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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
4 u X. X/ X- O* m+ _( `1 P/ {' O: N( Q'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
7 F) e4 f! b( g; rThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
6 X1 S* I5 D! U9 l7 n. N; k# L# lThe next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid. ) u/ U& s+ m+ M/ F
' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
3 D' z2 u8 A# e* u! V: X'Yes... speaking'
; \4 A8 C! |6 h8 \Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
5 k& E4 l! R4 N- B. k9 N'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
/ D* I$ d4 q/ {$ K% q'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy. " V. Q) I0 |' _5 J& \+ V
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????' ' Q+ V; T; a* X/ i$ w& f
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
R- Y7 p/ I2 G6 T3 R' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..' ) g7 j" O2 s3 _
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue' 1 _4 I0 P1 \. x5 n4 ^: d5 M
'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
0 i& N% t4 g4 Y& h! D% xThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning. / L2 @) C# o5 y8 s% i; T! {
'What's going on? You have it on file that my wife is a month overdue?
1 a! g% ?% `$ [" h0 jWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts. * p- ^! ~. A0 c1 ^5 }+ q
'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
! m( h5 A' b8 v! V( M/ ?'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
2 C7 }$ L0 E+ O8 P) e k'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.' ! S3 X) w4 G. J2 k& ?
'And what would my wife do then?' the husband asks. ( K. E/ X% u [! M
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.' |
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