Height of Misunderstanding

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Mr. Sharma comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck:
'I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby!
4 {" a* |4 }1 H: ~$ m  A7 C8 cThe 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.
/ H/ C3 M1 j8 F; q2 Z' Am I speaking to Mrs. Sharma? '
. ^% C/ e) p% l- D2 L8 S  D'Yes... speaking'
% f2 o% d- K$ N% A! Q8 [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.
( y( ?! G* ?: H. H* V! E'What are you saying? It's in your files ...HOW?????'
' Yes ............ . We have a system of finding out who's overdue '
- b! k" M1 j& s& p( D3 ~2 J) u' GOD!!!!!!... ....... This is too much........ ..'
'Madam, I am sorry... I am following orders.... I have to inform you are overdue'
. w8 H7 N* b) F/ r& c" T'I know that ... let me talk to my husband about this tonight. .... He will speak to your company tomorrow '
. a7 e8 e9 ^' |6 ^3 N9 dThat 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?
# K. n  u8 H1 g* sWhat business is that of yours?' the husband shouts.
) j0 p7 E, S2 O7 o'Just calm down,' says the lady at the reception at Reliance, 'it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us.'
3 A+ \$ Z. S! a2 I; v1 }0 c! W'PAY you? And if I refuse?'
'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.
'I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle.'

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