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!
* y" @9 h) \- @+ Q. N3 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.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
( B# B$ f9 R: s3 Y- h) U! W'Yes... speaking'
  y+ G: s) k, R+ @9 I9 e5 S5 UReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
9 n7 J! t# g! b( r9 J1 m0 q/ r'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
' F1 s# c' R6 H# Y'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
7 H9 K, z* ?1 p'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' E; r) \0 Q( W. A$ W  X; n7 V6 {' 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'
" Z' L$ Q2 F6 g' O9 ?9 A% P'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.
& S0 B8 g0 n' X6 B'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.
4 o/ ]* \6 l. ^' v% a'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
0 i' y9 l2 S( f. u6 _* P" H'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
6 s- |" B! m; K* c+ S* Q5 W'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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