7 S0 F3 C0 R. @3 l$ gThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
7 X, U; b$ F* B'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.'
( ?- r! z" z3 F9 M# s4 Y) M'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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