Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
. H; r) n6 Q% n5 R! U# I'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
8 k& J; a+ P/ tThe 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? '
' p  S" b9 `) z6 f'Yes... speaking'
( j6 I+ j' t, M. WReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
  k# J8 p9 F$ S% p& _  q( H'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
& I) @; M- M0 S5 X; V# Q5 S! k4 i'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
9 o: {$ W9 g; U* B3 \' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
. G7 P- c. k( O* k) s- v'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
! B2 `0 d5 [- G" eThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
3 T. b  t% U% k' P/ V4 ]'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
# E% H1 m( {$ K& K$ M/ R6 eWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
0 c5 M$ W) G7 z- Q/ _'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
0 N) Q4 E$ i) [/ [0 f5 O* n3 M'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'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.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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