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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: " i# I" C: Y( `0 K
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby! ' y6 ^: | `# Q6 |
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.' + W* S% k# r7 C) @3 Q- F. d" o! s
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
2 W6 X0 L5 r) s5 ?+ d: I* }' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
l2 `- l5 [ o S'Yes... speaking' 3 T! ?; v0 J4 x# j ~
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
# [1 Z' N* y9 A1 G* m8 H'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. ' B5 |8 z/ a$ F( ]# U
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. 4 z8 l* k2 Q U6 |* L* D
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' 9 c5 Z( R. N! J
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
1 J2 y8 R& ^1 `9 P' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' ! J" s+ R1 g& o: ~( T# }, J
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
! O# y2 f3 U9 O( B/ ]'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' 0 P4 g6 w1 Z0 V$ t1 O
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
+ ~8 E/ ~& Y0 h: Y: }+ a( |' d'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
9 b9 m& v% a% k9 H! b/ w6 {1 {What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. 2 a& f/ P) d' Z. P0 t; L
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' 5 B; s! V2 I( C8 b: g! @
'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
; K2 F% h b( l# ?# |'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' ( m' W7 l" A% W, J$ t
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
+ i- q) { V4 F'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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