Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
( g* s& U4 e+ ?'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.'
/ ?& G% E; I: a& {& L" RThe 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? '
& @! l  J* t; S: X! ?  h'Yes... speaking'
4 m  Q; [& k3 T- o6 rReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
- v0 M# O6 i, ~  ^$ Z'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
( Q5 n8 w) o* G2 H' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'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 '
! |6 k7 A" B- i) V& 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?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
! f+ q8 w  X/ D& P'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ U3 E( x0 p$ Z'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
! @7 S# G8 C5 B  K" K4 U4 V'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
4 m2 l/ w% M0 Y0 `' u0 e3 V$ ]'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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