Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
7 d% ]8 n, t" G( ?1 G7 d'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
' z" x$ d& [; u1 V" zThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
+ I* J% T5 v, j+ b6 l; ^: I) lThe 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? '
'Yes... speaking'
9 ]9 y/ f( S+ YReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
# s/ a# w* c2 y; }& r) w% F1 ^'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
- F6 F0 i9 v% l; M/ s' 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'
+ K- V/ S7 k  e5 Y; d'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
2 `" t! ~; Y  e( n7 K% s6 LThat night, she tells her husband about the incident, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to Reliance office the next day morning.
0 H' T5 F( ~/ u/ ^1 r'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.
, X  d  V1 j1 e5 w. t'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
/ s1 J# f1 M6 K. d# G" T/ u# G'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
2 c% G4 r& q9 b'Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off.'
& }7 Q7 E' _6 e) i" ], _'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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