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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
- i, k" L! b! j1 d) P'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
7 e! F7 Q# g6 P- I" S+ KThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
* Y; v) D' P- M6 s7 lThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
" v' m8 o" S& H$ p) l a& [5 ^' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? ' ) k' F5 x! M* j. b( S6 F4 B, w
'Yes... speaking' 0 [: f/ Y" v4 R
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
9 c3 R2 J9 V) n+ c7 L& P'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
. a8 y. [- S1 K+ M+ i'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. ' w o6 j( H: e* {
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' 8 g8 S3 t- N2 v) |# N% ~" y2 e
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
6 D1 K, j, h, `' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' - r* M4 j V4 g/ q4 l
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' ) l) d- y' {; N+ I
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
- i+ ?: D9 P2 b* ]3 D. pThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
8 R1 L3 Q; w$ e+ j5 E/ G% h'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
1 h! }3 t! K6 ^4 a2 cWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. " _" @# t# F' ?) w
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' a/ i6 T. P0 E2 h: d+ x6 b
'PAY you? And if I refuse?' + l' ^& P; X) e4 T# g: A
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
% i6 W0 v0 g. O4 ]3 n6 t# ^/ y4 A'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
& A; s- j4 f! ^3 b/ L, @" I+ k6 K'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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