Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
% l4 G0 \+ K& V( ~2 ?" Z. m'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.'
% W, K% H: \5 e: Z0 wThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
- [- H- ]. M3 g- v& y" z7 h' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
- d/ j* z+ g* c8 W5 I7 L3 h'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
1 \) z- q+ F5 ?% U) m: \'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
0 F6 Z  }. u0 P7 l1 i; ^" P- g'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........ ..'
# N( u/ `+ p. J; G& D'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 '
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?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
. o) s: ^' w: I8 c'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
6 n/ N( [8 m' V; V'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
) L" z+ p( {3 {! ~! @+ C+ q'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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