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!
5 V% c, {( \2 H7 F; ~5 R- X# `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? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
' C# _/ W# F* d: m- o9 L$ l. L  J3 U'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
- M% p; L) w) E, |: m" v'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
( y3 X9 \- E0 t) f' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
+ @6 P- j# P' z5 i' i) P' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
# q" y& G% O; \4 z4 P' \' q* s  c'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 '
9 A4 M" r1 q- _/ E  [) m1 O5 R/ [4 jThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
+ b9 B* _# ~" K6 k# t6 n5 c" H'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
! T1 L1 s5 X4 K: mWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
6 w) E3 p# g2 J1 ]'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?'
) K; n. A6 K4 I'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ M8 J, L) ^8 [4 L% v' X7 F'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
8 V, l7 V! _8 M" Y( h, i'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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