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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: $ |1 _3 ]: ?* ?+ d
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
+ d6 V& p7 [9 O& WThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
9 Y2 ^3 m! p' ]' s' G: [The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
% U _3 U- j, W, M |& _' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
( z/ }: S: L# u+ L'Yes... speaking' 0 l) s; i6 Z& u* \, Q
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
$ `' M, N1 ?% r* y8 x; Q0 B ]'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
1 q# R1 `+ b! p, N) Z+ Y'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
. w o9 j2 D `'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' / a& a, R4 {* s: j9 l
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue ' 4 U4 V9 L; X, S) ~
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' , O& O' o0 ^0 g, g- ^$ e
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' g3 Q/ m p3 B) ?" K; R+ k5 S+ f
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
! e. W% c3 U7 z0 {' b. h" GThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
" A5 T( @7 y7 S0 L! f'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
/ W5 E3 V6 p: H0 n" K; n+ lWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. 6 T8 w4 \, S6 N3 M* i) X3 _! L) F
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ N+ k g4 K/ K( e. ?9 o$ s- Q'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
7 `7 i, W! a `- O'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
F1 R; `1 d0 D'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. & M- i$ R- q+ w X
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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