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.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
8 D" e) {2 K  t'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
( Y  g6 ^1 }2 e* C* E'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?????'
/ Z( `# R) ~2 q! Z$ Z' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
* k; i, w8 M2 V5 |: t'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
4 d) i6 w. Q6 E7 G$ G- Y( ^'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
; ^* u  ?  |: d4 W( g+ cThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
1 x* I2 V* O0 w8 K'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
' v4 f% E9 f! U  V4 aWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
+ {, p% [2 S6 A" R2 W'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 q# q! D" u9 l, Z'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
, {) u& _& n: k; x) A9 u'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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