Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
" M( n9 k  k, U; o- {. F$ C% P'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
. Q! _, o& R% M6 r' U6 ?, \$ P$ iThe doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody.'
5 n+ Y: v- O( T+ U% \+ CThe 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? '
- f$ j% A, k5 Z: g3 c0 n$ _" ]5 a7 b4 Q'Yes... speaking'
9 T2 C8 G3 M+ ~5 h8 UReliance guy, 'You're a month overdue, you know!'
+ c: V* ~0 G. U/ A, i'How do YOU know?' stammers the young woman.
'Well, ma'am, it's in our files!' says the Reliance guy.
# _6 Z' s0 K1 U4 ~6 z3 J'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
/ h3 T9 M% _! V3 q! P+ S' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
- q! B1 M5 C. [4 |9 J* s' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
; U8 g  J. s) l4 G* ^'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
2 G  |( F, L/ O# y- N'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
) |7 D/ L$ k; eThat 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?
What business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
8 \- J6 ]+ T1 E2 v6 J'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
+ r% W3 h4 g4 `'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
# |/ u& e7 I6 h: m* H7 o'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.
* u, l$ q0 R# L! x& T'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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