Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
) h- d0 q: S' p'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
! c. B3 K7 ]$ ^$ V, X- B" PThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
& W6 j  ?$ S+ ?  u' C3 F( [The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
2 `7 m4 |+ T: _# |* i$ n& `' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
5 `8 E3 B" G; x7 d% b* Y'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
0 D: v, l1 s  R  B5 S4 Z  g8 I4 i! x'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
/ e" }. H' V4 G" z'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
3 l0 r. |8 ~  b- K6 N4 u'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
  g" H. U4 Q" G! u5 G# o' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
2 Z) c% p9 W( g7 P/ t1 @$ V'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 '
# V0 N- G. N8 J+ `. u5 oThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
& e" ]5 P. Y0 ?9 x'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
# U- l# \# A2 V6 f) ~What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
  H+ H9 ?* T% r% t# c( G'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
6 P5 z6 f; A/ T; U'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
5 P! j$ `' O5 o! |% L( Y'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.
5 u; `$ P3 s; V, Y1 S  A  v# N6 N'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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