Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
# v5 U7 [! z% |& N+ C- f'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
( C9 v# n6 \4 V* q: K& G# ZThe 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.
  x, s5 r$ K7 r9 n  K' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
8 t6 C1 K- i# D5 E3 a% P* {'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
7 S8 {! i5 Y5 v. e'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
2 h. b# E+ ?$ a'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' L$ p; T7 o! w& G' e; z6 R' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
6 |" E: {1 t8 B' `: E* u'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
0 ?- M4 |4 G) a4 y' v'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.
% E% [# w4 W  O1 f& P' W7 P  P'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
/ @& B' ]1 U% f" \2 B# pWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
, z: L( P2 J9 D7 Z'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 x& B( K1 F5 f'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
3 b. a$ [- a9 S5 _- R  U'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
- }" ]2 h  R* o' U6 m5 K( u'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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