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!
& @! d! X1 `) @" z3 x- HThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
; t: S9 i. J; Y: f1 aThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
$ k$ ^7 F- H; K& Z! K, h$ X2 m' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
: T2 W1 e8 ]: n+ z& n) V'Yes... speaking'
. N, c4 S  i' {. ^8 C: W/ O% `2 cReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, S( w: z& b3 b1 l& d: f'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
3 j: E: O; Y/ A'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'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'
'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.
7 ~% C. t; l8 J2 r7 u$ c# r6 P'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?'
8 N4 _1 h( p6 i! v, b3 |'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
/ K  S% H" U0 i9 T1 w4 X; f'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
1 U3 J% s8 F3 Y& }: d) j" w'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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