Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
5 `1 w0 i& H) T; v. i'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.'
$ F. F3 J: N" |( A$ H2 AThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
5 X# ?7 _7 [7 H5 `' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
+ {% J+ f& w8 @'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
, A$ y+ R4 N+ w9 o6 h* y1 ]'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
) r" Z7 ^. G- G'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
: R5 E3 n# X- s, _' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
# D2 c) W6 e; t2 M$ m& h'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
' {3 d, O; ~/ J/ k$ h0 x% `'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
4 ?& g7 U* n$ h' w! vThat 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?
* n0 G" B, Y' l& o: b6 nWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
- a, j4 _% A0 b! Y0 Q" S/ `'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
1 T: W1 q6 G% l# Q'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ g$ ?% B3 _7 g; I6 c7 Z( t+ j/ m'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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