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!
% Q3 w* K3 W7 LThe 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.
1 ]* N" m9 I: z' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
  j$ C7 x4 {" k# `) b4 L'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
# H+ h( _9 [4 e  {1 ['How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
+ T' Y6 M% Q( F) W- |- Q1 V7 N: S'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
7 k( x, B/ y' V: a* Q/ T6 j2 ^' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
3 Z3 i, w% U  E  Q9 B' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
* x/ \: V) d1 t: a'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
'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.
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
' d$ d9 h7 H# R' w  \2 H8 h'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
% ?6 Q9 T* l- j'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
7 y- Y, e% U# {# S'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
9 q! v* y5 E% C) I  J9 l0 e'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
# Z3 y) z$ h4 m2 z# A' X2 K+ R'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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