Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
0 X6 w5 p8 k4 i# t4 M" s'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
4 |6 V, p" b* L! 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.
3 w9 A+ h, x7 Z0 C; z' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
5 @; U( W/ Q. E# E  s/ t+ nReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
, h) O% x' R0 R% w0 [; L+ Y'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
6 T* D$ O4 Z( C  I'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
! \5 P6 t0 p+ S5 K'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
' 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 '
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?
9 y) F, z& T. ^* n  [: jWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
1 D/ ]. O+ F% h& z$ A$ V& S5 ]'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
. h/ w$ j! N' x7 m& Z'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
. f, X4 R1 x' U/ J'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks.
, Y. X" L7 \! h+ I/ e'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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