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!
The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
7 J9 Q7 F+ u9 n" C% L; ]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? '
( s# a7 k$ R) {'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
: J  d5 r+ W& r, O  u/ v4 }'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
# m9 M% A6 g3 ~  G: ?; a'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
* M- z$ }5 f1 F7 t5 ^. z& M' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
/ u( O$ M3 t& a. p8 l- m) F0 h3 r' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
" P  o7 A4 @8 e$ k& ~0 j'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
  v2 B$ o  ?8 q9 Z7 q: o6 u' D'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.
! x9 E0 D6 |2 e* g& ^" B'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
& S( m8 v  C2 G6 t0 s'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
2 C# H0 g) u/ t2 u' {'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
" T+ W) [2 O9 @0 t'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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