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.'
3 k9 d% X) K5 j  [- CThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
& [2 S: N1 J$ h& x1 c8 ~' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
8 [# M6 ^% J' }) z; i3 o'Yes... speaking'
; f3 Q- u0 ]' F1 fReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
1 l" _0 k; C  D7 @'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
/ |( o- ~3 A, e' w' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
4 c8 ^6 ?0 I  a; D' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
  N, C7 {& }5 N6 v( |8 W7 r4 c'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
/ @! r# ~8 G! x' V3 M5 T'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.
+ R2 @% m# i4 \& g& Y. g$ Y'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.
2 Z4 @) x4 k7 Y$ H'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.'
1 x; P* Q$ U  S) z- K( Y/ Z'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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