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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
1 G6 }" S) c" F' s'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
- [- e! e/ q, D% x- U0 {The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
* q( `" q: F9 MThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. ; s. ] k( M0 S: \4 B0 j' j( V$ o' }
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
' C! J5 b- ~1 q- r. E/ G'Yes... speaking'
0 N$ U* X* t( s$ n3 jReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
U: v" T6 C% h& X'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
$ x" y& R$ C; z' k'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. 9 p5 h& |1 y6 a1 X0 G
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
- n) p4 e* t. y8 Z, y# }4 a' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
9 a# L# R5 d/ [+ k6 h7 H' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' . D% S' \* [3 Q& q' K$ J/ @
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
1 X% r6 v2 w1 y" i! R+ c& F- o, s'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
0 }6 [! {; K) w* Q2 W, u3 yThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. / j! f* N4 }, u, Y+ C2 v9 p
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
* Z; x5 Y" V) F) rWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. $ O. Z, i @; k) t
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.' 7 i; @& o9 S, X" n
'PAY you? And if I refuse?' ) z5 x, R& P; Y% o# ?
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ q) A$ E: o! T! a5 [5 z! A; R'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. ' D1 i; B1 m) E$ f0 y) R# G* L
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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