Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
8 `  O/ n' [! Z5 U/ H6 k" S'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.'
8 I- r2 _+ ^1 R  K2 RThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
' n  U' n% b% c) ?5 V% Y& }' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
5 O; m) l5 x* L/ ?6 s'Yes... speaking'
: [  ~  b$ y# v  \Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
' G7 u0 X- R" s2 o( O+ E8 W! p2 {* d'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
) A6 ~$ e0 b$ s# i! V, x' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
" V, y" y: N0 g; J' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
' N9 m$ T3 S( z* U) q7 {: {'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
' y) Q( D2 R; U, z9 r9 Y/ x7 L1 Z'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
6 F  N- L/ a# @% G* w' I; lThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
% \- B7 u6 j% \# d9 M% Q'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
# `! }1 R2 N) g0 K  bWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
/ B4 G% z6 s  d9 |" L& ~'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
0 `6 ]/ X3 B  t5 O1 u, N'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
! a0 G. Y/ B0 ?) P3 ['Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
$ Y, Z4 H' K8 H2 W'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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