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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
* h$ I1 E$ v& [8 L O& u7 u3 u'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
7 H3 m$ `$ ?9 v3 q0 }4 \The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
4 E' V- c/ ^* d( t/ ^The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. . {$ ? z7 S- u; `
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
* ~" Q0 A6 x' J# A5 g9 f4 a7 o* T'Yes... speaking' ) \6 G- @$ v$ p
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!' ( G5 k: j2 c# l ]6 W2 ^8 X+ {8 l
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman. 5 x& o' Q8 W) A4 R U
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. 9 L5 @8 Z$ L1 ?9 d
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' ; ]% ]1 T, `4 h4 W) t
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
8 k' N' W3 p3 `$ K' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
: X% s( d2 A& {9 D9 q+ r'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' 4 a* t4 w* ~+ q( x" t# J
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow ' , ~7 G! A* z4 w" v
That night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. $ }, A* ^' _# `. N
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
' U0 e4 \" n* g6 ^What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. 3 Q, }# R& Q; }. P8 \. _8 j' s; @
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
\/ x0 C4 X' m0 `1 c4 \$ T& M'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
6 `( c7 N: q' x- H'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
* J0 h( n, H1 H8 Y' l0 Z'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
; { e0 c0 N8 r- o'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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