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!
: z1 x6 c3 |+ z- @. \6 U: C) BThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
6 `7 s' G* H2 o+ N' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
$ J+ r0 w7 |! H! V5 z+ `) ^'Yes... speaking'
  P. ?7 ]* l1 BReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, M. G9 a$ X6 T) x& v3 X'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
! y8 i0 j) D5 d% X, V1 @& Q  s'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
! R' [" m# i- [% q'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........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
7 h" B7 D7 H* }2 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.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
! J& E8 R/ d. q1 f# ?( UWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
* f. s0 Z! c6 Q) Q- [. q'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
$ {) w1 ?; K; t% I4 Y- k'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
0 o  h7 _9 z: }% a'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
8 r; j' [, E/ y( N3 Q8 s'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
. K- Y) ?7 d7 D& x+ R5 v- g'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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