Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
3 Z( ~- c$ @; Z' N+ c1 C'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.'
The next day, Mrs. Sharma receives a telephone call from Reliance Energy because the electricity bill has not been paid.
2 P6 z! L! k3 m% ^/ q  ^' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
'Yes... speaking'
Reliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
! X8 X6 M' U2 B) p& f  E; S/ q, M'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
; N) i2 d! [8 x, Z, a8 c0 {'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 '
+ T9 x% Y5 P. A, c6 t' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
% b7 Q: F  D4 f'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
# ?$ D6 U. R3 u) k$ T4 {# a4 l& ^'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.
: w2 P% y+ K: ]# L1 L! `% y/ u/ b'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.
# Q- L5 n! N( L+ y'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
- R" c& C& `5 X  p% P% K'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
" ~( m2 ?+ W/ x6 c'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.
# B" }& o/ U4 S& B3 A, O+ S; F'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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